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Monte Carlo Theory Monte Carlo Lectures. LA-UR-05-4983 by Forrest Brown. Solving particle transport problems with the Monte Carlo method is simple - just simulate the particle behavior. The devil is in the details, however. This course provides a balanced approach to the theory and practice of Monte Carlo simulation codes, with lectures on transport, random number generation, random sampling, computational geometry, collision physics, tallies, statistics, eigenvalue calculations, variance reduction, and parallel algorithms. This is not a course in how to use MCNP or any other code, but rather provides in-depth coverage of the fundamental methods used in all modern Monte Carlo particle transport codes. The course content is suitable for beginners and code users, and includes much advanced material of interest to code developers. (10 lectures, 2 hrs each) F.B. Brown, W.R. Martin, R.D. Mosteller, "Monte Carlo - Advances and Challenges",
Workshop presentation at the 2008 ANS Reactor Physics Division Topical Meeting (PHYSOR-08),
Interlaken, Switzerland, Sept. 14, 2008.
MCNP5 Code Descriptions T.E. Booth, F.B. Brown, J.S. Bull, et al, "MCNP5 1.50 Release Notes", (2008). F.B. Brown, A.C. Kahler, G.W. McKinney, R.D. Mosteller, M.G. White,
"MCNP5+Data+MCNPX Workshop." Workshop presentation at the 2007 ANS Mathematics & Computation
Division Topical Meeting (M&C+SNA-2007), Monterey, CA, April 15, 2007. Jesse Cheatham, Forrest Brown., "Increasing MCNP5 Calculations Speed by Compiler Optmization," Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Tim Goorley, Jeff Bull, Forrest Brown, et. al., MCNP Monte Carlo Team, X-5, Release of MCNP5_RSICC_1.30, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Forrest Brown, Tim Goorley, Jeremy Sweezy., "MCNP5 Parallel Processing Workshop," Workshop on parallel processing with MCNP5,
presented at the American Nuclear Society Mathematics & Computation Topical Meeting,Gatlinburg TN, April 11, 2003. Covers parallel
Monte Carlo on Unix, Linux, & Windows systems.
Tim Goorley, Forrest Brown, and Lawrence J. Cox, "MCNP5™ Improvements for Windows PCs," Proc. M&C 2003: A Century in Review, A Century Anew, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, April 6-10, 2003.
Forrest B. Brown, et al., "MCNP Version 5," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 87, 273 (November 2002).
Lawrence J. Cox, et al., "MCNP™ Version 5," Proc. 12th Biennial Topl. Mtg. Radiation Protection and Shielding Div., Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 14-18, 2002.
MCNP Theory and Methodology Forrest Brown and Nathan Barnett, "A Tutorial on Using MCNP for 1-Group Transport Calculations," Los Alamos National Laboratory (July 2007). Forrest B. Brown, David Griesheimer, and William R. Martin, "Continuously Varying Material Properties and Tallies for Monte Carlo Calculations," Los Alamos National Laboratory (January 2004). To be presented at PHYSOR 2004, Chicago, Illinois (April 25-29, 2004).
Forrest B. Brown, Jeremy E. Sweezy, and Robert B. Hayes, "Monte Carlo Parameter Studies and Uncertainty Analyses with MCNP5," Los Alamos National Laboratory (January 2004). To be presented at PHYSOR 2004, Chicago, Illinois (April 25-29, 2004).
Thomas E. Booth, "A Transport Process Approach to Understanding Monte Carlo Transport Methods," Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thomas E. Booth, "Insights into Stratified Splitting Techniques for Monte Carlo Neutron Transport," submitted to Nuclear Science and Engineering.
Taro Ueki, Forrest B. Brown, D. Kent Parsons, and James S. Warsa, "Time Series Analysis of Monte Carlo Fission Sources: I. Dominance Ratio Computation," submitted to Nuclear Science and Engineering.
N. V. Mokhov and S. I. Striganov (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), "Implementation of MARS Hadron Production and Coulomb Scattering Modules into LAHET," Los Alamos National Laboratory (October 2003).
Thomas E. Booth, "Improvements to the Monte Carlo Second Eigenfunction Estimation," Los Alamos National Laboratory (April 2003).
Taro Ueki and Forrest B. Brown, "Informatics Approach to Stationary Diagnostics of the Monte Carlo Fission Source Distribution," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 89, 458 (November 2003).
