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The Tensor Form of the Neutron-Transport Equation with Application to Finite Differencing

D. W. Drawbaugh

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 44 / Number 1 / April 1971 / Pages 58-65

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE71-A18905

The transport equation is written in conservation form as a tensor equation, div MN + σN = S, in the five-dimensional position plus direction Riemann space. The equation is finite differenced by the integration method using the divergence theorem.