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P. F. Windhofer, N. Pucker
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 91 | Number 2 | October 1985 | Pages 223-233
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A27444
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Multiple-collision solutions of the time-, space-, and angle-dependent neutron transport equation in slab geometry are given. Two different monodirectional sources have been used: (a) a δ(t)-shaped pulse of neutrons [δ(t): Dirac delta distribution] impinging on the slab at time t = 0, and (b) a “rectangular” source, emitting neutrons for a time interval Δt, describing a somewhat more realistic situation. Detailed results up to collision order three are discussed and exhibited in several figures. Interestingly, the “scalar” flux of one-time-scattered neutrons for the slab problem turns out to be independent of space in the region influenced by the slab boundaries.