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Plot of 238U(n,Total) on a logrithmic scale:


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ENDFB7BETAS (2003)[doc] (1971) J. F. Whalen, A. B. Smith (Exfor entry 10009002)[orig][doc] (1971) J. F. Whalen, A. B. Smith (Exfor entry 10009003)[orig][doc]
JEFF30 (1989)[doc] (1971) D. G. Foster Jr, D. W. Glasgow (Exfor entry 10047099)[orig][doc] (1973) S. H. Hayes, P. Stoler, et al. (Exfor entry 10279002)[orig][doc]
ENDFB6 (1989)[doc] (1974) R. B. Schwartz, R. A. Schrack, H. T. Heaton Ii (Exfor entry 10280006)[orig][doc] (1975) P. V. R. Murthy, C. A. Ayre, et al. (Exfor entry 10403011)[orig][doc]
JENDL33 (2000)[doc] (1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577002)[orig][doc] (1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577004)[orig][doc]
ENDL99 (1975) (1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577005)[orig][doc] (1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577006)[orig][doc]
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577007)[orig][doc] (1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577008)[orig][doc]
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577009)[orig][doc] (1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577010)[orig][doc]
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577011)[orig][doc] (1981) W. P. Poenitz, J. F. Whalen, A. B. Smith (Exfor entry 10935007)[orig][doc]
(1960) J. M. Peterson, A. Bratenahl, J. P. Stoering (Exfor entry 11108042)[orig][doc] (1958) A. Bratenahl, J. M. Peterson, J. P. Stoering (Exfor entry 11155033)[orig][doc]
(1964) J. B. Garg, J. Rainwater, et al. (Exfor entry 12278005)[orig][doc] (1957) L. M. Bollinger, R. E. Cote, et al. (Exfor entry 12457013)[orig][doc]
(1956) M. L. Yeater (Exfor entry 12469002)[orig][doc] (1977) R. B. Royer, R. M. Brugger (Exfor entry 12661007)[orig][doc]
(1988) J. A. Harvey, N. W. Hill, et al. (Exfor entry 13632007)[orig][doc] (1988) J. A. Harvey, N. W. Hill, et al. (Exfor entry 13632008)[orig][doc]
(2001) W. P. Abfalterer, F. B. Bateman, et al. (Exfor entry 13753030)[orig][doc] (1980) J. A. Harvey, M. Hockaday (Exfor entry 13769002)[orig][doc]
(1980) J. A. Harvey, M. Hockaday (Exfor entry 13769003)[orig][doc] (1980) J. A. Harvey, M. Hockaday (Exfor entry 13769004)[orig][doc]
(1980) J. A. Harvey, M. Hockaday (Exfor entry 13769005)[orig][doc] (1970) G. Carraro, W. Kolar (Exfor entry 20115002)[orig][doc]
(1970) G. Carraro, W. Kolar (Exfor entry 20115003)[orig][doc] (1970) G. Carraro, W. Kolar (Exfor entry 20115004)[orig][doc]
(1970) G. Carraro, W. Kolar (Exfor entry 20115005)[orig][doc] (1973) J. Cabe, M. Cance (Exfor entry 20480019)[orig][doc]
(1973) J. Cabe, M. Cance (Exfor entry 20480020)[orig][doc] (1973) J. Cabe, M. Cance (Exfor entry 20480021)[orig][doc]
(1963) F. W. K. Firk, J. E. Lynn, M. C. Moxon (Exfor entry 20963002)[orig][doc] (1965) R. Batchelor, W. B. Gilboy, J. H. Towle (Exfor entry 21019020)[orig][doc]
(1966) C. A. Uttley, C. M. Newstead, K. M. Diment (Exfor entry 21088005)[orig][doc] (1973) M. Baba, K. Nomoto, et al. (Exfor entry 21092002)[orig][doc]
