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    Chi-squared test of a Poisson fit to a cosmic-ray spectrum

    P-TRIV-PR28

    Area
    Prelim
    Status
    draft
    Contents

    In an experiment on the detection of cosmic rays a detector counts particles with different energies coming from different directions. The observed spectrum of the particles is shown in table below.

    Energy, MeV 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
    # of p. 15 71 75 68 39 17 10 4 1

    At the significance level 0.05, test the hypothesis that the particle spectrum is distributed according to the Poisson distribution with parameter \(\lambda\). Find the effective estimate for \(\lambda\).

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