[time-nuts] Gamma-ray and jitter

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Yes, even a "bad" oscillator crystal is a poor gamma detector. You can dope the crystal to improve it's sensitivity, but that's not done with normal oscillator crystals. 

Bob


On Nov 14, 2010, at 10:05 AM, iovane at inwind.it wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> thanks for your comments.
> 
> I take from them that the "galactic" jitter in an oscillator 
> can't be seen unless one has a long time series (such as I did 
> with temperature). Too many other causes would mask it, as 
> some of you have evidenced. Nevertheless it exists, but has 
> no practical implications in the current practice at our labs.
> 
> Should anybody have an interest in my curve (maybe using it as 
> a reference....), it is at 
> 
> http://xoomer.virgilio.it/iovane/trimestri1.xls
> 
> Please look mainly at the curve labeled "ALL (A to H)", which 
> summarizes two years of data (6+ million data points). Notice 
> the valley when I'm opposite to the center of the galaxy.
> 
> Antonio I8IOV
> 
> 
> 
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