THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCES OF NEODYMIUM AND SAMARIUM ISOTOPES IN THE THERMAL NEUTRON FISSION OF U235 AND U233

1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 830-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Melaika ◽  
M. J. Parker ◽  
J. A. Petruska ◽  
R. H. Tomlinson

The relative fission yields of neodymium and samarium isotopes have been measured with a mass spectrometer for samples of natural uranium and U233 that had been irradiated with moderated neutrons. The cross sections for neutron capture by Sm149 and Sm151 have been determined to be 66,200 ± 2500 barns and 12,000 barns respectively, relative to the cross section of a B10 monitor. The half-lives of Pm147 and Sm151 have been evaluated to be 2.52 ± 0.08 yr. and ~93 yr., respectively, from samarium fission yield data for samples differing in age by seven years.

1947 ◽  
Vol 25b (4) ◽  
pp. 364-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. Grummitt ◽  
L. Yaffe ◽  
J. Guéron ◽  
G. Wilkinson

The fission yields for Ba139 and Ba140 for thermal neutron fission of U235 and fast fission of U238 have been measured using naturally occurring uranium. This was accomplished by comparing the barium fission product activities with the U239 formed in radiative capture. With these data the fission yields were calculated from known values of the cross-sections for thermal fission and capture in uranium and were found to be 6.1% and 5.6% for Ba139 and Ba140, respectively, for thermal fission and 5.1% and 4.2% for Ba139 and Ba140, respectively, for fast fission. The contribution of resonance fission to the thermal neutron effect has been shown to be less than 5% in the irradiation arrangement used.


1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 640-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Petruska ◽  
E. A. Melaika ◽  
R. H. Tomlinson

The absolute fission yields of the cesium isotopes occurring in the thermal neutron fission of U235 have been determined with a mass spectrometer using isotope dilution techniques. Values of 6.59%, 6.41%, and 6.15% have been obtained for the yields of Cs133, Cs135, and Cs137 respectively. The neutron absorption cross section of Xe135 has also been measured to be 866 times greater than that of B10 for a Maxwellian distribution of neutron velocities corresponding to a neutron temperature of 57 °C. This ratio gives a thermal neutron absorption cross section of 3.47 × 106 barns for Xe135 assuming it is a 1/ν detector.


Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Bryn Knight ◽  
Liliana Caballero

Neutron captures are likely to occur in the crust of accreting neutron stars (NSs). Their rate depends on the thermodynamic state of neutrons in the crust. At high densities, neutrons are degenerate. We find degeneracy corrections to neutron capture rates off nuclei, using cross sections evaluated with the reaction code TALYS. We numerically integrate the relevant cross sections over the statistical distribution functions of neutrons at thermodynamic conditions present in the NS crust. We compare our results to analytical calculations of these corrections based on a power-law behavior of the cross section. We find that although an analytical integration can simplify the calculation and incorporation of the results for nucleosynthesis networks, there are uncertainties caused by departures of the cross section from the power-law approach at energies close to the neutron chemical potential. These deviations produce non-negligible corrections that can be important in the NS crust.


1953 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Wiles ◽  
B. W. Smith ◽  
R. Horsley ◽  
H. G. Thode

The relative yields of the isotopes of cesium, rubidium, and strontium from thermal neutron fission of U235 have been determined mass spectrometrically. The cesium isotope yields are combined with those obtained previously for the xenon isotopes to give high precision yields for mass chains from 131 to 137. In this work neutron capture reactions have been considered and corrections made where these take place to an appreciable extent. The results give further evidence of abnormal yields in the 82 neutron shell region. The half-life of Cs137 was determined and found to be 33 ± 2 years.


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.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman N. Lee ◽  
Alexey A. Lyubyakin ◽  
Vyacheslav A. Stotsky

Abstract Using modern multiloop calculation methods, we derive the analytical expressions for the total cross sections of the processes e−γ →$$ {e}^{-}X\overline{X} $$ e − X X ¯ with X = μ, γ or e at arbitrary energies. For the first two processes our results are expressed via classical polylogarithms. The cross section of e−γ → e−e−e+ is represented as a one-fold integral of complete elliptic integral K and logarithms. Using our results, we calculate the threshold and high-energy asymptotics and compare them with available results.


Author(s):  
Georges Griso ◽  
Larysa Khilkova ◽  
Julia Orlik ◽  
Olena Sivak

AbstractIn this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior of an $\varepsilon $ ε -periodic 3D stable structure made of beams of circular cross-section of radius $r$ r when the periodicity parameter $\varepsilon $ ε and the ratio ${r/\varepsilon }$ r / ε simultaneously tend to 0. The analysis is performed within the frame of linear elasticity theory and it is based on the known decomposition of the beam displacements into a beam centerline displacement, a small rotation of the cross-sections and a warping (the deformation of the cross-sections). This decomposition allows to obtain Korn type inequalities. We introduce two unfolding operators, one for the homogenization of the set of beam centerlines and another for the dimension reduction of the beams. The limit homogenized problem is still a linear elastic, second order PDE.


1953 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie M. Bartholomew ◽  
R. C. Hawkings ◽  
W. F. Merritt ◽  
L. Yaffe

The thermal neutron capture cross sections of Na23 and Mn55 have been determined using the activation method. The values are 0.53 ± 0.03 and 12.7 ± 0.3 barns respectively with respect to σAul97 = 93 barns. These agree well with recent pile oscillator results. The half-life for Mn56 is found to be 2.576 ± 0.002 hr.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 450-453
Author(s):  
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T. SKORODKO ◽  
M. BASHKANOV ◽  
D. BOGOSLOWSKY ◽  
H. CALÉN ◽  
...  

The two-pion production in pp-collisions has been investigated in exclusive measurements from threshold up to Tp = 1.36 GeV . Total and differential cross sections have been obtained for the channels pnπ+π0, ppπ+π-, ppπ0π0 and also nnπ+π+. For intermediate incident energies Tp > 1 GeV , i.e. in the region, which is beyond the Roper excitation but at the onset of ΔΔ excitation the total ppπ0π0 cross section falls behind theoretical predictions by as much as an order of magnitude near 1.2 GeV, whereas the nnπ+π+ cross section is a factor of five larger than predicted. A model-unconstrained isospin decompostion of the cross section points to a significant contribution of an isospin 3/2 resonance other than the Δ(1232). As a possible candidate the Δ(1600) is discussed.


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