Abstract
The article is composed of two parts. In the first a theory is presented for describing reactor neutron noise as a stochastic process with neutrons and neutron counts from a multi-detector measuring apparatus as state variables. The reactor system is completely characterized in the time evolution of mean values and fluctuations of its state variables by a multivariate joint distribution. In the second part the same theoretical achievement is mainly oriented to expressing mathematical formulae for the interpretation of experimental results. The experimental evidence deals with neutron counts only: therefore, the generating function to be used is that related to the univariate or bivariate marginal distributions of neutron counts. In the present article these functions are shown to generate all the neutron noise analysis techniques developed by a three-decade experience in nuclear reactor experimental physics. Both parts deal with an energy- and space-independent reactor model.
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