pandemonium effect

proper noun

A problem that leads to inaccurate results from high-resolution gamma ray detectors in cases of beta decay when the decay product has a large Q value because the decay product has too many possible energy excitation levels with too much variation in the amount of energy emitted by different levels.

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proper nounthe pandemonium effect
  1. natural sciencesA problem that leads to inaccurate results from high-resolution gamma ray detectors in cases of beta decay when the decay product has a large Q value because the decay product has too many possible energy excitation levels with too much variation in the amount of energy emitted by different levels.

    The pandemonium effect obviously has major consequences for decay heat calculations.

    2014, Juha Äystö, Tommi Eronen, Ari Jokinen, IGISOL, page 247
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    If we have a beta decay that suffers from the pandemonium effect, the mean gamma energies will be underestimated and the beta energies will be overestimated.

    2012, Amir Mesquita, Nuclear Reactors, page 78
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