SCATTERING OF FAST NEUTRONS FROM NATURAL Zr AND Nb

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1963 · Nuclear Physics (Netherlands) Divided into Nucl. Phys. A and Nucl. Phys. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-5582(63)90226-8· OSTI ID:4150040

Reitmann, D; Engelbrecht, C A; Smith, A B

Fast time-of-flight techniques were used to measure the differential cross sections for the elastic scattering of neutrons from natural Zr and Nb. The measurements were made at approximately 50-kev intervals throughout the incident neutron energy range 0.3 to 1.5 Mev. The cross sections for the excitation by inelastic neutron scattering of a 0.92-Mev level in Zr and 0.74-, 0.81-, 0.96-, and 1.08-Mev levels in Nb were measured. The results of these measurements are compared with those obtained in other experiments and with optical model calculations. Tentative spin assignments for the low lying levels in Nb/sup 93/ are made on the basis of Hauser-Feshbach calculations and shell model predictions. (auth)

• Research Organization: South African Atomic Energy Board, Pretoria and Argonne National Lab., Ill.
• NSA Number: NSA-18-006221
• OSTI ID: 4150040
• Journal Information: Nuclear Physics (Netherlands) Divided into Nucl. Phys. A and Nucl. Phys. B, Journal Name: Nuclear Physics (Netherlands) Divided into Nucl. Phys. A and Nucl. Phys. B Vol. Vol: 48; ISSN NUPHA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CROSS SECTIONS
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY RANGE
EXCITATION
FAST NEUTRONS
HAUSER-FESHBACH THEORY
MEASURED VALUES
MEV RANGE
NEUTRON BEAMS
NIOBIUM 93
NUCLEAR MODELS
NUMERICALS
OPTICAL MODEL
PHYSICS
SCATTERING
SPIN
TIME OF FLIGHT METHOD
ZIRCONIUM