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Some probability distributions for neutron transport in a half-space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

T. W. Mullikin
T. W. Mullikin*
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Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
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We will consider a problem which arises in the theories of neutron transport and radiative (photon) transfer. We will consider, in a particular case, the random motion of a particle in a scattering medium and determine asymptotics for the probability distribution of the random variable for the number of collisions before exit from the medium.

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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , August 1968 , pp. 357 - 374
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1968 

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