Effective microscopic cross sections for fissile mixtures containing In the next step, we consider radiation falling on a unit area of the xy-plane.

Oct 13,  · Introduction. Transverse microscopic cross-sections of wood species have long been used for forensic wood identification, for analysis of critically important properties such as permeability and treatability with chemical agents, and to gain an understanding of the functioning of the tree (Zhang and Cai, 2006; Esteves and Pereira, ; Martins et al., ; Leggate et

Knowledge of the neutron flux (the total path length of all the neutrons in a cubic centimeter in a second) and the macroscopic cross sections (the probability of having an interaction per centimeter path length) allows us to compute the rate of interactions (e.g., rate of fission reactions). The reaction rate (the number of interactions taking place in that cubic centimeter in one second) is

5 Neutron reaction cross sections •Total microscopic neutron cross section is expressed as: σ= dN/dt / [(I/A) n A ∆x] • Defining neutron flux as: φ= I/A (neutrons/sec.cm2) • Then: dN/dt = φ(A ∆x n σ) • Neutron flux can also be defined: φ= nnvn where: nn is neutron density per cm3 in beam, vn relative velocity (cm/sec.) of neutrons in beam

While the microscopic cross-section is interpreted as a measure of the probability of interaction between a nucleus and a neutron, the macroscopic cross-section represents the probability of interaction through unit path length of the neutron in the material medium, as will become clear in latter sections.

5 Homogenized multi-group cross section production with Monte-Carlo unit. The microscopic and macroscopic cross sections (σ; 

2 Cross section: Imagine a target slab of some material of thickness Δx [m], with an area A t and a number density of small target scatterers (e.g., nuclei) n t [m-3].Each scatterer has a projected cross-sectional area, or cross section, σ [m2]. Flux: A beam of incoming pointlike particles has flux density j (#/m2/sec) uniformly spread over an area A b [m2] with total flux

The cross section is not in general equal to the actual area of the nucleus. For instance the radiative capture cross section for Au197 at the peak of 4.9 eV resonance is 3x10-20 2cm , whereas the geometrical area of its nucleus is just 1.938x10-24 cm2. The reaction cross section is much greater than the physical cross section of the nucleus

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of an NE-213 detector to the macroscopic cross sections for neutron inter Sensitivity per unit lethargy of the neutron response to.

The microscopic cross section represents the effective target area of a single target nucleus for an incident particle. The units are given in barns or cm2. While the macroscopic cross-section