Validation of Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Sections for Heavy Water based on Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Recently, the thermal scattering libraries of ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 for light and heavy water were released with a new water model (CAB model) proposed by Damian. For the CAB model, the molecular dynamics code GROMACS was used to more accurately describe the realistic motions of water molecules...

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Published in:EPJ Web of conferences 2019, Vol.211, p.6001
Main Authors: Hyun, Haelee, Kim, Do Heon, Lee, Young-Ouk
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coherent scattering
Computer simulation
Deuterium
Fluid dynamics
Frequency spectrum
Heavy water
Molecular dynamics
Neutron scattering
Physical simulation
Scattering cross sections
Thermal neutrons
Water chemistry
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Summary:Recently, the thermal scattering libraries of ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 for light and heavy water were released with a new water model (CAB model) proposed by Damian. For the CAB model, the molecular dynamics code GROMACS was used to more accurately describe the realistic motions of water molecules. In this paper, to consider the coherent component we also generated the thermal scattering cross section of the deuterium and oxygen bound in the heavy water molecules using the GROMACS code and EPSR code. In addition, the frequency spectrum was also calculated using the GROMACS code. Thermal scattering cross sections based on the newly calculated Sköld correction factor and the frequency spectrum were generated by NJOY2016 code. Finally, the performance of the generated thermal scattering cross sections were validated by performing an ICSBEP benchmark simulation using MCNPX code.
ISSN:2100-014X
2101-6275
2100-014X
DOI:10.1051/epjconf/201921106001