Hyperfine Interactions 57 (1990) 1889-1900

Criteria for optimizing DCEMS

Zs. Kajcsos, Ch. Sauer, and W. Zinn

As depth-selective conversion electron Mössbauer-effect measurements 
present a difficult task in Mössbauer spectroscopy due to the long 
recording times involved, the shortening of the measuring times is of 
major practical importance. Possible improvements of the overall 
experimental performance and measuring time gains due to efficiency 
increase and background reduction will be analyzed; advantages of 
scintillation counter over a channeltron for ^{57}Fe DCEMS applications 
will be discussed.