The significance of using the newcomb-benford law as a test of nuclear half-life calculations

Acta Physica Polonica B

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1213-1221

  Farkas, János ^a   Gyürky, György ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALF LIVES; NUCLEAR DATA; NUCLEAR DECAYS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOACTIVITY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 77954970278     PISSN: 05874254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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