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Table 3
Variables frequently appearing throughout this manuscript are listed in order of their appearance.
| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| σ | (n,f) cross section |
| E | Incident neutron energy |
| Cy | Count rates of samples related to measuring observable y = 1, 2 |
| (here, 1... 239Pu(n,f) and 2... reference reaction) | |
| εy, δε | Efficiency of detector related to y = 1, 2; residual detector efficiency |
| in clean ratio measurements | |
| τy, δτ | Deadtime related to y = 1, 2; residual detector deadtime |
| in clean ratio measurements | |
| Cby | Background associated with y = 1, 2 |
| β, δβ | Neutron attenuation; residual neutron attenuation in ratio measurements |
| m, δm | Neutron multiple scattering; residual multiple scattering |
| in ratio measurements | |
| ϕ | Neutron flux |
| Ny | Number of atoms in the sample related to y = 1, 2 |
| Niy | Number of atoms in the sample related to y = 1, 2 of impurity i |
| σiy | (n,f) cross section of impurity i related to y = 1, 2 |
| σND2 | Nuclear data representation of reference cross section 2 |
| η, δη | η = mβ, δη = δmδβ |
| ζ, δζ | Impurity correction factor  and |
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| Δxo, Δxc | Minimal realistic and conservative PUBs bounds for |
| sub-process x = {C1,2, N1,2, ϕ,...} | |
| Covo(xi, xj), Covc(xi, xj) | Minimal realistic and conservative PUBs covariances |
| between measuring the sub-process x |
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