Theory and analysis of the Feynman-alpha method for deterministically and randomly pulsed neutron sources

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-78

  Pazsit I ^a   Ceder M ^a   Kuang, Z ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SYNCHRONIZATION;

ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SUBCRITICAL CORE SYSTEMS (ADS); FEYNMAN-ALPHA METHOD; STOCHASTIC PULSING;

NEUTRON SOURCES;

EID: 4944260948     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE04-A2442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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