Automated weight windows for global Monte Carlo particle transport calculations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Cooper, Marc A ^a   Larsen, Edward W ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AUTOMATED WEIGHT WINDOWS; FORWARD TRANSPORT PROBLEM; MONTE CARLO PARTICLE TRANSPORT;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0035148357     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE00-34     Document Type: Article

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