Application of the multipoint method to the kinetics of accelerator-driven systems

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-88

  Ravetto, P ^a   Rostagno, M M ^a   Bianchini, G ^b   Carta, M ^b   D'Angelo, A ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SET THEORY;

ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SYSTEMS (ADS); NEUTRON SYSTEMS; QUASI-STATIC MODELS; SPATIAL EFFECTS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 4944229210     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE02-10D     Document Type: Conference Paper

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