Author/Authors :
Larsen، نويسنده , , Edward W، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Exact fonnulas are derived for the mean-squared displacements of neutrons from
an isotropic point, line, or plane source in an infinite homogeneous medium. These displacements
depend on the initial energy Eo of the neutron, the elapsed time t since the
birth of the neutron, and the energy E of the neutron at time t. Our results are stated in
terms of the solutions of three infinite-medium transport equations - it is not necessary to
solve a space-d.ependent transport equation, even though the underlying transport problem
is space-dependent. Also, time and energy-dependent diffusion equations are fonnulated,
whose diffusion coefficients are chosen so that their solutions exactly preserve certain of the
mean-squared displacement properties of the transport equation.