STUDIES OF THE SPHERICAL HARMONICS METHOD IN NEUTRON TRANSPORT THEORY
Journal Article
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· Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B
Cortrary to some statements which have been made, the spherical harmonics method and the Gauss quadrature method dealing with the monoenergetic transport equation-are not identical. Basically the Gauss quadrature method, as applied to the Milne problem, is a nonanalytic approximation, whereas all functions used in the spherical harmonics method are continuous. The relation between these two methods are examined in detail. The Milne problem with p-wave scattering is used as a convenient example for the analysis. General spherical harmonics solutions to the Milne problem are derived and compared with the Gauss quadrature solutions. (W.D.M.)
- Research Organization:
- Inst. of Tech., Karlsruhe, Ger.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-010569
- OSTI ID:
- 4283249
- Journal Information:
- Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B, Journal Name: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B Vol. Vol: (10) 9, Suppl. No. 2; ISSN NUCIA
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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