Current Status of Nuclear Reactor Theory
1952; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 20; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1119/1.1933268
ISSN1943-2909
Autores Tópico(s)Nuclear Physics and Applications
ResumoThe mathematical theory of neutron chain reacting systems bears considerable similarity to the mathematical theory of quantum mechanics since the Schroedinger equation can be viewed as the equation for an infinitely large chain reactor in which the potential function is replaced by the distribution of neutron absorption cross sections. The chain reactor theory, not being self-adjoint, is somewhat more complicated than the Schroedinger equation theory. Nevertheless, perturbation theory, time dependent theory, and the theory of the stationary, i.e., just critical, state can be stated in much the same way as is done in quantum mechanics.
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