scholarly journals The Neutron Facility at NCSR "Demokritos"- Implementation in the Case of the 232Th(n,2n) and 241Am(n,2n) Reactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
R. Vlastou ◽  
C. T. Papadopoulos ◽  
G. Perdikakis ◽  
M. Kokkoris ◽  
S. Kossionides ◽  
...  

In the 5.5 MV tandem T11/25 Accelerator Laboratory of NCSR "Demokritos" monoenergetic neutron beams can be produced in the energy ranges 120-650 keV, 4-11.5 MeV and 16-20.5 MeV by using the 7Li(p,n), 2H(d,n) and 3H(d,n) reactions, respectively. The corresponding beam energies and ions delivered by the accelerator, are 1.92-2.37 MeV protons, 0.8-9.6 MeV deuterons and 0.8-3.7 MeV deuterons, for the three reactions, respectively. Experimental results for neutron energies from threshold up to 11.5 MeV and at 17.1 MeV will be given for the 232Th(n,2n)231Th reaction, while for the 241 Am(n,2n)240 Am reaction, preliminary cross section data at 10.4, 10.6 and 17.1 MeV will be discussed. In the framework of the CERN n-TOF collaboration, the cross section of these reactions have been measured relative to the 197Au(n,2n)196Au, 27Al(n,a)24Na and 93Nb(n,2n) reaction cross sections, by using the activation method. In addition to the experimental work, theoretical Statistical model calculations are being carried out using the computer code STAPRE/F. The results are compared to the experimental data.

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (05) ◽  
pp. 2050029
Author(s):  
Manjeet Singh Gautam ◽  
Sukhvinder Duhan ◽  
Rishi Pal Chahal ◽  
Hitender Khatri ◽  
Suman B. Kuhar ◽  
...  

This work emphasized the role of the projectile breakup channel by studying the complete fusion (CF) and incomplete fusion (ICF) dynamics of [Formula: see text] reactions. The theoretical calculations for the chosen reactions have been done by opting for the coupled channel approach and the energy dependent Woods–Saxon potential (EDWSP) model. The below barrier fusion enhancements of the studied reactions are reasonably addressed by the outcomes of the adopted models, which in turn can be attributed to the couplings of nuclear structure degrees of freedom of the collision partners to their relative motion. In contrast, at above barrier energies, the CF cross-section data of the chosen reactions are found to be suppressed significantly when compared with the predictions made by using the present models. Interestingly, the fusion suppression factors of the given reactions can be minimized considerably with respect to the reported value when it is analyzed within the framework of the EDWSP model. For instance, in case of [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text] reaction, the magnitude of fusion suppression factor is minimized up to 7% (13%) relative to the reported value whereas for [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text] reaction, the fusion suppression factor is found to be less by 7% (8%) with reference to the reported value. Such suppression effects can be correlated with the low breakup threshold of alpha breakup channel associated with the loosely bound projectile. The projectiles being weakly bound systems split into two charged fragments and either of the breakup components is absorbed by the target resulting in the reduction of incoming flux going into fusion channel. The flux lost from the CF channel appears in the form of ICF yields. For [Formula: see text], total fusion (TF) cross-sections that are sum of CF and ICF cross-sections are also analyzed in conjunction with the EDWSP model and thus reasonably explained by the model calculations. In order to identify the ICF contribution, the ratio of ICF/TF cross-section data of [Formula: see text] reaction has been examined and thus properly addressed by using the EDWSP model. The presence of ICF component in TF cross-section clearly pointed out the breakup of projectile due to its loosely bound nature prior to the Coulomb barrier. Although ICF data of other systems are not available in the literature, a similar behavior is expected for ICF and TF data for [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] reactions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (08) ◽  
pp. 2050052
Author(s):  
Dashty T. Akrawy ◽  
Ali H. Ahmed ◽  
E. Tel ◽  
A. Aydin ◽  
L. Sihver

