Neutron Interactions and Applications

Lecture Notes

The table below lists the lecture notes.

LEC #	TOPICS	LEC SLIDES / REFERENCES
1	Neutron Fundamentals / Microscopic Interactions	(PDF)
2	Macroscopic Interactions	(PDF)
3	Nuclear Data	(PDF)
4	R-Matrix Theory	(PDF) (PDF)
5	Neutron Thermalization	(PDF)
6	Scattering Laws / SANS	(PDF) (PDF - 1.7MB) (PDF - 1.2MB)
7	Neutron Detection	(PDF)
8	Review of Probability and Statistics, Introduction to Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo Lec [Pages 1-3 through 1-8]
9	Collision Physics and Sampling	Monte Carlo Lec  [Pages 2-1 through 2-8, pages 3-7 through 3-22, pages 5-1 through 5-40]
10	Tallying and Uncertainties	Monte Carlo Lec  [Pages 6-1 through 6-26]
11	Variance Reduction Techniques	Monte Carlo Lec [Pages 9-1 through 9-24]
12	Criticality Safety / Monte Carlo Criticality	Monte Carlo Lec [Pages 7-1 through 7-20] Monte Carlo Lec  [Pages 12-35]
13	Derivation of Transport Equation	LEC #13 and LEC #14 are based on the following textbook: Duderstadt, James J. and William R. Martin. Chapter 1 in Transport Theory. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1979. ISBN: 9780471044925.
14	Boundary Conditions, Interface Conditions
15	Simple Analytical Solutions to TE	LEC #15 through LEC #25 are derived from various chapters in the following textbooks: Duderstadt, James J. and William R. Martin. Chapter 1 in Transport Theory. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1979. ISBN: 9780471044925. Bell, George I. and Samuel Glasstone. Nuclear Reactor Theory. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970. ISBN: 9780442206840. Lewis, E. E. and W. F. Miller, Jr. Computational Methods of Neutron Transport. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley-Interscience, 1993. ISBN: 9780471092452.
16	Integral Form of TE
17	Collision Probability Method
18	Discrete Ordinate Method
19	PN Method / Diffusion
20	Linearity of TE / Reciprocity Relation
21	Adjoint Equation / Perturbation Theory
22	Variational Methods
23	Photon Transport / Image Rendering
24	Molecular Dynamics I
25	Molecular Dynamics II