Measurement of the 241Am (n, 2n) reaction cross section, by the activation method

Journal Article · Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2201006· OSTI ID:20798619

Perdikakis, G ^[1]; Papadopoulos, C T; Vlastou, R; Kokkoris, M; Patronis, N ^[1]; Lagoyannis, A; Spyrou, A; Zarkadas, Ch; Kalyva, G; Kossionides, S ^[2]; Karamanis, D ^[3]; Tsabaris, C ^[4]

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1. Department of Physics, National Technical University of Athens (Greece)
2. Institute of Nuclear Physics, NCSR 'Demokritos', Athens (Greece)
3. Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, University of Ioannina (Greece)
4. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, P.O. Box 712 Anavyssos (Greece)

The measurement of the cross section of the reaction 241Am (n, 2n)240Am, has been performed, for the first time at neutron energies from 8.8, to 11.1MeV, by the activation method. The neutron beam was produced at the TANDEM accelerator of NCSR 'Demokritos', by the 2H (d,n)3 He reaction, using a deuterium gas target. During the 5-day long irradiation, the neutron beam fluctuations were monitored in 100 sec intervals by a BF3 counter connected with a multi-scaling unit. The radioactive target consisted of a 37GBq 241Am source enclosed in a Pb container. A natural Au foil, a 27Al foil and a 93Nb foil were used as reference materials for the neutron flux determination. After the end of the irradiation the activity induced at the target and the reference foils, was measured off-line by a 56 % HPGe detector.

• OSTI ID: 20798619
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 831, Issue 1; Conference: International conference on frontiers in nuclear structure, astrophysics, and reactions - FINUSTAR, Isle of Kos (Greece), 12-17 Sep 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2201006; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ALUMINIUM 27
AMERICIUM 240
AMERICIUM 241
AMERICIUM 241 TARGET
BF3 COUNTERS
CROSS SECTIONS
DEUTERIUM TARGET
DEUTERON REACTIONS
FLUCTUATIONS
FOILS
HELIUM 3
HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
NEUTRON BEAMS
NEUTRON FLUX
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NEUTRONS
NIOBIUM 93
TANDEM ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS