On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: ...however, that having been said, the path that the "bouncing" neutrons > follow > would be longer because of a "random-walk". Since the path is longer, their > chances of being captured increases...but maybe this is already included > in the > concept of cross-section? >
That's kind of what I was thinking -- the more elastic collisions there are that don't result in an escape, the more there's a chance for a capture. But I was hoping you would know this one. The cross sections are a little bit magical. Eric
