Attempted study of the 237Np(n,2n)236Np reaction cross section at 9.5 MeV
Abstract
The cross section measurement of the 237Np(n,2n)236Np reaction has been attempted at an incident neutron energy of 9.5 MeV by means of the activation technique. The neutron beam was produced via the 2H(d,n)3Ηe reaction at the VdG Tandem accelerator of NCSR “Demokritos”. It is the second time that this measurement has been tried with a gamma spectroscopy method and the difficulties faced due to the high gamma ray background produced by the sample itself and the fission fragments produced by the irradiation, in combination with the very low intensity of the gamma ray of interest are being reported.
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Diakaki, M., Vlastou, R., Kokkoris, M., Papadopoulos, C. T., Tsinganis, A., Kalfas, C. A., Lagoyannis, A., & Provatas, G. (2019). Attempted study of the 237Np(n,2n)236Np reaction cross section at 9.5 MeV. HNPS Advances in Nuclear Physics, 18, 101–106. https://doi.org/10.12681/hnps.2544
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