Published March 14, 1991 | Version v1
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Experimental investigation of statistical density function of decaying radioactive sources

Creators

  • 1. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (Hungary). Central Research Inst. for Physics

Description

The validity of the Poisson and the λP(k) modified Poisson statistical density functions of observing k events in a short time interval is investigated experimentally in radioactive decay detection for various measuring times. The experiments to measure radioactive decay were performed with 89mY, using a multichannel analyzer. According to the results, Poisson statistics adequately describes the counting experiment for short measuring times. (author) 13 refs.; 4 figs

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
153
Journal Issue
4
Series
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. ;Letters.
Journal Page Range
245-256
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCD

INIS

Country of Publication
Hungary
Country of Input or Organization
Hungary
INIS RN
23003434
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
COUNTING RATES; DECAY; DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; POISSON EQUATION; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; RADIATION SOURCES; STATISTICS; YTTRIUM 89
Descriptors DEC
DATA; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; YTTRIUM ISOTOPES