Multichannel analyser analysis functions

MCA emulators are concerned mainly with the acquisition of the spectrum data. They emulate the functions of the hardwired multichannel analyser. Examples are the Canberra System 100 (no longer available) and ORTEC Maestro-32. These programs will provide for energy calibration but not necessarily width or efficiency calibration. Peak area measurement and peak search may be provided but this is unlikely to be as complex as a dedicated off-line analysis package. In our context, I will define online as being work done interactively with data held and displayed in the MCA emulator. Off-line would then be work done with spectra stored on computer disk. 

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