Time-interval analysis of beta decay

Authors :: J.C. Hardy
Vladimir Horvat
Source :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 713:19-26
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2013.
Abstract: A time-interval method of beta-decay half-life analysis is described. The method is expected to produce results that are highly accurate (for the given number of events analyzed), regardless of the event rate, nature of the detection-system dead time, and/or extent of the dead time. This was verified by applying the method in a systematic way to an array of simulated data sets characterized by typical as well as extreme combinations of simulation parameters. The results of the analysis are presented and discussed.

Subjects :: Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Simulated data
Maximum likelihood
Event (relativity)
Dead time
Instrumentation
Beta decay
Algorithm
Interval arithmetic

ISSN :: 01689002
Volume :: 713
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :: edsair.doi...........2d25cfbcd4116e84a8c01da962081163

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