(1968) J. Voignier (Exfor entry 21725002)[orig][doc] (1984) I. Tsubone, Y. Nakajima, et al. (Exfor entry 21813002)[orig][doc]
(1996) A. Meister, H. Tagziria, et al. (Exfor entry 22357004)[orig][doc] (1996) A. Meister, H. Tagziria, et al. (Exfor entry 22357004)[orig][doc]
(1996) A. Meister, H. Tagziria, et al. (Exfor entry 22357005)[orig][doc] (1996) A. Meister, H. Tagziria, et al. (Exfor entry 22357005)[orig][doc]
(1967) C. Thibault (Exfor entry 22549009)[orig][doc] (1961) D. Didier (Exfor entry 22573002)[orig][doc]
(1974) S. Mubarakmand, M. Ahmad, et al. (Exfor entry 30305004)[orig][doc] (1982) M. Adib, R. M. A. Maayouf, et al. (Exfor entry 30636003)[orig][doc]
(1992) Pham Zuy Hien, Vuong Huu Tang, Nguyen Phuoc Xuan (Exfor entry 31457003)[orig][doc] (1974) V. N. Kononov, E. D. Poletaev (Exfor entry 40328002)[orig][doc]
(1977) N. L. Gnidak, A. L. Kiriljuk, et al. (Exfor entry 40562005)[orig][doc] (1977) N. L. Gnidak, A. L. Kiriljuk, et al. (Exfor entry 40562006)[orig][doc]
(1980) V. P. Vertebnyy, N. L. Gnidak, et al. (Exfor entry 40729012)[orig][doc] (1991) Yu. V. Grigor'Ev, T. Bakalov, et al. (Exfor entry 40876006)[orig][doc]
(1986) A. V. Murzin, V. P. Vertebnyy, et al. (Exfor entry 40924002)[orig][doc] (1986) A. V. Murzin, V. P. Vertebnyy, et al. (Exfor entry 40924003)[orig][doc]
(1986) A. V. Murzin, V. P. Vertebnyy, et al. (Exfor entry 40924014)[orig][doc] (1990) Yu. V. Grigor'Ev, V. N. Koshcheev, et al. (Exfor entry 41154002)[orig][doc]
(1955) V. P. Dzhelepov, V. I. Satarov, B. M. Golovin (Exfor entry 41261013)[orig][doc] (1967) C. Thibault (Exfor entry 60949009)[orig][doc]
(1980) V. P. Vertebnyj, N. L. Gnidak, et al. (Exfor entry 88018008)[orig][doc]


Data scoring:

This is a guide to the quality of each individual dataset. Details of the calculations and scoring can be found here.
DatasetpubYearpubTypenDataaveDev (barns)sqrt(varDev) (barns)ScoreComment
(1971) J. F. Whalen, A. B. Smith (Exfor entry 10009002)[orig][doc] 1971 Report 524 0.153693853008 0.0100841311831 6.16377798419 OK Data
(1971) J. F. Whalen, A. B. Smith (Exfor entry 10009003)[orig][doc] 1971 Report 4 0.23365160281 0.294431746454 6.52808334926 OK Data
(1971) D. G. Foster Jr, D. W. Glasgow (Exfor entry 10047099)[orig][doc] 1971 Journal 244 0.113997806027 0.0132510817933 6.12724888782 OK Data
(1973) S. H. Hayes, P. Stoler, et al. (Exfor entry 10279002)[orig][doc] 1973 Journal 747 0.157491146889 0.0180499870149 6.1755411339 OK Data
(1974) R. B. Schwartz, R. A. Schrack, H. T. Heaton Ii (Exfor entry 10280006)[orig][doc] 1974 Journal 1706 0.0926856026102 0.00443840850925 6.09712401112 OK Data
(1975) P. V. R. Murthy, C. A. Ayre, et al. (Exfor entry 10403011)[orig][doc] 1975 Journal 7 None None 6.0 OK Data
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577002)[orig][doc] 1973 Thesis 21 0.104413240978 0.0475627362336 8.15197597721 OK Data
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577004)[orig][doc] 1973 Thesis 44 13.801816203 7.91342985391 29.7152460569 Wrong Shape, bad score
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577005)[orig][doc] 1973 Thesis 44 12.4784499908 7.96872719989 28.4471771907 Wrong Shape, bad score
