What can we learn about the spectrum of high-energy stray neutron fields from Bonner sphere measurements?

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 692-699

  Reginatto, Marcel ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Bonner sphere spectrometry; High energy stray neutron fields; Maximum entropy principle; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN METHODS; BONNER SPHERE SPECTROMETRY; HIGH-ENERGY STRAY NEUTRON FIELDS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; UNFOLDING;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ENTROPY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; NEUTRONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

SPHERES;

EID: 70349972545     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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