Statistics of count numbers from a photomultiplier tube and its implications for error estimation

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 746-751

  Adamiec, Grzegorz ^a   Heer, Aleksandra J ^b   Bluszcz, Andrzej ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Counting statistics of PMT; OSL; Overdispersion; TL

Indexed keywords

COUNTING STATISTICS; COUNTING SYSTEM; EQUIVALENT DOSE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; OSL; OVERDISPERSION; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; STANDARD DEVIATION; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

LUMINESCENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; THALLIUM; TUBES (COMPONENTS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ERROR STATISTICS;

EID: 84867043725     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.12.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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