Maximum-likelihood analysis and goodness-of-fit estimation in low count-rate experiments: 85Kr β activity in the test facility of the Borexino detector and double-beta decay of 76Ge in the Heidelberg-Moscow experiment

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 516, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 184-192

  Ianni, A ^a  

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit; Low level counting; Maximum likelihood inference

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BETA RAY SPECTROMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; KRYPTON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

GOODNESS-OF-FIT ESTIMATION; LOW-LEVEL COUNTING; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD (ML) INFERENCE;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 1242330457     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.07.040     Document Type: Article

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