From: ZODIAC::MCCLINTOCK 4-JAN-1991 18:29:44.93 To: BARTH,PRYOR,SIMMONS CC: Subj: Here is the dead time correction for the Galileo UVS detector. Ct=true counts per sec Co=observed counts per sec Ct=Co/(1-T1*Co^1.5-T2*Co^6) where T1=1.3145E-9 and T2=2.E-36 THIS RELATION IS VALID ONLY FOR Co<=5.E5 COUNTS PER SEC The following table is a short example. Co Ct Ct/Co 10000. 10013. 1.0013 20000. 20075. 1.0037 30000. 30206. 1.0069 40000. 40425. 1.0106 50000. 50746. 1.0149 60000. 61182. 1.0197 70000. 71747. 1.0250 80000. 82453. 1.0307 90000. 93312. 1.0368 1.00000E+05 1.04337E+05 1.0434 2.00000E+05 2.26681E+05 1.1334 3.00000E+05 3.83366E+05 1.2779 4.00000E+05 6.06746E+05 1.5169 5.00000E+05 9.92079E+05 1.9842