10–13 Mar 2026
ILL4
Europe/Paris timezone

Bayesian Inference for Neutron Spin Echo Measurement

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1m
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Speaker

Chi-Huan TUNG (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Description

Neutron spin echo (NSE) spectroscopy offers detailed access to microscopic dynamics but is limited by low flux, long acquisition times, and substantial noise. We introduce a Bayesian inference framework based on Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) that reconstructs high-quality spin-echo signals from sparse, noisy, and irregularly sampled measurements by leveraging correlations in reciprocal space. Tests on synthetic data and experimental dendrimer NSE results demonstrate that GPR effectively suppresses noise, fills in missing intensities, and improves overall accuracy, enabling shorter acquisitions and supporting high-throughput or real-time experiments. The approach generalizes to other scattering techniques with low signal-to-noise ratios, expanding the capabilities of neutron spectroscopy more broadly.

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Primary author

Chi-Huan TUNG (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Co-authors

Changwoo DO (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Guan-Rong HUANG (National Tsing-Hua University) Jan Michael CARRILLO (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Lijie DING (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Wei-Ren CHEN (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Yangyang WANG (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Yuya SHINOHARA (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

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