Consider a sphere centered at the origin with radius R surrounded by vacuum. Suppose that it has a point source at the origin of strength S neutrons/s. Find the flux distribution φ(r) inside the sphere for 0 ≤ r ≤ R.
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The neutron flux, denoted by Φ, is defined as the number of neutrons passing through a unit area per unit time. In this case, we want to find the flux distribution inside the sphere, so we need to determine how many neutrons pass through a unit area at a distance Show more…
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