Comparison of MCNP thermal scattering laws to inelastic neutron scattering data

C. M. Lavelle, K. K.H. Leung, T. M. Ito

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Neutron transport computations employ thermal scattering laws (TSLs) to account for the influence of material structure and collective excitations at low energy (≲ 10 eV). Recent work has been undertaken to improve TSL accuracy and expand the number of available materials in the Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF). However, comparison of TSL to measured data is often sparse. We present a method to evaluate TSL accuracy in the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) code by simulating inelastic neutron scattering (INS) measurement and comparing to data. The method is briefly described with example application to the recently released ENDF-VIII TSL library for polyethylene as well as a cryogenic PE TSL we are separately developing.

Keywords

  • Electric dipole moment
  • Neutron
  • Scattering law
  • Thermal neutron
  • TSL
  • Ultra-cold neutron

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Comparison of MCNP thermal scattering laws to inelastic neutron scattering data'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this