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577006)[orig][doc] 1973 Thesis 44 12.1448502002 7.97896274601 28.1238129462 Wrong Shape, bad score
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577007)[orig][doc] 1973 Thesis 88 11.7233016912 5.63878902941 25.3620907206 Wrong Shape, bad score
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577008)[orig][doc] 1973 Thesis 44 11.6816503028 8.05557511251 27.7372254153 Wrong Shape, bad score
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577009)[orig][doc] 1973 Thesis 44 11.7746275755 8.05451592588 27.8291435014 Wrong Shape, bad score
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577010)[orig][doc] 1973 Thesis 88 11.6718909043 5.68748028339 25.3593711877 Wrong Shape, bad score
(1973) T. Y. Byoun (Exfor entry 10577011)[orig][doc] 1973 Thesis 44 59.5728206396 10.2864419478 77.8592625873 Useless, really bad score
(1981) W. P. Poenitz, J. F. Whalen, A. B. Smith (Exfor entry 10935007)[orig][doc] 1981 Journal 47 0.072106481049 0.0121496841846 4.08425616523 OK Data
(1960) J. M. Peterson, A. Bratenahl, J. P. Stoering (Exfor entry 11108042)[orig][doc] 1960 Journal 4 1.36424369006 1.10920659415 11.4734502842 OK Data
(1958) A. Bratenahl, J. M. Peterson, J. P. Stoering (Exfor entry 11155033)[orig][doc] 1958 Journal 5 0.052546406682 0.0333693005856 9.08591570727 OK Data
(1964) J. B. Garg, J. Rainwater, et al. (Exfor entry 12278005)[orig][doc] 1964 Journal 7311 13.7583451841 3.90896502127 25.6673102054 Possible Shape Data, bad score
(1957) L. M. Bollinger, R. E. Cote, et al. (Exfor entry 12457013)[orig][doc] 1957 Journal 402 158.985337267 39.2034106656 207.188747933 Useless, really bad score
(1956) M. L. Yeater (Exfor entry 12469002)[orig][doc] 1956 Comm. 144 25.7807153578 7.84182733909 42.6225426969 Wrong Shape, really bad score
(1977) R. B. Royer, R. M. Brugger (Exfor entry 12661007)[orig][doc] 1977 Journal 1 9.49675750644 None 14.4967575064 Useless
(1988) J. A. Harvey, N. W. Hill, et al. (Exfor entry 13632007)[orig][doc] 1988 Proc. 40763 2.46314534925 0.0456134992017 5.50875884845 OK Data
(1988) J. A. Harvey, N. W. Hill, et al. (Exfor entry 13632008)[orig][doc] 1988 Proc. 33283 3.27204529855 0.0777656354459 6.349810934 OK Data
(2001) W. P. Abfalterer, F. B. Bateman, et al. (Exfor entry 13753030)[orig][doc] 2001 Journal 467 0.373536175214 0.0812325093158 0.45476868453 OK Data
(1980) J. A. Harvey, M. Hockaday (Exfor entry 13769002)[orig][doc] 1980 Comm. 2152 8.36120904394 2.074166475 15.4353755189 Possible Shape Data
(1980) J. A. Harvey, M. Hockaday (Exfor entry 13769003)[orig][doc] 1980 Comm. 3005 4.91887839274 0.40647791378 10.3253563065 OK Data
(1980) J. A. Harvey, M. Hockaday (Exfor entry 13769004)[orig][doc] 1980 Comm. 3143 7.53337608296 3.47195800228 16.0053340852 Possible Shape Data
(1980) J. A. Harvey, M. Hockaday (Exfor entry 13769005)[orig][doc] 1980 Comm. 1393 5.67779971618 1.78100071171 12.4588004279 Shape Data
(1970) G. Carraro, W. Kolar (Exfor entry 20115002)[orig][doc] 1970 Proc. 3968 23.9653441313 3.90073143398 34.8660755653 Possible Shape Data, bad score
