pyEGAF: Modernization of the EGAF database

Hurst, A. M.; Firestone, R. B.; Chimanski, E. V.

doi:10.1007/s10967-023-09316-2

Title: pyEGAF: Modernization of the EGAF database

Journal Article · 09 January 2024 · Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09316-2 · OSTI ID:2283299

^[1]; Firestone, R. B. ^[1]; Chimanski, E. V. ^[2]

University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

One of the most comprehensive resources for thermal neutron-capture data is the Evaluated Gamma-ray Activation File (EGAF), containing data from prompt gamma activation analysis measurements carried out at the Budapest Research Reactor for 245 isotopes. Although these valuable datasets have been freely available for many years, the outdated and cryptic adopted format makes it difficult to utilize the data and it is not generally suitable for modern computational technologies. Furthermore, to help overcome these challenges, we have converted the datasets into an open standard JSON format. Additionally, we have developed a Python implementation of an open-source software package, pyEGAF, designed to interact with the JSON data structures for general purpose access, manipulation, and rapid assessment of the capture-gamma data in EGAF.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; NA0003996; AC02-05CH11231; AC02-98CH10886

OSTI ID:: 2283299

Report Number(s):: BNL-225181-2024-JAAM; TRN: US2408598

Journal Information:: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 333; ISSN 0236-5731

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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