plotTubeData.ipynb

Kernel: Python 2 (Ubuntu Linux)

Plot SI22G Geiger Tube Data

Plot the count rate versus supply voltage

%matplotlib inline
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

tubeList = ["A02", "A03", "A04", "A05", "A06", "B03", "B04", "B06"]
# "A06", 

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12,8))
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
for tube in tubeList:
    fileName = "tube_%s.csv" % (tube)
    print fileName
    myArray = np.genfromtxt(fileName, delimiter=',', comments='#')
    myArray = np.sort(myArray,0)
    volts = myArray[:,0]
    dVolts = myArray[:,1]
    countTimes = myArray[:,2]
    counts = myArray[:,3]
    CPM = counts / countTimes
    dCPM = np.sqrt(counts) / countTimes
    ax.errorbar(volts, CPM, xerr=dVolts, yerr=dCPM, fmt='-o', label=tube)
    
ax.set_title("SI22G Geiger Tube Response")
ax.set_xlabel("Voltage (V)")
ax.set_ylabel("CPM")
ax.set_xlim(200,450)
ax.set_ylim(0,10000)
ax.legend()
ax.grid()
fig.savefig("GeigerTubes.svg")

tube_A02.csv
tube_A03.csv
tube_A04.csv
tube_A05.csv
tube_A06.csv
tube_B03.csv
tube_B04.csv
tube_B06.csv