New measurement of the 241Am(n,2n)240Am cross section
Abstract
Cross section for 241Am(n,2n)240Am reaction has been measured at the VdG Tandem accelerator of NCSR “Demokritos", at neutron beam energy 10.4 MeV, using the activation technique. The high purity and high radioactivity (5GBq) Am target has been constructed at IRMM, Belgium and consisted of 40 mg Am in the form of AmO2 pressed into pellet with Al2O3 and encapsulated into Al container. The absolute flux of the beam was obtained with respect to the 27Al(n,α)24Na reference reaction. The induced gamma-ray activity of 240Am and 24Na was measured with high resolution HPGe detectors.
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Kalamara, A., Diakaki, M., Vlastou, R., Kokkoris, M., Nicolis, N., Tsinganis, A., Ashley, S., Axiotis, M., & Lagoyannis, A. (2019). New measurement of the 241Am(n,2n)240Am cross section. HNPS Advances in Nuclear Physics, 20, 2–5. https://doi.org/10.12681/hnps.2036
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