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Reactor as a source of antineutrinos: Thermal fission energy

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Deeper insight into the features of a reactor as a source of antineutrinos is required for making further advances in studying the fundamental properties of the neutrino. The relationship between the thermal power of a reactor and the rate of the chain fission reaction in its core is analyzed.

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    V. I. Kopeikin, L. A. Mikaelyan & V. V. Sinev

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Translated from Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 67, No. 10, 2004, pp. 1916–1922.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Kopeikin, Mikaelyan, Sinev.

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Kopeikin, V.I., Mikaelyan, L.A. & Sinev, V.V. Reactor as a source of antineutrinos: Thermal fission energy. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 67, 1892–1899 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1811196

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