Covariances of Prompt Fission Neutron Spectra

Nuclear Data Sheets

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2840-2845

  Kodeli, I ^a   Capote, R ^b   Trkov, A ^c  

^a IAEA representative at the NEA Data Bank   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS;

COVARIANCE MATRICES; ENERGY CORRELATION; FISSION NEUTRON SPECTRUMS; FISSION SPECTRUM; MONTECARLO METHODS; PROMPT FISSION NEUTRON SPECTRUMS; PROMPT NEUTRONS; THERMAL; UNCERTAINTY; WORKING PARTIES;

COVARIANCE MATRIX;

EID: 57049172514     PISSN: 00903752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nds.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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