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Title: THEORETICAL EVALUATION OF THE VARIANCE FOR THE STATISTICAL CORRELATION METHOD FOR MEASURING DAUGHTER HALF-LIVES IN THE 10$sup -4$-10$sup -1$ SECOND RANGE. PART I

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4147658

The determination of half-lives in the 10/sup -4/ to 10/sup -1/ second range is considered for daughters in equilibrium with long lived parents without the count rate restrictions imposed on the usual delayed coincidence method by the occurrence of accidental coincidences. The variance and fractional standard devistion of the correlation measurement are theoretically evalaated for a radioactive source cascade with negligible background and conetant source strength, and the variance is determined for background activity with no cascade present.

Research Organization:
North Carolina State Coll., Raleigh
DOE Contract Number:
DA-01-009-ORD-820
NSA Number:
NSA-14-023574
OSTI ID:
4147658
Report Number(s):
OOR-2543.2
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English