Backward theory of Feynman- and Rossi-alpha methods with multiple emission sources

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-281

  Pazsit I ^a   Yamane, Y ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRON SOURCES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SUBCRITICAL SYSTEMS; FEYNMAN-ALPHA FORMULA; ROSSI-ALPHA FORMULA;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0038183389     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE99-A2087     Document Type: Article

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