How accurately can we determine spectra in high-energy neutron fields with bonner spheres?

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-332

  Reginatto, Marcel ^a   Hohmann, Eike ^a   Wiegel, Burkhard ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Bonner spheres; Neutron spectrometry

Indexed keywords

NEUTRONS; SPECTROMETRY; SPHERES;

BAYESIAN PARAMETER ESTIMATION; BAYESIAN STATISTICS; BONNER SPHERE SPECTROMETER; BONNER SPHERES; HIGH-ENERGY ACCELERATOR; HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRON; MEGA-ELECTRON-VOLT; NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 73149122968     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT09-A9203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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