(1970) G. Carraro, W. Kolar (Exfor entry 20115003)[orig][doc] 1970 Proc. 3839 12.4316250681 0.690950564154 20.1225756323 Shape Data, bad score
(1970) G. Carraro, W. Kolar (Exfor entry 20115004)[orig][doc] 1970 Proc. 1208 6.00760997348 0.483002014964 13.4906119884 Shape Data
(1970) G. Carraro, W. Kolar (Exfor entry 20115005)[orig][doc] 1970 Proc. 1602 4.36435908171 0.265347479451 11.6297065612 OK Data
(1973) J. Cabe, M. Cance (Exfor entry 20480019)[orig][doc] 1973 Report 287 0.254021642774 0.0158495322119 6.26987117499 OK Data
(1973) J. Cabe, M. Cance (Exfor entry 20480020)[orig][doc] 1973 Report 15 0.161006831273 0.0439268072404 6.20493363851 OK Data
(1973) J. Cabe, M. Cance (Exfor entry 20480021)[orig][doc] 1973 Report 130 0.205110732046 0.0219531509063 6.22706388295 OK Data
(1963) F. W. K. Firk, J. E. Lynn, M. C. Moxon (Exfor entry 20963002)[orig][doc] 1963 Journal 670 14.7667108247 2.25866548684 25.0253763115 Possible Shape Data, bad score
(1965) R. Batchelor, W. B. Gilboy, J. H. Towle (Exfor entry 21019020)[orig][doc] 1965 Journal 3 0.158544822352 0.251730426271 8.41027524862 OK Data
(1966) C. A. Uttley, C. M. Newstead, K. M. Diment (Exfor entry 21088005)[orig][doc] 1966 Proc. 34 0.598231375896 0.249012186867 7.84724356276 OK Data
(1973) M. Baba, K. Nomoto, et al. (Exfor entry 21092002)[orig][doc] 1973 Report 369 0.0656782445096 0.00473979369737 6.07041803821 OK Data
(1968) J. Voignier (Exfor entry 21725002)[orig][doc] 1968 Report 1 0.0502875773254 None 7.05028757733 OK Data
(1984) I. Tsubone, Y. Nakajima, et al. (Exfor entry 21813002)[orig][doc] 1984 Journal 25 0.173782374779 0.0663864517561 4.24016882654 OK Data
(1996) A. Meister, H. Tagziria, et al. (Exfor entry 22357004)[orig][doc] 1996 Report 574 370.928124844 47.8834555747 419.811580419 Useless, really bad score
(1996) A. Meister, H. Tagziria, et al. (Exfor entry 22357004)[orig][doc] 1996 Report 574 292.226731873 35.0518801504 328.278612023 Useless, really bad score
(1996) A. Meister, H. Tagziria, et al. (Exfor entry 22357005)[orig][doc] 1996 Report 272 665.709403875 100.41868748 767.128091354 Useless, really bad score
(1996) A. Meister, H. Tagziria, et al. (Exfor entry 22357005)[orig][doc] 1996 Report 272 558.227401001 82.4957391763 641.723140177 Useless, really bad score
(1967) C. Thibault (Exfor entry 22549009)[orig][doc] 1967 Report 1 0.324121279145 None 7.32412127914 OK Data
(1961) D. Didier (Exfor entry 22573002)[orig][doc] 1961 Journal 1 0.115793522364 None 8.11579352236 OK Data
(1974) S. Mubarakmand, M. Ahmad, et al. (Exfor entry 30305004)[orig][doc] 1974 Journal 12 0.321131626625 0.206219336441 6.52735096307 OK Data
(1982) M. Adib, R. M. A. Maayouf, et al. (Exfor entry 30636003)[orig][doc] 1982 Report 165 2.24899470163 0.385502627332 6.63449732897 OK Data
(1992) Pham Zuy Hien, Vuong Huu Tang, Nguyen Phuoc Xuan (Exfor entry 31457003)[orig][doc] 1992 Report 2 0.277461472836 0.182758803348 2.46022027618 OK Data
(1974) V. N. Kononov, E. D. Poletaev (Exfor entry 40328002)[orig][doc] 1974 Proc. 32 0.972206225399 0.38674112059 7.35894734599 OK Data
(1977) N. L. Gnidak, A. L. Kiriljuk, et al. (Exfor entry 40562005)[orig][doc] 1977 Proc. 1 9.99248015756 None 14.9924801576 Useless
