Citation
S. Pomme et al., Is it safe to use Poisson statistics in nuclear spectrometry?, J RAD NUCL, 244(3), 2000, pp. 501-506
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
02365731
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Volume
244
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
501 - 506
Database
ISI
SICI code
0236-5731(200006)244:3<501:IISTUP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The boundary conditions in which Poisson statistics can be applied in nucle
ar spectrometry are investigated. Improved formulas for the uncertainty of
nuclear counting with deadtime and pulse pileup are presented. A comparison
is made between the expected statistical uncertainty for loss-free countin
g, fixed live-time and fixed real-time measurements.