Optimal distribution of measurement time in single channel measurements

2008/12/02 by J. Kašpar, Kaspar, J., M. Ryšavý +1
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Electrochemical Analysis and Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0812.0461

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Abstract

Single channel measurements play a minor role in today physics, but they are sometimes unavoidable. Comparing to multichannel measurements, there is distribution of measurement time to be chosen in an experiment design. A method to optimize distribution of measurement time is given, where optimal distribution minimizes standard deviation of a selected fit parameter. As an example, the method is applied to electron spectroscopy experiments.

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