Statistical Uncertainty in Line Shift and Width Interpretation
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2013-09-17 v2 Plasma Physics
Abstract
A general mathematical derivation is given of the uncertainty arising from photon statistics in spectroscopic determination of line shift and width, in the presence of a background spectrum.
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@article{arxiv.1204.6436,
title = {Statistical Uncertainty in Line Shift and Width Interpretation},
author = {I H Hutchinson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.6436},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
The topic is of frequent interest in practical experiments, and while the derivation and results are elementary, they are not treated to the author's knowledge in standard textbooks