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+# PeakOTron
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+A tool to perform automated fits of Silicon Photo-Multiplier charge spectra to extract useful parameters from experiments. PeakOTron can be used for detailed analyses of single spectra, and also for the automatic characterisation of large samples of SiPMs.
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+The starting values of the fit parameters are extracted from the charge spectra.
+The entire data, including the intervals in-between the photoelectron peaks, are fitted to determine parameters such as the mean number of detected photons, gain, gain spread, prompt cross-talk, pedestal, electronics noise, dark-count rate as well as probability and time constant of after-pulses. 
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+To get started, have a look at ```example.py```.
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