Measurement of the 237Np(n,f) cross section with the FIC detector at the CERN n_TOF facility


M. Diakaki
et al. for the nTOF Collaboration
Abstract

The cross section of the 237Np(n,f) reaction has been experimentally determined at the n_TOF facility at CERN, in the neutron energy range 100 keV – 10 MeV, relative to the standard 235U(n,f) and 238U(n,f) reaction cross sections with use of a Fast Ionisation Chamber. The reproduction of the high accuracy data obtained from this experiment was attempted within the Hauser-Feshbach formalism and phenomenological models with use of the code EMPIRE 3.2.

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