Methodology of continuous-energy adjoint Monte Carlo for neutron, photon, and coupled neutron-photon transport

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-120

  Hoogenboom, J Eduard ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

NEUTRON-PHOTON TRANSPORT;

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

EID: 0037319549     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nse03-a2322     Document Type: Review

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