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Utilization of MCNP® 6 implicit-capture simulations for quantification of systematic uncertainties from experimental environments

Journal Article · · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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In this study, the high statistical precision that can be achieved using modern data collection techniques implies that systematic uncertainties that were ignored or not considered for past experiments must now be explored. The folding of Monte Carlo simulations into experimental data analysis, which is becoming common practice, requires an estimate of the systematic uncertainty present in the experimental result from uncertainties in the library of cross sections used during the simulation, but this source of uncertainty is typically not quantified. Here we describe a method to estimate this systematic uncertainty by varying the cross sections used during simulation runtime. As opposed carrying out hundreds of sequential analog Monte Carlo simulations, this task was accomplished through a post-processing calculation of output from a single simulation that was run using the implicit-capture formalism available with MCNP® 6.2 and the PTRAC output format.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1481151
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1636278
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--18-26761
Journal Information:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Vol. 954; ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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