Title :
Effect of the measurement vs. the counting errors on parameters´ covariance in neutron tomography analysis
Author :
Odyniec, Michal ; Blair, Jerome
Author_Institution :
Nat. Security Technol., LLC, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Abstract :
We present here a method that estimates the relative effect of the counting uncertainty and of the instrument uncertainty on that of the parameters in a parametric model for neutron time of flight. The final result, obtained independently of calculation of the parameter values from measured data, presents explicitly the ratio of the two uncertainties in terms of the choice, settings, and placement of the detector and the oscilloscope. Consequently, the method can serve as a tool in planning a measurement setup.
Keywords :
measurement uncertainty; oscilloscopes; plasma temperature; counting errors; counting uncertainty; instrument uncertainty; measurement setup; neutron time of flight; neutron tomography analysis; oscilloscope; parameter covariance; parametric model; Correlation; Detectors; Neutrons; Oscilloscopes; Plasma measurements; Plasma temperature; Uncertainty; Gaussian process; Poisson process; fusion; neutron time of flight NToF; plasma; uncertainty analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 2013 IEEE 25th Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0169-2
DOI :
10.1109/SOFE.2013.6635418
