Cross-section measurements of the (n,2n) and (n,p) reactions on 124,126,128,130,131,132Xe in the 14 MeV region and theoretical calculations of their excitation functions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhua Luo ◽  
Li Jiang ◽  
junchen liang ◽  
Fei Tuo ◽  
Long He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Germanium Detector ◽  
Reaction Model ◽  
Reaction Cross ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
China Academy ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Data Libraries

Abstract The reaction cross-sections of 124Xe(n, 2n)123Xe, 126Xe(n, 2n)125Xe, 128Xe(n, 2n)127Xe, 130Xe(n, 2n)129mXe, 132Xe(n, 2n)131mXe, 130Xe(n, p)130I, 131Xe(n, p)131I, and 132Xe(n, p)132I were measured at the 13.5, 13.8, 14.1, 14.4, and 14.8 MeV neutron energies. The monoenergetic neutrons were generated through the 3H(d,n)4He reaction at the China Academy of Engineering Physics using the K-400 Neutron Generator with a solid 3H-Ti target. A high-purity germanium detector was used to measure the activities of the product. The reactions 93Nb(n, 2n)92mNb and 27Al(n, α)24Na served for neutron flux calibration. The cross sections of the (n,2n) and (n,p) reactions of the xenon isotopes were acquired within the 13–15 MeV neutron energy range. These cross-sections were then compared with the IAEA-exchange format (EXFOR) database-derived experimental data together with the evaluation results of the CENDL-3, ENDF/B-VIII.0, JENDL-4.0, RUSFOND, and JEFF-3.3 data libraries as well as the theoretical excitation function obtained using the TALYS-1.95 code. The cross-sections of the reactions (except for the 124Xe(n, 2n)123Xe and 132Xe(n, p)132I) at 13.5, 13.8, and 14.1 MeV are reported for the first time in this work. The present results are helpful to provide better cross-section constraints for these reactions in the 13–15 MeV region, thus improving the quality of the corresponding database. Meanwhile, these data can also be used for the verification of relevant nuclear reaction model parameters.

scholarly journals Cross section measurement of the 191Ir(n,2n)190Ir reaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
A. Kalamara ◽  
R. Vlastou ◽  
M. Kokkoris ◽  
N. Patronis ◽  
M. Serris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Neutron Beam ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Activation Technique ◽  
Incident Neutron ◽  
Tandem Accelerator ◽  
Hpge Detectors ◽  
The Cross

The cross section of the 191Ir(n,2n) reaction was experimentally determined relative to the 27Al(n,α)24Na reference reaction one, for incident neutron beam energies ranging from 15.3 to 20.9 MeV, by means of the activation technique. The quasi-monoenergetic neutron beams were produced at the 5.5 MV Tandem Accelerator ofNCSR "Demokritos" via the 3H(d,n)4He reaction. Following the irradiations the activity induced by the neutron beam at the targets and reference foils was measured by HPGe detectors. The cross sections for the population of the second isomeric state (m2) of 190Ir and the sum of the ground and isomeric states (g+m1+0.086 m2) were independently determined. Additionally, theoretical calculations of the above cross sections were carried out using the EMPIRE code. The details of these calculations concerning the optical model parameters, are described in the present work.

Reaction cross section calculations via second beta decay using the activation method for the p-process

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (11) ◽  
pp. 1206-1209
Author(s):  
Ezgi Tantoğlu ◽  
Nalan Özkan ◽  
R. Taygun Güray
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Reaction Cross Section ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Reaction Cross ◽  
Activation Method ◽  
Alternative Method ◽  
The Cross

There are 35 proton-rich isotopes between 74Se and 196Hg that cannot be synthesized through neutron captures and β− decays (s- and r-processes). A third process is therefore required for the production of these nuclei, the so-called p-process. The abundance and the origin of the p-nuclei are still not fully understood even though significant experimental and theoretical efforts in astrophysical modeling have been expended in the last two decades. The experimental studies with the activation method to measure cross sections of the relevant reactions have some limitations: the reaction product must be radioactive, should have an appropriate half-life, and its decay should be followed by proper γ-radiations. If the cross section cannot be calculated with the radiation followed by the first beta decay of the product, it can be measured using the second beta decay as an alternative method. In this study, the method and candidate reactions for the cross-section measurements via the second beta decay of the reaction product using the activation method are discussed.

scholarly journals Cross-section measurement in the reactions of 136Xe on proton, deuteron and carbon

2020 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 01037
Author(s):  
X. Sun ◽  
H. Wang ◽  
H. Otsu ◽  
H. Sakurai ◽  
D.S. Ahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Radioactive Isotope ◽  
Inverse Kinematics ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Section Measurement ◽  
Intranuclear Cascade ◽  
Reaction Energies ◽  
The Cross

