Detector Physics: Dead Time and Coincidence Timing Step by Step
A lightweight execution-visualization book.
Dead-Time Budgets
Detected Counts Create Dead Time
Observed Rate Is Counts over Clock
Live Time Is the Remaining Clock
Non-Paralyzable Dead Time
Dead-Time Count Equation
Longer Clock Accepts More Counts
Longer Dead Time Reduces Counts
Live Fraction and Effective Rate
Live Fraction Is Live over Clock
Live Fraction Scales Rate
Live Fraction Cites Dead Budget
Coincidence Windows
Coincidence Window Accepts Boundary
Late Tick Is Not a Coincidence
Same Window Compares Both Cases
Accidentals, Purity, and Audit
Accidental Rate Is a Rate Product
Purity Is True over Total
Detector Response Audit Closes Chain
Timing Boundary Depth Scans
Dead-Time Count Boundary Three-Row Scan
Dead-Time Each Pressure Three-Row Scan
Live Fraction Effective Rate Three-Row Scan
Coincidence Window Margin Three-Row Scan
Accidental Purity Floor Three-Row Scan