A transport synthetic acceleration method for transport iterations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-283

  Ramone, Gilles L ^a   Adams, Marvin L ^a   Nowak, Paul F ^b  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000963809     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE97-A24274     Document Type: Article

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