(1977) N. L. Gnidak, A. L. Kiriljuk, et al. (Exfor entry 40562006)[orig][doc] 1977 Proc. 1 1.59248015756 None 6.59248015756 OK Data
(1980) V. P. Vertebnyy, N. L. Gnidak, et al. (Exfor entry 40729012)[orig][doc] 1980 Journal 1 9.29248015756 None 14.2924801576 Useless
(1991) Yu. V. Grigor'Ev, T. Bakalov, et al. (Exfor entry 40876006)[orig][doc] 1991 Journal 8 3.62307903314 1.73011153234 7.35319056548 OK Data
(1986) A. V. Murzin, V. P. Vertebnyy, et al. (Exfor entry 40924002)[orig][doc] 1986 Journal 6 0.314666666667 0.238410847457 3.55307751412 OK Data
(1986) A. V. Murzin, V. P. Vertebnyy, et al. (Exfor entry 40924003)[orig][doc] 1986 Journal 2 0.283758803348 0.29332431164 3.57708311499 OK Data
(1986) A. V. Murzin, V. P. Vertebnyy, et al. (Exfor entry 40924014)[orig][doc] 1986 Journal 8 0.123375 0.090573281173 3.21394828117 OK Data
(1990) Yu. V. Grigor'Ev, V. N. Koshcheev, et al. (Exfor entry 41154002)[orig][doc] 1990 Report 8 3.63557903314 1.72966591538 8.36524494852 OK Data
(1955) V. P. Dzhelepov, V. I. Satarov, B. M. Golovin (Exfor entry 41261013)[orig][doc] 1955 Journal 1 None None 10.0 OK Data
(1967) C. Thibault (Exfor entry 60949009)[orig][doc] 1967 Report 1 0.324121279145 None 7.32412127914 OK Data
(1980) V. P. Vertebnyj, N. L. Gnidak, et al. (Exfor entry 88018008)[orig][doc] 1980 Proc. 1 9.31524699545 None 14.3152469955 Useless


Suitability for fitting assessment:

This assessment is provided as a guide to determine whether it is possible to perform a reasonable fit to the data. Details of the calculations can be found here.
RegionnDataaveDeltaEn (MeV)sqrt(varDeltaEn) (MeV)minEn (MeV)maxEn (MeV)Comment
Thermal (< 10-6 MeV) 174 5.75560693642e-09 9.65299557143e-10 2.28e-09 9.98e-07 OK to fit
Resonance (10-6 - 10-3 MeV) 17118 5.83622480575e-08 5.09653353918e-10 1.0134e-06 0.001 OK to fit
Unresolved Resonance (10-3 - 1 MeV) 89426 1.11713704221e-05 3.30392171326e-07 0.0010002 1.0 OK to fit
High Energy (> 1 MeV) 3010 0.0326085078099 0.00220025674672 1.001 99.12 OK to fit


Evaluation scoring:

Here we compare all of the evaluations for this reaction to all the data for this reaction. The comparison is broken down into physically relevant regions. Details about the calculation of chi^2 and the caveats of this calculation can be found here.
Thermal (< 10-6 MeV) Resonance (10-6 - 10-3 MeV) Unresolved Resonance (10-3 - 1 MeV) High Energy (> 1 MeV)
EvaluationnDatachi^2chi^2/nDatanDatachi^2chi^2/nDatanDatachi^2chi^2/nDatanDatachi^2chi^2/nData
ENDFB7BETAS (2003)[doc] 174 214.92 1.2351 17117 2.8453e+08 16623 89426 3.1128e+07 348.08 3010 6.4839e+07 21541
JEFF30 (1989)[doc] 174 214.92 1.2351 17117 2.8453e+08 16623 89426 3.1128e+07 348.09 3010 7.68e+07 25515
ENDFB6 (1989)[doc] 174 214.92 1.2351 17117 2.8453e+08 16623 89426 3.1128e+07 348.09 3010 7.6798e+07 25514
JENDL33 (2000)[doc] 174 215.66 1.2394 17117 2.848e+08 16639 89426 2.8103e+07 314.26 3010 7.68e+07 25515
ENDL99 (1975) 174 102.7 0.59023 17117 1.5371e+08 8980.1 89426 3.8301e+07 428.3 3010 7.6812e+07 25519
Best Evaluation ENDL99 ENDL99 JENDL33 ENDFB7BETAS


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