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Determination of Thermal Neutron Capture Cross-Sections at Budapest PGAA Facility

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2813850· OSTI ID:21036076
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  1. Institute of Isotopes HAS, H-1525 Budapest POB 77 (Hungary)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (United States)
Prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) is a powerful nuclear analytical technique to determine the elemental and isotopic composition of materials. The PGAA facility at Budapest, Hungary is one of the leading laboratories of the world, determining spectroscopic data for chemical analysis to be used in other laboratories. These partial gamma-ray production cross-sections and k{sub 0} values, being proportional to the analytical sensitivities of the chemical elements, can be transformed into thermal neutron capture cross-sections, i.e. the probabilities of the (n,{gamma}) reactions, which are of broader interest in different fields of nuclear physics. Some preliminary results on thermal neutron capture cross-sections are presented.
OSTI ID:
21036076
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 947; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English