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An Analytic Benchmark for Neutron Boltzmann Transport with Downscattering—Part III: Uncertainty Propagation and Multigroup Covariance Matrices

Ketaki Joshia University of Tennessee, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Knoxville, Tennessee37996Correspondence[email protected]
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Nicholas Branama University of Tennessee, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Knoxville, Tennessee37996
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Isaac Meyerb Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139
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Ben Forgetb Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139
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Abdulla Alhajric University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Vladimir Sobesa University of Tennessee, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Knoxville, Tennessee37996
Pages 1356-1363 | Received 08 Aug 2022, Accepted 13 Dec 2022, Published online: 01 Feb 2023

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