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Nuclear Science and Engineering Volume 197, 2023 - Issue 8: Special issue featuring papers from the 2022 International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2022)
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Phonon Sampling Method for Inelastic Thermal Neutron Scattering Events

Amelia TrainerMIT, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139Correspondence[email protected]
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Benoit ForgetMIT, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts02139View further author information
Pages 1873-1886 | Received 31 Aug 2022, Accepted 21 Dec 2022, Published online: 30 Mar 2023

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