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Phys. Rev. A 39, 4137–4139 (1989)

1/f noise in the radioactive β- decay of 204Tl

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M. Athiba Azhar and K. Gopala
Department of Physics, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006, India

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Received 12 September 1988; published in the issue dated April 1989

An attempt has been made to detect the presence of 1/f fluctuations in β- decay using the Allan variance theorem. For counting periods less than about 800 min, the counting statistics were found to be Poissonian and for periods greater than about 800 min, the statistics were found to be non-Poissonian. 1/f fluctuations in the β- emissions were observed leading to a flicker floor. It was also found that the flicker floor varies with energy of the emitted β- particles from 204Tl used in the experiment.

© 1989 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.39.4137
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.39.4137
PACS:
05.40.+j

See Also

Erratum: M. Athiba Azhar and K. Gopala, Erratum: 1/f noise in the radioactive β- decay of 204Tl, Phys. Rev. A 40, 7403 (1989).