INELASTIC SCATTERING OF NEUTRONS BY TRITONS

Journal Article · Mon Mar 23 04:00:00 EST 1964 · Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.133.B1476· OSTI ID:4069777

Gammel, J L; MacKellar, A D

Assuming that the range of nuclear forces is small compared to the size of the triton and the wavelength of the incoming neutron ( zero-range'' approximation), a connection is derived between the cross sections for elastic and inelastic n-t scattering by calculating the ratio of the first Born approximation for inelastic to that for elastic scattering. A calculation of the inelastic scattering cross section is made for an incoming neutron energy of 14 Mev. Since experimental elastic angular distributions are not available, values calculated by Bransden and Robentson for p- He/sup 3/ assuming Serber interaction are used. Inelastic angular distributions are calculated for the ejected deuteron, the ejected neutron, and the scattered neutron. Integrating over the distnlbution of the ejected deuteron, a value for the total n-t inelastic cross section of 343 mb is obtained. (auth)

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
• NSA Number: NSA-18-015258
• OSTI ID: 4069777
• Journal Information: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D, Journal Name: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D Vol. Vol: 133; ISSN PHRVA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
BINDING ENERGY
BORN APPROXIMATION
CROSS SECTIONS
DEUTERONS
ENERGY RANGE
HELIUM 3
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INTERACTIONS
MEV RANGE
NEUTRON BEAMS
NUCLEAR MODELS
NUMERICALS
PARTICLE MODELS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHYSICS
PROTONS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
REACTION KINETICS
SCATTERING
SERBER THEORY
STRIPPING
TRITONS
ZERO-RANGE APPROXIMATION