摘要

Peelle's Pertinent Puzzle denotes the occurrence of unexpected mean values and variances when experimental data affected by statistical and systematic uncertainties are combined by weighing with an experimental covariance matrix. It was shown for an arbitrary number of experimental data points for the same physical quantity that this puzzle is primarily caused by an improper estimate of the experimental covariance matrix. In this contribution, the solution is tested for more than one physical quantity and is applied to a nuclear data problem.

  • 出版日期2014-4
  • 单位Los Alamos

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