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1European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium.
Abstract:
An analytical equation is derived for the uncertainty propagation factor for a half-life determination from a least-squares fit to equidistant activity measurements performed with identical relative uncertainties. The obtained formula applies to a purely random statistical uncertainty component. It is equivalent to the solution published by Parker in Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 286, 502. A more general equation for weighted least-squares fitting is derived and presented in a compact manner. It is used as a benchmark to verify the applicability of Parker's solution to non-equidistant data with unequal uncertainties.
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