Uncertainty Estimates for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Data
arXiv:1603.05923 · doi:10.1088/0022-3727/49/36/363002
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.
65 pages, 18 Figures, 3 Tables. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. Final accepted version