Dipole strength in {sup 139}La below the neutron-separation energy

Journal Article · Sun Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.82.024314· OSTI ID:21419427

Makinaga, A ^[1]; Schwengner, R; Doenau, F; Bemmerer, D; Beyer, R; Crespo, P; Erhard, M; Junghans, A R; Klug, J; Kosev, K; Nair, C; Schilling, K D; Wagner, A ^[2]; Rusev, G ^[3]; Frauendorf, S ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Konan University, Okamoto 8-9-1, Higashinada, Kobe 658-8501 (Japan)
2. Institut fuer Strahlenphysik, Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, D-01314 Dresden (Germany)
3. Department of Physics, Duke University, and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708 (United States)

The {gamma}-ray strength function is an important input quantity for the determination of the photoreaction rate and the neutron capture rate for astrophysics as well as for nuclear technologies. To test model predictions, the photoabsorption cross section of {sup 139}La up to the neutron-separation energy was measured using bremsstrahlung produced at the electron accelerator ELBE of Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf with an electron beam of 11.5 MeV kinetic energy. The experimental data were analyzed by applying Monte Carlo simulations of {gamma}-ray cascades to obtain the intensities of the ground-state transitions and their branching ratios. We found a significant enhancement of electric dipole strength in the energy range from 6 to 10 MeV that may be related with a pygmy dipole resonance. The present data are combined with photoneutron cross sections for {sup 139}La and compared with results of calculations on the basis of a quasiparticle-random-phase approximation using an instantaneous-shape sampling.

• OSTI ID: 21419427
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 82, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.82.024314; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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