Taro Ueki and Forrest B. Brown, "Stationarity Diagnostics Using Shannon Entropy in Monte Carlo Criticality Calculation I: F Test," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 87, 156 (November 2002).
R. E. Prael, Lon-Chang Liu, and Sergei Striganov, "Monte Carlo Model for Proton Elastic Scattering from Optical Model Calculations," Proc. Topl. Mtg. Accelerator Applications, San Diego, CA (June 2003).
Yasunobu Nagaya and Forrest B. Brown, "Implementation of a Method to Estimate Change in Eigenvalue due to Perturbed Fission Source Distribution into MCNP," Los Alamos National Laboratory (February 2003).
Taro Ueki, Forrest B. Brown, and D. Kent Parsons, "Dominance Ratio Computation via Time Series Analysis of Monte Carlo Fission Sources," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 88, 309 (June 2003).
Thomas E. Booth, "Computing the Higher k-Eigenfunctions by Monte Carlo Power Iteration: A Conjecture, Corrigendum," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 144, p. 113 (May 2003). Thomas E. Booth, "Computing the Higher k-Eigenfunctions by Monte Carlo Power Iteration: A Conjecture," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 143, pp. 291-300 (March 2003). Yasunobu Nagaya and Forrest B. Brown, "Estimation of Change in keff due to Perturbed Fission Source Distribution in MCNP," Proc. M&C 2003: A Century in Review, A Century Anew, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, April 6-10, 2003.
Forrest B. Brown, and William R. Martin, "Direct Sampling of Monte Carlo Flight Paths in Media with Continuously Varying Cross Sections," Proc. M&C 2003: A Century in Review, A Century Anew, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, April 6-10, 2003.
Taro Ueki and Forrest B. Brown, "Stationarity and Source Convergence Diagnostics in Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations," Proc. M&C 2003: A Century in Review, A Century Anew, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, April 6-10, 2003.
Taro Ueki, Forrest B. Brown, D. Kent Parsons, and Drew E. Kornreich "Autocorrelation and Dominance Ratio in Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 145, pp. 279-290 (November 2003).
Taro Ueki, "Intergenerational Correlation in Monte Carlo k-Eigenvalue Calculation," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 141, pp. 101-110 (June 2002).
Taro Ueki and Forrest B. Brown, "Autoregressive Fitting for Monte Carlo k-Effective Confidence Intervals," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 86, 210 (June 2002).
Random Sampling Forrest B. Brown and Yasunobu Nagaya, "The MCNP5 Random Number Generator," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 87, 230 (November 2002).
Criticality and Reactor Physics Tim Goorley, "Criticality Calculations with MCNP5: A Primer," Los Alamos National Laboratory (2004).
Russell D. Mosteller, David J. Loaiza, and Rene G. Sanchez, "Creation of a Simplified Benchmark Model for the Neptunium Sphere Experiment," Los Alamos National Laboratory (January 2004). To be presented at PHYSOR 2004, Chicago, Illinois (April 25-29, 2004).
Russell D. Mosteller, "ENDF/B-V and ENDF/B-VI Calculations for the LWBR SB Core Benchmarks with MCNP5, Los Alamos National Laboratory (January 2004). To be presented at PHYSOR 2004, Chicago, Illinois (April 25-29, 2004).
Russell D. Mosteller, Robert E. MacFarlane, Robert C. Little, and Morgan C. White, "Analysis of Hot and Cold Kritz Criticals with MCNP5 and Temperature-Specific Nuclear Data Libraries," Proc. Topl. Mtg. Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management III, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (October 2003).
Russell D. Mosteller and David J. Loaiza, "Creation of a Simplified Benchmark Model for the Neptunium Sphere Experiment," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 89, 624 (November 2003).
Russell D. Mosteller, Roger W. Brewer, and Peter J. Jaegers, "Analysis of the First Three Zeus Critical Experiments," Nucl. Sci. Eng., 145, pp. 105-119 (September 2003).
Russell D. Mosteller, Roger W. Brewer, and Peter J. Jaegers, "Analysis of the Third Zeus Critical Experiment with MCNP," Proc. M&C 2003: A Century in Review, A Century Anew, Gatlinburg, Tennessee (April 2003).
Russell D. Mosteller and Peter J. Jaegers, "Detailed Analysis of the Second Zeus Critical Experiment with MCNP™," Proc. Int. Topl. Mtg. Mathematical Methods for Nuclear Applications, Salt Lake City, Utah (September 2001).
