A CAUTIONARY NOTE ON THE USE OF THE HYPERMET TAILING FUNCTION IN X-RAY SPECTROMETRY WITH SI(LI) DETECTORS

Authors
CAMPBELL JL MAXWELL JA
Citation
Jl. Campbell et Ja. Maxwell, A CAUTIONARY NOTE ON THE USE OF THE HYPERMET TAILING FUNCTION IN X-RAY SPECTROMETRY WITH SI(LI) DETECTORS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 129(2), 1997, pp. 297-299
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
129
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
297 - 299
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1997)129:2<297:ACNOTU>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The widely used Hypermet function that describes quasi-exponential tai ling in Si(Li) X-ray detectors usually has a multiplicative factor omi tted. While this omission does not affect the quality of least-squares fits to spectra, it can cause error in the deduced intensity ratio be tween the tail and its parent Gaussian.