Templates of expected measurement uncertainties
Abstract
The covariance committee of CSEWG (Cross Section Evaluation Working Group) established templates of expected measurement uncertainties for neutron-induced total, (n,γ), neutron-induced charged-particle, and (n,xn) reaction cross sections as well as prompt fission neutron spectra, average prompt and total fission neutron multiplicities, and fission yields. Templates provide a list of what uncertainty sources are expected for each measurement type and observable, and suggest typical ranges of these uncertainties and correlations based on a survey of experimental data, associated literature, and feedback from experimenters. Information needed to faithfully include the experimental data in the nuclear-data evaluation process is also provided. These templates could assist (a) experimenters and EXFOR compilers in delivering more complete uncertainties and measurement information relevant for evaluations of new experimental data, and (b) evaluators in achieving a more comprehensive uncertainty quantification for evaluation purposes. This effort might ultimately lead to more realistic evaluated covariances for nuclear-data applications. In this topical issue, we cover the templates coming out of this CSEWG effort–typically, one observable per paper. This paper here prefaces this topical issue by introducing the concept and mathematical framework of templates, discussing potential use cases, and giving an example of how they can be applied (estimating missing experimental uncertaintiesmore »
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Naval Nuclear Lab., Schenectady, NY (United States)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD (United States)
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Lancaster Univ., Bailrigg (United Kingdom)
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden (Germany)
- Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)
- Univ. of Vienna (Austria)
- Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
- Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Mixed Organizations (CNRS-UMR), Paris (France). Univ. Bordeaux
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Saclay (France). Université Paris-Saclay
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Contributing Org.:
- Cross Section Evaluation Working Group
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2205722
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 2212462; OSTI ID: 2217510; OSTI ID: 2229633
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-823070; LA-UR-23-23484; BNL-225031-2023-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2491-9292; 1035828
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; AC02-98CH10886; 89233218CNA000001; NA0003180; 20SSC000056; SC0021243; SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- EPJ Nuclear Sciences and Technologies
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2491-9292
- Publisher:
- EDP Sciences
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Citation Formats
Neudecker, Denise, Lewis, Amanda M., Matthews, Eric F., Vanhoy, Jeffrey, Haight, Robert C., Smith, Donald L., Talou, Patrick, Croft, Stephen, Carlson, Allan D., Pierson, Bruce, Wallner, Anton, Al-Adili, Ali, Bernstein, Lee, Capote, Roberto, Devlin, Matthew, Drosg, Manfred, Duke, Dana L., Finch, Sean, Herman, Michal W., Kelly, Keegan J., Koning, Arjan, Lovell, Amy E., Marini, Paola, Montoya, Kristina, Nobre, Gustavo P. A., Paris, Mark, Pritychenko, Boris, Sjöstrand, Henrik, Snyder, Lucas, Sobes, Vladimir, Solders, Andreas, and Taieb, Julien. Templates of expected measurement uncertainties. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1051/epjn/2023014.
Neudecker, Denise, Lewis, Amanda M., Matthews, Eric F., Vanhoy, Jeffrey, Haight, Robert C., Smith, Donald L., Talou, Patrick, Croft, Stephen, Carlson, Allan D., Pierson, Bruce, Wallner, Anton, Al-Adili, Ali, Bernstein, Lee, Capote, Roberto, Devlin, Matthew, Drosg, Manfred, Duke, Dana L., Finch, Sean, Herman, Michal W., Kelly, Keegan J., Koning, Arjan, Lovell, Amy E., Marini, Paola, Montoya, Kristina, Nobre, Gustavo P. A., Paris, Mark, Pritychenko, Boris, Sjöstrand, Henrik, Snyder, Lucas, Sobes, Vladimir, Solders, Andreas, & Taieb, Julien. Templates of expected measurement uncertainties. United States. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2023014
Neudecker, Denise, Lewis, Amanda M., Matthews, Eric F., Vanhoy, Jeffrey, Haight, Robert C., Smith, Donald L., Talou, Patrick, Croft, Stephen, Carlson, Allan D., Pierson, Bruce, Wallner, Anton, Al-Adili, Ali, Bernstein, Lee, Capote, Roberto, Devlin, Matthew, Drosg, Manfred, Duke, Dana L., Finch, Sean, Herman, Michal W., Kelly, Keegan J., Koning, Arjan, Lovell, Amy E., Marini, Paola, Montoya, Kristina, Nobre, Gustavo P. A., Paris, Mark, Pritychenko, Boris, Sjöstrand, Henrik, Snyder, Lucas, Sobes, Vladimir, Solders, Andreas, and Taieb, Julien. Fri .
"Templates of expected measurement uncertainties". United States. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2023014. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2205722.
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title = {Templates of expected measurement uncertainties},
author = {Neudecker, Denise and Lewis, Amanda M. and Matthews, Eric F. and Vanhoy, Jeffrey and Haight, Robert C. and Smith, Donald L. and Talou, Patrick and Croft, Stephen and Carlson, Allan D. and Pierson, Bruce and Wallner, Anton and Al-Adili, Ali and Bernstein, Lee and Capote, Roberto and Devlin, Matthew and Drosg, Manfred and Duke, Dana L. and Finch, Sean and Herman, Michal W. and Kelly, Keegan J. and Koning, Arjan and Lovell, Amy E. and Marini, Paola and Montoya, Kristina and Nobre, Gustavo P. A. and Paris, Mark and Pritychenko, Boris and Sjöstrand, Henrik and Snyder, Lucas and Sobes, Vladimir and Solders, Andreas and Taieb, Julien},
abstractNote = {The covariance committee of CSEWG (Cross Section Evaluation Working Group) established templates of expected measurement uncertainties for neutron-induced total, (n,γ), neutron-induced charged-particle, and (n,xn) reaction cross sections as well as prompt fission neutron spectra, average prompt and total fission neutron multiplicities, and fission yields. Templates provide a list of what uncertainty sources are expected for each measurement type and observable, and suggest typical ranges of these uncertainties and correlations based on a survey of experimental data, associated literature, and feedback from experimenters. Information needed to faithfully include the experimental data in the nuclear-data evaluation process is also provided. These templates could assist (a) experimenters and EXFOR compilers in delivering more complete uncertainties and measurement information relevant for evaluations of new experimental data, and (b) evaluators in achieving a more comprehensive uncertainty quantification for evaluation purposes. This effort might ultimately lead to more realistic evaluated covariances for nuclear-data applications. In this topical issue, we cover the templates coming out of this CSEWG effort–typically, one observable per paper. This paper here prefaces this topical issue by introducing the concept and mathematical framework of templates, discussing potential use cases, and giving an example of how they can be applied (estimating missing experimental uncertainties of 235U(n,f) average prompt fission neutron multiplicities), and their impact on nuclear-data evaluations.},
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