Definition and Application of Proton Source Efficiency in Accelerator-Driven Systems

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 390-399

  Seltborg, Per ^a   Wallenius, Jan ^a   Tuček, Kamil ^a   Gudowski, Waclaw ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLANTS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; TARGETS;

SPALLATION;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0242408361     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE03-A2390     Document Type: Article

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