Self-shielding and energy dependence of dilution cross-section in the resolved resonance region

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 839-857

  Gopalakrishnan, V ^a   Ganesan, S ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INTERPOLATION; NEUTRONS;

BONDARENKO METHOD; NARROW RESONANCE APPROXIMATION; NEUTRONIC ANALYSIS; SELF SHIELDING FACTOR (SSF);

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0032124293     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(97)00125-4     Document Type: Article

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