Calculation of the stochastic pulsed Rossi-alpha formula and its experimental verification

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-50

  Kitamura, Y ^a   Taguchi, K ^a   Misawa, T ^b   Pazsit I ^c   Yamamoto, A ^a   Yamane, Y ^a   Ichihara, C ^b   Nakamura, H ^b   Oigawa, H ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; OSCILLATIONS;

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

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 27844578719     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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