The Green's function method for nuclear engineering applications

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 293-313

  Kornreich, Drew E ^a   Ganapol, Barry D ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANGULAR FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; BEAM SOURCE; ISOTROPIC SCATTERING; NONMULTIPLYING MEDIA;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031187361     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE97-A24482     Document Type: Article

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