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Optimizing Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA) using Bayesian Experimental Design

U. von Toussaint·T. Schwarz-Selinger·S. Gori
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Nuclear Reaction Analysis with ${}^{3}$He holds the promise to measure Deuterium depth profiles up to large depths. However, the extraction of the depth profile from the measured data is an ill-posed inversion problem. Here we demonstrate how Bayesian Experimental Design can be used to optimize the number of measurements as well as the measurement energies to maximize the information gain. Comparison of the inversion properties of the optimized design with standard settings reveals huge possible gains. Application of the posterior sampling method allows to optimize the experimental settings interactively during the measurement process.

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U. von Toussaint, T. Schwarz-Selinger, S. Gori. 2008-12-19. Optimizing Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA) using Bayesian Experimental Design. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3039019

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