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J. A. Favorite, W. M. Stacey, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 125 | Number 1 | January 1997 | Pages 101-106
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A24258
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A new variational functional for space-time neutronics is presented. This functional is stationary about the integro-differential form of the diffusion equation, in which the delayed neutron source is expressed as a convolution integral of the flux, and an integro-differential adjoint flux equation. The new functional is used to derive a quasi-static method that is similar to the improved quasistatic (IQS) method, except that the equation for the flux shape uses a different expression for the delayed neutron source. In a one-dimensional sub-prompt critical test problem, the new variational quasi-static method was slightly more accurate than the IQS method.
