All of the fission spectra in the Evaluated Nuclear Data Library, ENDL, are defined by a simple analytical function: a Watt spectrum, W(a,b,E') = C*Exp(-a*E')*Sinh((b*E')(sup 1/2)). Where the normalization, C, is given by, C = ((pi)b/4a)(sup 1/2) Exp(b/4a)/a. The coefficients a and b vary from one isotope to another and also vary weakly with the incident neutron energy. Here E' is the secondary energy, i.e., the energy at which the fission neutrons are emitted. In ENDL energy units of MeV for incident neutron energies between 0 and 20 MeV, in all cases b is very close to 1.0, and a varies over a rather small range near 1.0. Currently there are 38 fissionable isotopes in ENDL. For each of these isotopes I have parameterized a as a simple function of the incident neutron energy, and I treat b as always equal to unity. The values of these parameters are available to TART users as part of the TART CD package. This parameterization coupled with the general Watt sampling method described below results in a very fast and accurate method of sampling all of the fission spectra in ENDL. In all cases I select the fissioning isotope, define a based on isotope and incident neutron energy, and then use the below described method to sample the energy E' of a neutron emitted due to fission.
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