How accurately we know the standard $^{252}$Cf(sf) neutron multiplicity?

Autor:	Capote, R., Neudecker, D.
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Nuclear Theory Nuclear Experiment Physics - Data Analysis Statistics and Probability
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	Small uncertainties obtained for the Neutron Standards have been associated with possible missing correlations in the input data, with an incomplete uncertainty budget of the employed experimental database or with unrecognized uncertainty sources common to many measurements. While further detailed studies may improve the first two issues, the issue of potential unrecognized uncertainties and correlations between different experiments has long been neglected. We address this gap with a test-case study ons the evaluation of the total neutron multiplicity of the $^{252}$Cf(sf) source, which is included in the evaluation of the Thermal Neutron Constants within the Neutron Standards. Comment: Presented at the American Nuclear Society winter meeting, ANTPC November 2018, Orlando, FL, USA
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1908.00272 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv