A PN solution to the multigroup slowing-down problem - I: Basic formulation

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-69

  Caldeira, A D ^a   Dias, A F ^a   Garcia, R D M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

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EID: 11644320655     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE98-A1989     Document Type: Article

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