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, iov...@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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.