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number of antineutrinos at the far hall is R = 0.944± 0.007(stat) ± 0.003(syst). A rate-only analysis finds
sin 2 2θ13 = 0.089± 0.010(stat) ± 0.005(syst) in a three-neutrino framework. The experiments will continue
for several years and more precise neutrino mixing angle θ13 will be given in the future.
Session FA Data Format
Tuesday March 5, 2013
Room: Met East at 10:30 AM
FA 1 10:30 AM
Developments of the EXFOR Database: Possible New Formats
R. A. Forrest, V. Zerkin, N. Otsuka, S. Simakov
IAEA Nuclear Data Section
The EXFOR database is a collection of experimental nuclear reaction data, maintained by the IAEA
on behalf of the International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC). The format for the
storage of such data was first described in 1969 and while there have been many incremental changes
over the years so that the format is now capable of containing a very wide range of measurement results,
there is a growing realisation that a major change is required. Consequently the IAEA NDS organised
a Consultant’s Meeting on “Further Development of EXFOR” in March 2012. This was an opportunity
for a range of international experts to discuss ways of improving EXFOR and while this focussed on new
formats there was also discussion on ways of storing new data, new output formats and software tools
such as editors. This paper will discuss recent and proposed changes to enable new quantities to be stored
(such as coincidence measurements and covariances), the range of output formats available (such as C4 and
X4+) which make interaction with the data more user friendly and the possible use of XML to modernise
the database.
FA 2 11:00 AM
Nuclear Structure Databases and Services at NNDC
Jagdish K. Tuli
National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000, USA
The primary mission of the National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory
(BNL) is to compile, evaluate, and disseminate nuclear structure, radioactive decay, and nuclear reaction
data. This presentation will confine to nuclear structure-related activities only at NNDC. The principal
effort at NNDC in this regard is devoted to maintain, update, and disseminate the following databases:
the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File (ENSDF), the Nuclear Science Reference (NSR) file, and the
Experimental Nuclear Data List (XUNDL). NSR is a bibliographic database which includes most nuclear
physics experimental as well as theoretical papers. The relevant articles are keyworded for easy search and
assigned unique key numbers for easy reference. The references from the file can be retrieved by various
criteria via user-friendly query program. The ENSDF is a collection of useful evaluated properties of all
known nuclides with their supporting experimental data. The XUNDL provides unevaluated experimental
data in ENSDF format as soon as the paper appears in literature. The retrievals from ENSDF and XUNDL
are provided through NNDC web service in various different formats. Many of these databases are best
accessed via NuDat, a state-of-art retrieval database using the latest data and technology. The evaluations
in ENSDF are published in the Elsevier journal Nuclear Data Sheets. These together with compilations
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