notes-archive/statics/physics/modern-phys-lab/decay.ipynb

In [1]:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import pandas

data = pandas.read_csv('20250212_EC_decays.txt')
data.describe()

Out [1]:

	Decay Times in Microseconds
count	1257.000000
mean	3.421448
std	3.931721
min	0.319997
25%	0.960001
50%	1.880002
75%	4.120004
max	20.319996

In [2]:

cropped_data = data[data['Decay Times in Microseconds'] >= 0.3]
cropped_data.describe()

Out [2]:

	Decay Times in Microseconds
count	1257.000000
mean	3.421448
std	3.931721
min	0.319997
25%	0.960001
50%	1.880002
75%	4.120004
max	20.319996

In [12]:

data_range = (0.3, max(data['Decay Times in Microseconds']))
bins = np.arange(0.3, max(data['Decay Times in Microseconds']) + 0.5, 0.5)
hist = cropped_data.hist(range=data_range, bins=bins)
hist[0][0].set_yscale('log')

In [33]:

cropped_data_2 = cropped_data[cropped_data['Decay Times in Microseconds'] <= 7]
data_range = (0.3, max(cropped_data_2['Decay Times in Microseconds']))
bins = np.arange(0.3, max(cropped_data_2['Decay Times in Microseconds']) + 0.5, 0.5)
hist = cropped_data_2.hist(range=data_range, bins=bins)
hist[0][0].set_yscale('log')

times, bins = np.histogram(cropped_data_2, bins=bins, range=data_range)
times = np.log(times)
bins = bins[:-1]

In [43]:

line = np.polynomial.polynomial.Polynomial.fit(bins, times, deg=1)
line.convert()
line.roots()

Out [43]:

array([11.89013872])