Uncertainty Estimates for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Data
Atomic Physics
2016-11-17 v2
Abstract
Sources of uncertainty are reviewed for calculated atomic and molecular data that are important for plasma modeling: atomic and molecular structure and cross sections for electron-atom, electron-molecule, and heavy particle collisions. We concentrate on model uncertainties due to approximations to the fundamental many-body quantum mechanical equations and we aim to provide guidelines to estimate uncertainties as a routine part of computations of data for structure and scattering.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1603.05923,
title = {Uncertainty Estimates for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Data},
author = {H. -K. Chung and B. J. Braams and K. Bartschat and A. G. Csaszar and G. W. F. Drake and T. Kirchner and V. Kokoouline and J. Tennyson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.05923},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
65 pages, 18 Figures, 3 Tables. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. Final accepted version