An empirical formula to calculate the ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] reaction cross-sections for 14.5[Formula: see text]MeV neutrons for 183 target nuclei in the range [Formula: see text] is presented. Evaluated cross-section data from TENDL nuclear data library were used to test and benchmark the formula. In this new formula, the nonelastic cross-section term is replaced by the atomic number [Formula: see text], while the asymmetry parameter-dependent exponential term has been retained. The calculated results are presented in comparison with the seven previously published formulae. We show that the new formula is significantly in better agreement with the measured values compared to previously published formulae.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
R. Vlastou ◽  
S. Galanopoulos ◽  
C. T. Papadopoulos ◽  
M. Kokkoris ◽  
M. Serris ◽  
...  

The72Ge(n,α)69mZn, 74Ge(n,α)71mZn, 76Ge(n,2n)75g+mGe reaction cross sections have been measured from 9.6 to 11.4 MeV and studied, along with data from litera- ture, within the frame of statistical model calculations by using the code EMPIRE-II.


1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. N. Nasr ◽  
A. M. Sourkes ◽  
D. J. Margaziotis ◽  
R. F. Carlson ◽  
A. J. Cox

Using a variation of a standard attenuation technique, total proton reaction cross sections (σR) have been measured for Ti and B at eight incident proton energies between 20 and 50 MeV at the University of Manitoba Cyclotron Laboratory. The Ti cross sections are presented along with existing reaction cross section data and are compared with optical model predictions for σR. The B cross sections are compared with σR for the nearby elements Be and C. The B and Ti results are also compared to predictions of the opaque-nucleus model.


Author(s):  
Mohammad Alrwashdeh ◽  
Wang Kan

The aim of this study is to investigate the available U233 cross section data for adequate calculation of critical benchmark experiments, to calculate the multiplication factor Keff for several benchmarks in both fast and thermal energy ranges. The evaluation of the U233 has been investigated using SAMMY code, in order to generate a useful database for criticality calculations; the computer code FITWR for experimental data fitting shows the same results obtained from the Bayes method included within the SAMMY code, with a slight difference in the results in the evaluated cross sections due to different mathematical methods having different results. Excellent results for the calculated Keff values are obtained for several benchmarks in the thermal and fast benchmarks considered in this study.


2020 ◽  
Vol 227 ◽  
pp. 01008
Author(s):  
Sotirios Harissopulos ◽  
Eleni Vagena ◽  
Michail Axiotis ◽  
Artemis Spyrou ◽  
Georgios Provatas ◽  
...  

The cross sections of the 72Ge( α , γ)76Se and 1°7Ag(ρ, γ)1°8Cd reactions were measured at energies relevant to p-process nucleosynthesis. The new data, together with cross section results from our previous ( α , γ) measure-ments on 65Cu and 118Sn and other ( α , γ) cross-section data reported in lit-erature are compared with statistical model calculations performed using the latest version (1.9) of the statistical model code TALYS. In addition, the effect on these calculations of different combinations of the optical model potentials (OMPs), nuclear level densities (NLDs) and γ-ray strength functions (γSFs) entering the calculations was investigated.


2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (05) ◽  
pp. 325-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Y. SO ◽  
K. S. KIM

Within the framework of an extended optical model, we study elastic scattering and fusion cross section data for 9 Be + 144 Sm system near Coulomb barrier energies to determine the polarization potential decomposed into direct reaction and fusion parts. We show that the direct reaction and fusion potentials extracted from χ2 analyses separately satisfy the dispersion relation and that the threshold anomaly exhibits in the fusion part. The analyses using only elastic scattering and fusion data can furnish very consistent and reliable predictions of cross sections even though the direct reaction cross section data are not enough. From these analyses, we also obtain the semi-experimental α single and α–α coincidence cross sections, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], for 9 Be + 144 Sm system.


2010 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 1656-1661 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.S. Uddin ◽  
M.R. Zaman ◽  
S.M. Hossain ◽  
I. Spahn ◽  
S. Sudár ◽  
...  

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