Zirconium and Yttrium (p, d) Surrogate Nuclear Reactions: Measurement and determination of gamma-ray probabilities: Experimental Physics Report

Technical Report · Thu Sep 21 04:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1400082· OSTI ID:1400082

Burke, J. T. ^[1]; Hughes, R. O. ^[1]; Escher, J. E. ^[1]; Scielzo, N. D. ^[1]; Casperson, R. J. ^[1]; Ressler, J. J. ^[1]; Saastamoinen, A. ^[1]; Ota, S. ^[1]; Park, H. I. ^[1]; Ross, T. J. ^[1]; McCleskey, M. ^[1]; McCleskey, E. ^[1]; Austin, R. E. ^[1]; Rapisarda, G. G. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

This technical report documents the surrogate reaction method and experimental results used to determine the desired neutron induced cross sections of ⁸⁷Y(n,g) and the known ⁹⁰Zr(n,g) cross section. This experiment was performed at the STARLiTeR apparatus located at Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute using the K150 Cyclotron which produced a 28.56 MeV proton beam. The proton beam impinged on Y and Zr targets to produce the nuclear reactions ⁸⁹Y(p,d)⁸⁸Y and ⁹²Zr(p,d)⁹¹Zr. Both particle singles data and particle-gamma ray coincident data were measured during the experiment. This data was used to determine the γ-ray probability as a function of energy for these reactions. The results for the γ-ray probabilities as a function of energy for both these nuclei are documented here. For completeness, extensive tabulated and graphical results are provided in the appendices.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1400082
• Report Number(s): LLNL-TR--739693
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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