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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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R. K. Osborn and J. M. Nieto
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 26 | Number 4 | December 1966 | Pages 511-516
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE66-A18421
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Detector effects on the statistics of neutron fluctuations are studied in this paper. The problem is formulated in a general way, thereby making it applicable in principle to a large variety of systems. As an illustration of these effects, however, expressions are obtained for the power spectral density and the cross power spectral density assuming gas-filled BF3 ionization chambers as detectors. The results show the anticipated break frequencies at the inverse of the average ion and electron collection times. Furthermore, the dependence of these detector break frequencies on chamber parameters such as density, temperature, and bias voltage is qualitatively revealed.