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Count rate effects in analysis programs using fitting techniques

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This work discusses the relative merits of parabolic, linear, or step background functions under the photopeak in a SAMPO type fitting algorithm used in the Canberra APOGEE package for a PDP-11 or a VAX-11 minicomputer. Four different variations of the background are subjected to a statistical test of precision under stable measurement conditions and investigated for their behavior as a function of count rate.

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Koskelo, M.J. Count rate effects in analysis programs using fitting techniques. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 114, 215–221 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02039794

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