Abstract

The neutron transport equation is usually solved against stationary background materials. When the background material is moving, the transport equation will need to be modified. Two historical approaches, “effective” cross-sections and “co-moving” frame, have been used in the past decades. The neutron transport community prefers to use the second method. However, the modified transport equation in the “co-moving” frame is extremely complicated. In this study, we discuss these modifications for non-relativistic neutrons. Transport equations considering background motions have been derived under the three-dimensional (3-D) Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates, which can be conveniently reduced to lower-dimensional systems. Moreover, methods of transforming the coupled equation between different phase spaces have been studied.

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