Numerical estimation of real and apparent integral neutron parameters used in nuclear borehole geophysics.
The semi-empirical method of neutron logging tool calibration developed by Prof. J.A. Czubek uses the real and so-called apparent integral neutron parameters of geological formations. To this end, Czubek proposed a few separated calculation methods commonly based on analytical solutions of the neutron transport problem. A new calculation method for the neutron integral parameters is proposed. Quantities like slowing-down length, diffusion and migration lengths, probability to avoid absorption during slowing down, and thermal neutron absorption cross section can be easily approximated using Monte Carlo simulations. A comparison with the results of the analytical method developed by Czubek has been performed for many cases and the observed differences have been explained.
H. Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskiego 152, PL-31-342 Krakow, Poland.
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