Statistical analysis of SAMPEX PET proton measurements
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Authors
Pierrard, V.
Lemaire, J.
Heynderickx, D.
Kruglanski, M.
Looper, M.
Blake, B.
Mewaldt, D.
Subject
Numerical analysis
Particle detectors
Poisson distribution
Protons
Radiation counters
Radioactivity measurement
Proton electron telescopes
Proton measurement
Trapped protons
Van Allen belts
Statistical methods
Audience
Scientific
Date
2000Metadata
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We present a statistical study of the distributions of proton counts from the Proton-Electron Telescope aboard the low-altitude polar satellite SAMPEX. Our statistical analysis shows that histograms of observed proton counts are generally distributed according to Poisson distributions but are sometimes quite different. The observed departures from Poisson distributions can be attributed to variations of the average flux or to the non-constancy of the detector lifetimes.
Citation
Pierrard, V.; Lemaire, J.; Heynderickx, D.; Kruglanski, M.; Looper, M.; Blake, B.; Mewaldt, D. (2000). Statistical analysis of SAMPEX PET proton measurements. , Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 449, Issue 1, 378-382, DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01454-0.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-0034229195
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng