On the measurement of the activity of a radioactive source and a related stochastic process.

J. M. F. Chamayou

Stochastica (1981)

  • Volume: 5, Issue: 3, page 177-190
  • ISSN: 0210-7821

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A method is presented to compute the activity of a radioactive source. The principle of the method is based on the tuning of b, the time constant of the RC circuit of the detector with l being the rate of emission of the source, using a statistical argument.The stochastical process involved refers to the distribution of the following random voltage:Vt = ∑(0 < ti ≤ t) Yi c-b(t - ti)where the ti are Poisson dates of emission and the Yi are random or deterministic pulse heights. The case of Yi gamma distributed is investigated. This method could replace a crude counting for the case of a very intense source where this kind of measurement would be delicate due to the problem of rapid data acquisition.

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Chamayou, J. M. F.. "On the measurement of the activity of a radioactive source and a related stochastic process.." Stochastica 5.3 (1981): 177-190. <http://eudml.org/doc/38968>.

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