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10 May 2010
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Subject:Remarks on MONITOR coding

Monitor information helps users who want to renormalize EXFOR data with the latest
monitor values, therefore coded information for monitor should be more complete andaccurate, and compiler should pay more attention to it, especially inspecting oldentries.
Below are two examples of problems pointed out by V. Zerkin (developing EXFOR
correction system, see WP2010-19). Proposed corrections are indicated by bold fonts.
11675.026
Corrections are necessary for- Correction of monitor reaction (capture to fission);- Addition of cross reference (headings);- Addition of uncertainty in monitor value for 197Au(n,γ)198Au;
etc.
SUBENT...
DETECTOR

11675001

20091005(NAICR) NaI crystal(FISCH) For thermal and fast neutrons((MONIT1)92-U-235(N,F)92-U-236,,SIG)((MONIT1),W.D.ALLEN+,B,PR.NUC.EN.,2,1,1958)

MONITORMONIT-REF...
EN-NRMMONIT1EV
B
0.0253584.
…
SUBENT
11675026
20091005…
REACTION(79-AU-197(N,G)79-AU-198,,SIG)
DECAY-DATA (79-AU-198,2.70D)
MONITOR((MONIT2)79-AU-197(N,G)79-AU-198,,SIG)
MONIT-REF ((MONIT2),F.T.Gould+,J,PR,100,1248,1955)
ERR-ANALYS (ERR-1) Uncertainty in measured thermal crosssection...
MONIT2
MONIT2-ERR ERR-1
B
B
PER-CENT
99.
2.0
7.
ENDCOMMON
3DATA
221EN
DATA
MEVB
1.45-01 3.20-01

30449.001
Correction is needed for incident energy for normalization under EN-NRM.
A correction factor 114.03/115.4 = 0.988 was obtained by K. Zolotarev (CJD) on thebasis of the current EXFOR 30449.001 (115.4 mb @ 14.6 MeV) and his evaluation[1] (114.03 mb @14.6 MeV). However this should be 115.48/115.4 = 1.001, because
115.4 mb is the data at 14.5 MeV where his evaluation gives 115.48 mb
The neutron energy for monitor (14.5 MeV) is within resolution (0.3 MeV) of incident
neutron energy (14.6 MeV). However the above example asks us to give the incident
energy for monitor cross section separately under EN-NRM if it is different from EN.
SUBENT...
MONITORMONIT-REF

30449001

20090311((MONIT1)13-AL-27(N,P)12-MG-27,,SIG)
75 +- 8 mb at 14.5MeV.
((MONIT2)13-AL-27(N,A)11-NA-24,,SIG)
115.4+-1.4 mb at 14.5MeV((MONIT1),M.Bormann+,R,IAEA-156,87,1974)((MONIT2)20111003,H.Vonach+,J,ZP,237,155,1970)…
EN
EN-RSLMONIT1
MONIT1-ERR MONIT2
MONIT2-ERR
EN-NRM
MEV
MEV
MBMB
MB
MB
MEV
1.4600E+01 3.0000E-01 7.5000E+01 8.0000E+00 1.1540E+02 1.4000E+00
14.5

Heading Field of MONITOR, MONIT-REF, DECAY-MON
EXFOR Formats Manual explains coding rule of heading field under keywords
MONITOR and MONIT-REF as follows:
MONITOR
Heading Field. Contains the data heading of the field in which the monitor value isgiven. The heading may be omitted, in which case its parenthesis is omitted.
MONIT-REF
Heading Field: Data heading of the field in which the standard value is given. The
heading may be omitted, in which case, its parentheses is also omitted.
DECAY-MON
Heading field. Contains the data heading of the field in which the monitor value isgiven. The heading may be omitted, in which case its parenthesis is omitted.
But the heading field must be present when data headings MONIT1, MONIT2 etc. areused. Therefore the following change in the rule for MONITOR, MONIT-REF and DECAYMON.
Heading Field: Contains the data heading of the field in which the monitor value
is given. Must be present when the data headings MONIT1, MONIT2, etc., are usedin the data set. Otherwise its presence is optional.

Reference[1] K. I. Zolotarev, INDC(NDS)-0546, 2009.

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