The isotopic production cross sections for the reactions of 136Xe induced by proton, deuteron and carbon at 168 MeV/u were obtained by using the inverse kinematics technique at RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory. The target dependence of the cross sections was investigated systematically. It was found that for the light-mass products, the cross sections on carbon are larger than those on deuteron and proton. The measured cross sections on proton were compared with the previous data at higher reaction energies to study the energy dependence. The experimental results were compared with the theoretical calculations including both the intranuclear cascade and evaporation processes using PHITS and with the EPAX and SPACS empirical parameterizations.

scholarly journals 14.8 MeV Neutron Activation Cross Section Measurements for Ge Isotopes

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Haque ◽  
M. T. Islam ◽  
M. A. Hafiz ◽  
R. U. Miah ◽  
M. S. Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Reaction Cross ◽  
Activation Cross Section ◽  
Section Data ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectroscopy ◽  
24Na Reaction ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Good Agreement

The cross sections of Ge isotopes were measured with the activation method at 14.8 MeV neutron energy. The quasi-monoenergetic neutron beams were produced via the 3H(d,n)4He reaction at the 150 kV J-25 neutron generator of INST, AERE. The characteristics γ-lines of the product nuclei were measured with a closed end coaxial 17.5 cm2 high purity germanium (HPGe) detector gamma ray spectroscopy. The cross sections were determined with reference to the known 27Al(n,α)24Na reaction. Cross section data are presented for 72Ge(n,p)72Ga, 74Ge(n,α)71mZn and 76Ge(n,2n)75m+gGe reactions. The cross section values obtained for the above reactions were 24.78±1.75 mb, 1.69±0.11 mb and 860±50 mb, respectively. The results obtained were compared with the values reported in literature as well as theoretical calculation performed by the statistical code SINCROS-II. The experimental data were found fairly in good agreement with the calculated and literature data.  Keywords: Activation cross section; Neutron induced reaction; Gamma-ray spectroscopy; 14.8 MeV. © 2009 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved. DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v1i2.1532  

Notizen: Empirical Evidence for Shell Effects in (n,p)- and (n,α)-Reaction Cross Sections Induced By 14 Mev Neutrons

1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1015-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Holmberg
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Shell Structure ◽  
Closed Shell ◽  
Reaction Cross ◽  
Shell Effects ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Closed Shells ◽  
Reaction Cross Sections

Abstract Cross section values for (n,p)-and (n,α)-reactions have been analysed as functions of the proton and neutron numbers of the target nuclei. When these numbers equal or approach those of a closed shell structure, the cross section values tend to increase. Far from closed shells the cross sections are small.

scholarly journals A comprehensive analysis of differential cross sections and analyzing powers in the proton–deuteron break-up channel at 135 MeV

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Tavakoli-Zaniani ◽  
M. Eslami-Kalantari ◽  
H. R. Amir-Ahmadi ◽  
M. T. Bayat ◽  
A. Deltuva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Nucleon Force ◽  
Satisfactory Description ◽  
Analyzing Powers ◽  
Global Comparison ◽  
Break Up ◽  
The Cross

AbstractA selection of measured cross sections and vector analyzing powers, $$A_{x}$$ A x and $$A_{y}$$ A y , are presented for the $$\vec {p}{d}$$ p → d break-up reaction. The data are taken with a polarized proton beam with a kinetic energy of 135 MeV using the Big Instrument for Nuclear-polarization Analysis (BINA) at KVI, the Netherlands. With this setup, $$A_{x}$$ A x is extracted for the first time for a large range of energies as well as polar and azimuthal angles of the two outgoing protons. For most of the configurations, the results at small and large relative azimuthal angles differ in behavior when comparing experimental data with the theoretical calculations. We also performed a more global comparison of our data with theoretical calculations. The cross-section results show huge values of $$\chi ^{2}$$ χ 2 /d.o.f.. The absolute values of $$\chi ^{2}$$ χ 2 /d.o.f. for the components of vector analyzing powers, $$A_{x}$$ A x and $$A_{y}$$ A y , are smaller than the ones for the cross section, partly due to larger uncertainties for these observables. However, also for these observables no satisfactory agreement is found for all angular combinations. This implies that the present models of a three-nucleon force are not able to provide a satisfactory description of experimental data.

scholarly journals Statistical-model calculations for α-capture reactions relevant to the p process

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
C. Fakiola ◽  
I. Karakasis ◽  
I. Sideris ◽  
A. Khaliel ◽  
T. J. Mertzimekis
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Statistical Model ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Reaction Network ◽  
Reaction Cross ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Model Calculations ◽  
Reaction Channels ◽  
Reaction Cross Sections

About 35 nuclides which lie on the neutron deficient side of the isotopic chart cannot be created by the two basic nucleosynthetic processes, the sand the rprocess. Due to scarce experimental data and the vast complexity of the reaction network involved, cross sections and reactions are estimated theoretically, using the Hauser–Feshbach statistical model. In the present work, theoretical calculations of cross sections of radiative α-capture reactions on the neutron–deficient Erbium and Xenon isotopes are presented in an attempt to make predictions inside the astrophysically relevant energy window (Gamow). The particular reactions are predicted to be sensitive branchings in the γprocess path.The most recent versions of TALYS (v1.9) and Fresco codes were employed for all calculations, initially focusing on investigating the influence of the default eight (8) α–nucleus optical potential models of TALYS on reaction cross sections. The theoretical results of both codes are compared and for the reactions where experimental data exist in literature, the optical model parameters were adjusted appropriately to best describe the data and were subsequently used for estimating (α,γ) reaction cross sections. Predictions for the (α,n) reaction channels have also been calculated and studied.

