Benchmark solution for the Spencer-Lewis equation of electron transport theory

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5506343

Ganapol, B D

As integrated circuits become smaller, the shielding of these sensitive components against penetrating electrons becomes extremely critical. Monte Carlo methods have traditionally been the method of choice in shielding evaluations primarily because they can incorporate a wide variety of relevant physical processes. Recently, however, as a result of a more accurate numerical representation of the highly forward peaked scattering process, S/sub n/ methods for one-dimensional problems have been shown to be at least as cost-effective in comparison with Monte Carlo methods. With the development of these deterministic methods for electron transport, a need has arisen to assess the accuracy of proposed numerical algorithms and to ensure their proper coding. It is the purpose of this presentation to develop a benchmark to the Spencer-Lewis equation describing the transport of energetic electrons in solids. The solution will take advantage of the correspondence between the Spencer-Lewis equation and the transport equation describing one-group time-dependent neutron transport.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Arizona, Tucson
• OSTI ID: 5506343
• Report Number(s): CONF-860610-
• Journal Information: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 52; Conference: American Nuclear Society annual meeting, Reno, NV, USA, 15 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT THEORY
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
RADIATION FLUX
SCATTERING
SERIES EXPANSION
DISTRIBUTION
TRANSPORT THEORY
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