Collision of Physics and Software in the Monte Carlo Application Toolkit (MCATK)
Abstract
The topic is presented in a series of slides organized as follows: MCATK overview, development strategy, available algorithms, problem modeling (sources, geometry, data, tallies), parallelism, miscellaneous tools/features, example MCATK application, recent areas of research, and summary and future work. MCATK is a C++ component-based Monte Carlo neutron-gamma transport software library with continuous energy neutron and photon transport. Designed to build specialized applications and to provide new functionality in existing general-purpose Monte Carlo codes like MCNP, it reads ACE formatted nuclear data generated by NJOY. The motivation behind MCATK was to reduce costs. MCATK physics involves continuous energy neutron & gamma transport with multi-temperature treatment, static eigenvalue (keff and α) algorithms, time-dependent algorithm, and fission chain algorithms. MCATK geometry includes mesh geometries and solid body geometries. MCATK provides verified, unit-test Monte Carlo components, flexibility in Monte Carlo application development, and numerous tools such as geometry and cross section plotters.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1237224
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-16-20300
TRN: US1600297
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; ALGORITHMS; M CODES; PHOTON TRANSPORT; EIGENVALUES; PLOTTERS; TIME DEPENDENCE; CROSS SECTIONS; NUCLEAR DATA COLLECTIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; SOLIDS; MCATK
Citation Formats
Sweezy, Jeremy Ed. Collision of Physics and Software in the Monte Carlo Application Toolkit (MCATK). United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.2172/1237224.
Sweezy, Jeremy Ed. Collision of Physics and Software in the Monte Carlo Application Toolkit (MCATK). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1237224
Sweezy, Jeremy Ed. 2016.
"Collision of Physics and Software in the Monte Carlo Application Toolkit (MCATK)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1237224. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1237224.
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title = {Collision of Physics and Software in the Monte Carlo Application Toolkit (MCATK)},
author = {Sweezy, Jeremy Ed},
abstractNote = {The topic is presented in a series of slides organized as follows: MCATK overview, development strategy, available algorithms, problem modeling (sources, geometry, data, tallies), parallelism, miscellaneous tools/features, example MCATK application, recent areas of research, and summary and future work. MCATK is a C++ component-based Monte Carlo neutron-gamma transport software library with continuous energy neutron and photon transport. Designed to build specialized applications and to provide new functionality in existing general-purpose Monte Carlo codes like MCNP, it reads ACE formatted nuclear data generated by NJOY. The motivation behind MCATK was to reduce costs. MCATK physics involves continuous energy neutron & gamma transport with multi-temperature treatment, static eigenvalue (keff and α) algorithms, time-dependent algorithm, and fission chain algorithms. MCATK geometry includes mesh geometries and solid body geometries. MCATK provides verified, unit-test Monte Carlo components, flexibility in Monte Carlo application development, and numerous tools such as geometry and cross section plotters.},
doi = {10.2172/1237224},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1237224},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Thu Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}