Measurements of the 107Ag neutron capture cross sections with PHWT at the CSNS Back-n facility

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. X. Li ◽  
L. X. Liu ◽  
W. Jiang ◽  
J. Ren ◽  
H. W. Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Astrophysics ◽  
Reaction Cross ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Resonance Parameters ◽  
Control Rod ◽  
The Cross

Abstract Silver indium cadmium (Ag-In-Cd) control rod is widely used in pressurized water reactor nuclear power plants, and which is continuously consumed in a high neutron flux environment. The mass ratio of 107Ag in Ag-In-Cd control rod is 41.44%. To accurately calculate the consumption value of the control rod, a reliable neutron reaction cross section of the 107Ag is required. Meanwhile, 107Ag is also an important weak r nuclei. Thus, the cross sections for neutron induced interactions with 107Ag are very important both in nuclear energy and nuclear astrophysics. The (n, γ) cross section of 107Ag has been measured in the energy range of 1-60 eV using a back streaming white neutron beam line at China spallation neutron source. The resonance parameters are extracted by an R-matrix code. All the cross section of 107Ag and resonance parameters are given in this paper as datasets. The datasets are openly available at https://www.scidb.cn/s/aaUJbu.

Systematic study of the (n,2n) reaction cross section for 121Sb and 123Sb isotopes

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
RATANKUMAR SINGH ◽  
N.L. Singh ◽  
Rakesh Chauhan ◽  
Mayur Mehta ◽  
Saraswatula suryanarayan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Reaction Cross Section ◽  
Level Density ◽  
Reaction Cross ◽  
Measured Cross Section ◽  
Model Calculations ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Equilibrium Emission

Abstract The cross sections of the 121Sb(n,2n) 120Sbm and 123Sb(n,2n) 122Sb reactions were measured at 12.50, 15.79 and 18.87 MeV neutron energies relative to the standard 27Al(n,α) 24Na monitor reaction using neutron activation and offline γ-ray spectrometry technique. Irradiations of the samples were performed at the BARC-TIFR Pelletron Linac Facility, Mumbai, India. The quasi-monoenergetic neutron was generated via the 7Li(p,n) reaction. Statistical model calculations were performed by nuclear reaction codes TALYS (ver. 1.9) and EMPIRE (ver. 3.2.2) using various input parameters and nuclear level density models. The cross sections of the ground and the isomeric state as well as the isomeric cross section ratio were studied theoretically from reaction threshold to 26 MeV energies. The effect of pre-equilibrium emission is also discussed in detail using different theoretical models. The present measured cross section were discussed and compared with reported experimental data and evaluation data of the JEFF-3.3, ENDF/B-VIII.0, JENDL/AD-2017 and TENDL-2019 libraries. A detailed analysis of the uncertainties in the measured cross section data was performed using the covariance analysis method. Furthermore, a systematic study of the (n,2n) reaction cross section for 121Sb and 123Sb isotopes were also performed within 14-15 MeV neutron energies using various systematic formulae. This work helps to overcome discrepancies in Sb data and illustrate a better understanding of pre-equilibrium emission in (n,2n) reaction channel.

Experimental Studies Of Multilayer Glass Structures On Compression, Compression With Bending And Simple Bending

2019 ◽  
pp. 22-30
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Applied Load ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Laminated Glass ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Experimental Values

The work of multilayer glass structures for central and eccentric compression and bending are considered. The substantiation of the chosen research topic is made. The description and features of laminated glass for the structures investigated, their characteristics are presented. The analysis of the results obtained when testing for compression, compression with bending, simple bending of models of columns, beams, samples of laminated glass was made. Overview of the types and nature of destruction of the models are presented, diagrams of material operation are constructed, average values of the resistance of the cross-sections of samples are obtained, the table of destructive loads is generated. The need for development of a set of rules and guidelines for the design of glass structures, including laminated glass, for bearing elements, as well as standards for testing, rules for assessing the strength, stiffness, crack resistance and methods for determining the strength of control samples is emphasized. It is established that the strength properties of glass depend on the type of applied load and vary widely, and significantly lower than the corresponding normative values of the strength of heat-strengthened glass. The effect of the connecting polymeric material and manufacturing technology of laminated glass on the strength of the structure is also shown. The experimental values of the elastic modulus are different in different directions of the cross section and in the direction perpendicular to the glass layers are two times less than along the glass layers.

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