Article
Neutron-induced fission cross section of Np 237 in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n-TOF facility
Author/s | Diakaki, M.
Karadimos, D. Vlastou, R. Kokkoris, M. Demetriou, P. Skordis, E. Wisshak, K. Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis Quesada Molina, José Manuel |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear |
Publication Date | 2016 |
Deposit Date | 2017-04-03 |
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Abstract | The neutron-induced fission cross section of
237
Np was experimentally determined at the high-resolution
and high-intensity facility n
TOF
,
at CERN, in the energy range 100 keV to 9 MeV, using the
235
U
(
n,f
... The neutron-induced fission cross section of 237 Np was experimentally determined at the high-resolution and high-intensity facility n TOF , at CERN, in the energy range 100 keV to 9 MeV, using the 235 U ( n,f )and 238 U ( n,f ) cross section standards below and above 2 MeV, respectively. A fast ionization chamber was used in order to detect the fission fragments from the reactions and the targets were characterized as far as their mass and homogeneity are concerned by means of α spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy respectively. Theoretical calculations within the Hauser-Feshbach formalism have been performed, employing the EMPIRE code, and the model parameters were tuned in order to successfully reproduce the experimental fission cross-sectional data and simultaneously all the competing reaction channels |
Funding agencies | European Union (UE) |
Citation | Diakaki, M., Karadimos, D., Vlastou, R., Kokkoris, M., Demetriou, P., Skordis, E.,...,Quesada Molina, J.M. (2016). Neutron-induced fission cross section of Np 237 in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n-TOF facility. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 93 (3), 034614. |
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