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An Asymptotic Study of Discretized Transport Equations in the Fokker-Planck Limit

Journal Article · · Nuclear Science and Engineering
OSTI ID:20804755
 [1];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (United States)
  2. Texas A and M University (United States)

Recent analyses have shown that the Fokker-Planck equation is an asymptotic limit of the transport equation given a forward-peaked scattering kernel satisfying certain constraints. Discretized transport equations in the same limit are studied, both by asymptotic analysis and by numerical testing. It is shown that spatially discretized discrete ordinates transport solutions can be accurate in this limit if and only if the scattering operator is handled in a certain nonstandard way.

OSTI ID:
20804755
Journal Information:
Nuclear Science and Engineering, Journal Name: Nuclear Science and Engineering Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 140; ISSN NSENAO; ISSN 0029-5639
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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