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A remark on the detection of events in nuclear emulsions

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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It is shown that the frequently used method of «rescanning» to determine the efficiency with which events have been detected in the course of a systematic search, may, under certain conditions, lead to seriously misleading conclusions.

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Si mostra che il metodo del «rescanning», usato frequentemente per determinare l’efficienza con cui gli eventi sono stati rilevati nel corso di una ricerca sistematica, può, in certe condizioni, portare a conclusioni che inducono in gravi errori.

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Waddington, C.J. A remark on the detection of events in nuclear emulsions. Nuovo Cim 19 (Suppl 1), 37–40 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02819679

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