Transport Solutions to the One-Dimensional Critical Problem

The new method of Case for treating the one-velocity transport equation is applied to a uniform, one-dimensional multiplying medium. The method leads to exact expressions for the neutron distribution and criticality conditions. These expressions depend on expansion coefficients which are shown to satisfy a Fredholm integral equation. The results of diffusion theory with the exact Milne problem extrapolation distance are shown to correspond to the zeroth-order approximation of the Neumann series solution to the Fredholm equation.