Charge Coupled Devices as Particle Detectors

Table 3

Analysis of the physical meaning of the possible signs of the slope and intercept of the regression line (15).

Sign of the slope 𝑠	Sign of the intercept 𝑖	sc	Value of |𝐸𝑡−𝐸𝑖|	Value of |pdg|
>0	>0	+1	𝑠	𝑖
>0	<0	−1	−sc⋅𝑠=+𝑠	sc⋅𝑖=−𝑖
<0	>0	−1	sc⋅𝑠=−𝑠	−sc⋅𝑖=+𝑖