Statistical uncertainty in line shift and width interpretation

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Hutchinson, Ian Horner
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Abstract
Elementary but general statistical analyses determine the uncertainty arising from photon statistics in measuring a line shift and width. Account is taken of a background as well as the required signal.
Date issued
2012-07
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/83906
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Journal
The European Physical Journal Plus
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Citation
Hutchinson, I. H. “Statistical uncertainty in line shift and width interpretation.” The European Physical Journal Plus 127, no. 7 (July 25, 2012).
Version: Author's final manuscript
ISSN
2190-5444
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