A new test for random events of an exponential distribution
Karl-Heinz Schmidt
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, 64291
Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract: A new statistical test procedure is described to evaluate
whether a set of radioactive-decay data is compatible with the assumption that these data
originate from the decay of a single radioactive species. Criteria to detect contributions
from other radioactive species and from different event sources are given. The test is
applicable to samples of exponential distributions with two or more events.
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