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Optimum counting programs for short-lived activities

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Equations describing the precision obtained when counting for periods significant compared to a half-life are derived. Optimum solutions which involve transcendental equations are obtained numerically, and convenient approximations are given.

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  1. Department of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, (Canada)

    W. V. Prestwich & T. J. Kennett

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Prestwich, W.V., Kennett, T.J. Optimum counting programs for short-lived activities. J. Radioanal. Chem. 62, 31–39 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02517336

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