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Nuclear Science and Engineering Volume 155, 2007 - Issue 2: Selected papers from Mathematics and Computation, Supercomputing, Reactor Physics and Nuclear and Biological Applications Meeting Avignon, France September 12–15, 2005
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A Hybrid Monte Carlo–Deterministic Method for Global Particle Transport Calculations

Troy L. BeckerUniversity of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2104
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Allan B. WollaberUniversity of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2104
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Edward W. LarsenUniversity of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2104
Pages 155-167 | Published online: 10 Apr 2017

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