A DETAILED DERIVATION OF THE COURANT-WALLACE EXPRESSIONS FOR THE SECOND MOMENTS OF THE NEUTRON PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION AND FOR THE VARIANCE/MEAN RATIO.

Abstract

A detailed mathematical derivation and verification of the three Courant-Wallace expressions, which have the three second moments of the neutron probability distribution in a pile as the three unknowns, are given. The solution of these equations for a steady pile with one equivalent delayed neutron group for the variance/mean ratio is verified. Minor corrections to the original Courant-Wallace text are noted. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0630698

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  • Horace Schow

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  • Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

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  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Verification

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