Choosing fitting functions to describe peak tails in alpha-particle spectrometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 9-11, 1998, Pages 1225-1229

  Bland, C John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUNCTIONS; SPECTROMETRY;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; GAUSSIAN FUNCTION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SRIM;

ALPHA PARTICLES;

HELIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

ALPHA RADIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032146473     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)10050-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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