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Discrete angle biasing in Monte Carlo radiation transport

Journal Article · · Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6932422
An angular biasing procedure is presented for use in Monte Carlo radiation transport with discretized scattering angle data. As in more general studies, the method is shown to reduce statistical weight fluctuations when it is combined with the exponential transformation. This discrete data application has a simple analytic form that is problem independent. The results from a sample problem illustrate the variance reduction and efficiency characteristics of the combined biasing procedures, and a large neutron and gamma-ray integral experiment is also calculated. A proposal is given for the possible code generation of the biasing parameter rho and the preferential direction ..cap omega../sub 0/ used in the combined biasing schemes.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., P.O. Box X, Building 6025, Oak Ridge, TN (US)
OSTI ID:
6932422
Journal Information:
Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States) Vol. 98:4; ISSN NSENA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English