Artículo
Accurate measurement of the standard 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy
Autor/es | Amaducci, Simone
Aberle, Oliver Andrzejewski, J. Audouin, Laurent Bacak, M. Balibrea, J. Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos Lerendegui Marco, Jorge Quesada Molina, José Manuel Sabaté Gilarte, Marta Žugec, P. |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear |
Fecha de publicación | 2020 |
Fecha de depósito | 2021-05-24 |
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Resumen | An accurate measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV of neutron energy has recently been performed at n_TOF facility at CERN using 6Li(n,t)4He and 10B(n,α)7Li as references. This measurement has ... An accurate measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV of neutron energy has recently been performed at n_TOF facility at CERN using 6Li(n,t)4He and 10B(n,α)7Li as references. This measurement has been carried out in order to investigate a possible overestimation of the 235U fission cross section evaluation provided by most recent libraries between 10 and 30 keV. A custom experimental apparatus based on in-beam silicon detectors has been used, and a Monte Carlo simulation in GEANT4 has been employed to characterize the setup and calculate detectors efficiency. The results evidenced the presence of an overestimation in the interval between 9 and 18 keV and the new data may be used to decrease the uncertainty of 235U(n,f) cross section in the keV region. |
Cita | Amaducci, S., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J.,...,Žugec, P. (2020). Accurate measurement of the standard 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy. EPJ Web of Conferences, 239, 08002. |
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