A cautionary note on the use of the Hypermet tailing function in X-ray spectrometry with Si(Li) detectors
Abstract
The widely used Hypermet function that describes quasi-exponential tailing in Si(Li) X-ray detectors usually has a multiplicative factor omitted. While this omission does not affect the quality of least-squares fits to spectra, it can cause error in the deduced intensity ratio between the tail and its parent Gaussian.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B
- Pub Date:
- July 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0168-583X(97)00229-2
- Bibcode:
- 1997NIMPB.129..297C