NE410/510 - Lecture 2: Neutron Cross Sections

In this lecture we discuss neutron nuclear cross sections, including their structure, underlying physics, how they are measured, and how they are used in computational simulations.

[Mkultra-]

Brutal material even for a Highschool kid None the less good teaching.

[ttaylor]

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[shikshokio]

At 8:00: in the middle of the page, the uncollided flux is the exponent with a plus, not one minus the exponent.

[mnakooda]

Great Video, thank you so much ! Could you do one on proton cross-sections?

[diveshsevda]

sir how can i calcualate the find the expression for the transmission coefficient 𝑇(𝐸) in the context of a compound nuclear cross section.