Calculating probability tables for the unresolved-resonance region using Monte Carlo methods

Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2002 - International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology : Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing - The ANS 2002 RPD Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Dunn, M E ^a   Leal, L C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESONANCE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITY; CROSS SECTION EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTION VALUES; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; RESONANCE PARAMETERS; SPACING DISTRIBUTION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84983370349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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