Subcritical Multiplication Run Mode#3790
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Implements this method for subcritical multiplication (fixed source) simulations as a new run mode. Currently, this method is identical to eigenvalue mode except that instead of purely sampling from the fission bank, it samples from the external source with probability (1-k), resulting in convergence to the fixed source solution rather than the fundamental mode, and hence$k \neq k_{\text{eff}}$ . Currently, tallies have to be manually normalized by $M = \frac{1}{1-k}$ to be comparable with fixed source mode. Future plans to integrate this feature with #3788 so $k_q$ , $k_s$ can be directly calculated and plans to automate normalization by $M$ .
Note portions of the documentation are identical to #3788.
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