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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 71 | Number 1 | July 1979 | Pages 64-71
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A20332
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A brief history of the extended transport correction for Legendre differential scattering cross-section expansions is presented in conjunction with calculations intended to investigate the validity of such expansions for the extremely forward-peaked scattering characteristic of that experienced by electrons. It is concluded from the results that approximate P11 cross sections obtained with the extended transport correction can yield excellent scalar flux solutions for electrons with energies between 10 keV and 1 MeV, even though P11 expansions are totally inadequate for representing the exact cross sections.
