Rejection-based sampling of inelastic neutron scattering

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2018.11.043zbMATH Open1451.82061arXiv1808.02634OpenAlexW2886753498WikidataQ128745555 ScholiaQ128745555MaRDI QIDQ2214547FDOQ2214547

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 9 December 2020

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Distributions of inelastically scattered neutrons can be quantum dynamically described by a scattering kernel. We present an accurate and computationally efficient rejection method for sampling a given scattering kernel of any isotropic material. The proposed method produces continuous neutron energy and angular distributions, typically using just a single interpolation per sampling. We benchmark the results of this method against those from accurate analytical models and one of the major neutron transport codes. We also show the results of applying this method to the conventional discrete double differential cross sections.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.02634

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zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo simulationrejection methodisotropic materialthermal neutron scattering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Applications to the sciences (65Z05) Nuclear reactor theory; neutron transport (82D75)

Cites Work

• Virtual experiments: combining realistic neutron scattering instrument and sample simulations
• Correlations in Space and Time and Born Approximation Scattering in Systems of Interacting Particles

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• Some methods of neutron scattering data analysis
• Restoration of neutron scattering data
• Hierarchical optimization for neutron scattering problems
• Convolutional discrete Fourier transform method for calculating thermal neutron cross section in liquids
• Evaluation of Incoherent Neutron Scattering from Softmatter
• Virtual experiments: combining realistic neutron scattering instrument and sample simulations

Uses Software

• OpenMC
• NCrystal

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