openmc.data.IncoherentElasticAE

class openmc.data.IncoherentElasticAE(debye_waller)[source]

Differential cross section for incoherent elastic scattering

The differential cross section for incoherent elastic scattering may be represented as:

\[\frac{d^2\sigma}{dE'd\Omega} (E\rightarrow E',\mu,T) = \frac{\sigma_b} {4\pi} e^{-2EW'(T)(1-\mu)} \delta(E - E') \]

where \(\sigma_b\) is the characteristic cross section in [b] and \(W'(T)\) is the Debye-Waller integral divided by the atomic mass in [eV\(^{-1}\)].

Parameters:debye_waller (float) – Debye-Waller integral in [eV\(^{-1}\)]
Variables:debye_waller (float) – Debye-Waller integral in [eV\(^{-1}\)]
classmethod from_hdf5(group)[source]

Generate incoherent elastic distribution from HDF5 data

Parameters:group (h5py.Group) – HDF5 group to read from
Returns:Incoherent elastic distribution
Return type:openmc.data.IncoherentElasticAE
to_hdf5(group)[source]

Write incoherent elastic distribution to an HDF5 group

Parameters:group (h5py.Group) – HDF5 group to write to