Electron / Photon Transport H. Grady Hughes, "Improved Logic for Sampling Landau Straggling in MCNP5," Los Alamos National Laboratory (September 2005).
Avneet Sood and Morgan C. White, "Doppler Energy Broadening for Incoherent Scattering in MCNP5, Part II," Los Alamos National Laboratory (January 2004).
Avneet Sood, "Doppler Energy Broadening for Incoherent Scattering in MCNP5, Part I," Los Alamos National Laboratory (January 2004).
Medical Physics T. Goorley, "MCNP Medical Physics Geometry Database" Los Alamos National Laboratory (2008).
T. Goorley, "MCNP Medical Physics Geometry Database" Los Alamos National Laboratory (2005).
W.S.Kiger, III, A.G. Hochberg, J.R. Albritton, Tim Goorley, "Performance Enhancements of MCNP4B, MCNP5, and MCNPX for Monte
Carlo Radiotherapy Planning Calculations in Lattice Geometries", Proc. 11th International Symposia on Neutron Capture Therapy,
Boston, MA, USA (October 11-15, 2005).
T. Goorley, "MCNP5 Tally Enhancements for Lattices (aka Lattice Speed Tally Patch)" Los Alamos National Laboratory (2004).
R. A. Redd, J. T. Goorley, and E. C. Selcow, "Calculations of Medical Physics Radiation Dosimetry Systems Using MCNP Version 5," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 87, 477 (November 2002).
Nuclear Data Russell D. Mosteller, "An Assessment of ENDF/B-VI Releases Using the MCNP Criticality Validation Suite," Los Alamos National Laboratory (January 2004). To be presented at PHYSOR 2004, Chicago, Illinois (April 25-29, 2004).
Russell D. Mosteller, "Comparison of ENDF/B-VI and Preliminary ENDF/B-VII Results for the MCNP Criticality Validation Suite," Los Alamos National Laboratory (January 2004). To be presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (June 13-17, 2004).
Russell D. Mosteller, "Testing of the ENDF66 Nuclear Data Library with the MCNP Criticality Validation Suite," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 88, 450 (June 2003).
Shielding and Dosimetry Daniel A. Torres, Russell D. Mosteller, and Jeremy E. Sweezy, "Comparison of MCNP5 and Experimental Results on Neutron Shielding Effects for Materials," Los Alamos National Laboratory (January 2004). To be presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (June 13-17, 2004).
Variance Reduction Thomas E. Booth, "Ex Post Facto Monte Carlo Variance Reduction," submitted to Nuclear Science and Engineering.
Thomas E. Booth, "Pulse Height Tally Variance Reduction in MCNP," Los Alamos National Laboratory (June 2002).
Verification and Validation F.B. Brown, J.E. Sweezy, J.S. Bull, A. Sood, "Verification of MCNP5 - Version 1.50", (2008). Tim Goorley, Richard E. Prael, and Grady H. Hughes, "Verification of Stopping Powers for Proton Transport in MCNP5," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 89, 456 (November 2003). Avneet Sood, Michael S. Reed, and R. Arthur Forster, "New Results for Pulse Height Tally Verification in MCNP5," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 89, 456 (November 2003).
Forrest B. Brown, Russell D. Mosteller, and Avneet Sood, "Verification of MCNP5," Proc. M&C 2003: A Century in Review, A Century Anew, Gatlinburg, Tennessee (April 2003).
Russell D. Mosteller, "Testing MCNP5$ Version 4.18 with Criticality and Radiation-Shielding Validation Suites," Los Alamos National Laboratory (October 2002).
F. B. Brown, R. C. Little, A. Sood, and D. K. Parsons, "MCNP Calculations for the OECD/NEA Source Convergence Benchmarks," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 87, 150 (November 2003).
Avneet Sood, R. Arthur Forster, and D. Kent Parsons, "Analytic Benchmark Test Set for Criticality Code Verification," Prog. Nucl. Energy, 42, pp. 55-106 (2003).
Russell D. Mosteller, "Validation Suites for MCNP™," Proc. 12th Biennial Topl. Mtg. Radiation Protection and Shielding Div., Santa Fe, New Mexico (April 2002).
Forrest B. Brown, Robert C. Little, Avneet Sood, D. Kent Parsons, and Todd A. Wareing, "MCNP Calculations for the OECD/NEA Source Convergence Benchmarks for Criticality Safety Analysis," Los Alamos National Laboratory (September 2001).
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