On the randomness and correlation in the trajectories of alpha particle emitted from ²⁴¹Am: statistical inference based on information entropy.

ABSTRACT: Most particle detectors are based on the hypothesis that particles are emitted randomly upon nuclear decay. In the present work, we tested the hypothesis of the existence of correlation in the random trajectories of alpha particles emitted from [Formula: see text]Am source and the null hypothesis of random trajectories. The trajectories were clued through the registration of track in a solid-state nuclear track detector. The experimental parameters were optimized to identify the possible sources of correlation in the track registration and the detector conditions upon exposure and etching to avoid misleading results. The optimization included authentication of linearity in registration efficiency with exposure time to prevent coalescence of registered tracks. The statistical inference proc

SUBMITTER: El Ghazaly M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9374780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature