Abstract
A discussion is given in the stochastic process of neutron multiplication and detection in a nuclear reactor. The use of physically justifiable assumptions makes it possible to simplify the mathematically complicated problem and find the productive probability function for the number of counts in a definite interval of time. The distribution found has been confirmed experimentally. Some applications of the theory are indicated for determining the reactor kinetic parameters.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 11–16, July, 1963
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Zolotukhin, V.G., Mogil'ner, A.I. Distribution of the number of counts on a neutron detector placed in a reactor. At Energy 15, 664–670 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01119151
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01119151