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:
- 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¶
- Symbol:
L^2
- Latex:
\(L^{2}\)
- Dimension:
area
- law¶
L^2 = D / Sigma_a
- Latex:
- \[L^{2} = \frac{D}{\Sigma_\text{a}}\]