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Simplified P$_N$ Equations for Nonclassical Transport with Isotropic Scattering

Nuclear Theory 2017-02-10 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

An asymptotic analysis is used to derive a set of diffusion approximations to the nonclassical transport equation with isotropic scattering. These approximations are shown to reduce to the simplified PN_N equations under the assumption of classical transport, and therefore are labeled nonclassical SPN_N equations. In addition, the nonclassical SPN_N equations can be manipulated into a classical form with modified parameters, which can be implemented in existing SPN_N codes. Numerical results are presented for an one-dimensional random periodic system, validating the theoretical predictions.

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@article{arxiv.1610.04314,
  title  = {Simplified P$_N$ Equations for Nonclassical Transport with Isotropic Scattering},
  author = {R. Vasques and R. N. Slaybaugh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.04314},
  year   = {2017}
}

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24 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Proceedings of M&C2017: Int. Conf. on Mathematics & Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science & Engineering

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