Optimizations of the energy grid search algorithm in continuous-energy Monte Carlo particle transport codes

In this work we propose, implement, and test various optimizations of the typical energy grid-cross section pair lookup algorithm in Monte Carlo particle transport codes. The key feature common to all of the optimizations is a reduction in the length of the vector of energies that must be searched w...

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Main Authors: Romano, Paul K., Walsh, Jonathan Alan, Forget, Benoit Robert Yves, Smith, Kord S.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112129
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2542-1149
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1459-7672
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2497-4312