The effect of capture gammas, photofission and photonuclear neutrons to the neutron-gamma Feynman variance-to-mean ratios (neutron, gamma and total)
Paper in proceeding, 2015

Two versions of the neutron-gamma variance-to-mean (Feynman-alpha) formula for separate gamma detection and total neutron-gamma detection were recently derived and evaluated by Chernikova, et. al. [1]. However, the neutrons and gammas emitted in a photofission reaction or the release of gammas in certain thermal neutron capture reactions were not included in the theoretical models of Chernikova, et. al. [1]. In this paper, in order to evaluate the influence of these type of reactions to the values the neutron-gamma Feynman variance-to-mean ratios (neutron, gamma and total), we derive the enhanced Feynman-alpha formulae for separate neutron, gamma detection and total neutron-gamma detections. The theoretical derivation is based on the Chapman-Kolmogorov equation with inclusion of general reactions, photofission and capture gammas. The quantitative evaluation of the effect of capture gammas and photonuclear neutrons to the neutron-gamma Feynman variance-to-mean ratios (neutron, gamma and total) is done by using reaction intensities obtained from MCNPX simulations. The new enhanced formulas and their impact to the final values of different variance-to-mean ratios are the main subject of the discussion in the present paper.

Totals

Gammas

Photofission

Photonuclear

Feynman-alpha

Thermal neutron capture

Author

Dina Chernikova

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering

Imre Pazsit

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering

S. Croft

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A. Favalli

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Mathematics and Computations, Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo International Conference, M and C+SNA+MC 2015, Nashville, United States, 19-23 April 2015

Vol. 2 1040-1051
978-151080804-1 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Subatomic Physics

ISBN

978-151080804-1

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