A MONTE CARLO PROGRAM FOR AIR-SCATTERED NEUTRONS. Paper 2 of PAPERS FROM SEVENTH SEMIANNUAL SHIELDING INFORMATION MEETING: OCTOBER 14-15, 1959

Technical Report · Mon Oct 30 23:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4095726

MacDonald, J E; Trampus, A

A description is given of the application of the Monte Carlo method in the calculation of the energy and angular distribution of neutrons scattered in air. The events considered are: isotropic elastic scattering, anisotropic elastic scattering, inelastic scattering, radiative capture, and absorption without subsequent particle emission. The probability density and scoring functions are exhibited which wlll make up the expected values that are to be estimated by random sampling techniques. These basic equations are shown to yield to such variance reducing methods as statistical estimation, importance sampling, and quota sampling. (auth)

• Research Organization: General Electric Co. Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Dept., Evendale, Ohio
• NSA Number: NSA-15-010321
• OSTI ID: 4095726
• Report Number(s): TID-6302(Paper 2)
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ABSORPTION
AIR
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
CAPTURE
COMPUTERS
EMISSION
ENERGY
EQUATIONS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
NEUTRONS
PARTICLES
PHYSICS
PROBABILITY THEORY
PROGRAMMING
RADIATIONS
SAMPLING
SCATTERING
STATISTICS