Macroscopic cross section from mean free path¶
Macroscopic cross section is the inverse of mean free path of neutrons. As an example, the greater the absorption cross section of a material is, the shorter the mean free path of neutrons is and the closer to the surface the neutron absorption will occur.
Links:
- mean_free_path¶
mean_free_pathof neutrons.
- Symbol:
lambda- Latex:
\(\lambda\)
- Dimension:
length
- macroscopic_cross_section¶
- Symbol:
Sigma- Latex:
\(\Sigma\)
- Dimension:
1/length
- law¶
Sigma = 1 / lambda- Latex:
- \[\Sigma = \frac{1}{\lambda}\]