Published November 1, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Evaluation of beta-decay. Pt. 4. The complex gamma function; practicalities

  • 1. University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, England (United Kingdom)
  • 2. British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC (Canada). TRIUMF Facility

Description

Two easily-evaluated approximations for the square of the modulus of the complex gamma-function as it appears in F(Z, W), the Fermi function for beta-decay, are presented, one for high and the other for low electron energies. When grafted together at the appropriate electron energy as a function of Z the greatest error increases from less than 10-5% for low Z and reaches 10-2% only at Z∼ =90. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
365
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 203-207.
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
27006811
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; BETA DECAY; BETA SPECTRA; FERMI PLOT; GAMMA FUNCTION; POWER SERIES; SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
DECAY; DIAGRAMS; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION; NUCLEAR DECAY; SERIES EXPANSION; SPECTRA