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Title: Correlated prompt fission data in transport simulations

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [4];  [5];  [1];  [4];  [1];  [6];  [1];  [4];  [1];  [7];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Nuclear & Chemical Sciences Division; Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Physics Dept.
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
  5. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Physics Dept.
  6. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Applied Physics
  7. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Nuclear & Chemical Sciences Division
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1424104
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1438112
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-738697; LA-UR-17-28181
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001; TRN: US1801903
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; AC02-05CH11231; AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
European Physical Journal. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 54; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Molecular, Atomic and Nuclear Physics; Monte Carlo transport simulations; Nuclear fission

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Talou, P., Vogt, R., Randrup, J., Rising, M. E., Pozzi, S. A., Verbeke, J., Andrews, M. T., Clarke, S. D., Jaffke, P., Jandel, M., Kawano, T., Marcath, M. J., Meierbachtol, K., Nakae, L., Rusev, G., Sood, A., Stetcu, I., and Walker, C. Correlated prompt fission data in transport simulations. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1140/epja/i2018-12455-0.
Talou, P., Vogt, R., Randrup, J., Rising, M. E., Pozzi, S. A., Verbeke, J., Andrews, M. T., Clarke, S. D., Jaffke, P., Jandel, M., Kawano, T., Marcath, M. J., Meierbachtol, K., Nakae, L., Rusev, G., Sood, A., Stetcu, I., & Walker, C. Correlated prompt fission data in transport simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2018-12455-0
Talou, P., Vogt, R., Randrup, J., Rising, M. E., Pozzi, S. A., Verbeke, J., Andrews, M. T., Clarke, S. D., Jaffke, P., Jandel, M., Kawano, T., Marcath, M. J., Meierbachtol, K., Nakae, L., Rusev, G., Sood, A., Stetcu, I., and Walker, C. Wed . "Correlated prompt fission data in transport simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2018-12455-0. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1424104.
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title = {Correlated prompt fission data in transport simulations},
author = {Talou, P. and Vogt, R. and Randrup, J. and Rising, M. E. and Pozzi, S. A. and Verbeke, J. and Andrews, M. T. and Clarke, S. D. and Jaffke, P. and Jandel, M. and Kawano, T. and Marcath, M. J. and Meierbachtol, K. and Nakae, L. and Rusev, G. and Sood, A. and Stetcu, I. and Walker, C.},
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doi = {10.1140/epja/i2018-12455-0},
journal = {European Physical Journal. A},
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volume = 54,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Wed Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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Fig. 1. Fig. 1.: (Color online) (a) Average prompt fission neutron multiplicity data [19,20,21] as a function of the fission fragment mass, ν¯(A), for several actinides. (b) Data on the average prompt fission neutron kinetic energy in the center of mass frame as a function of fission fragment mass, < ϵcm >(A)more » [22,23, 24].« less

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