Diffusion area from diffusion coefficient and absorption cross section

Diffusion area of a nuclear reaction can be found as the ratio of he diffusion coefficient to the macroscopic absorption cross section of the reaction.

Links:

  1. NuclearPower.

diffusion_coefficient

neutron_diffusion_coefficient.

Symbol:

D

Latex:

\(D\)

Dimension:

length

macroscopic_absorption_cross_section

macroscopic_cross_section of absorption.

Symbol:

Sigma_a

Latex:

\(\Sigma_\text{a}\)

Dimension:

1/length

diffusion_area

neutron_diffusion_area.

Symbol:

L^2

Latex:

\(L^{2}\)

Dimension:

area

law

L^2 = D / Sigma_a

Latex:
\[L^{2} = \frac{D}{\Sigma_\text{a}}\]