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SCATTERING OF HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRONS BY He$sup 4$

Journal Article · · Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D
The scattering of neutrons in He/sup 4/ was investigated for neutrons with energies of from 16 to 23.4 Mev with a helium-filled ionization chamber. A pronounced resonance was found at a neutron energy of 22.15 plus or minus 0.12 Mev. This resonance corresponds to an excitation energy in He/sup 5/ of 16.72 plus or minus 0.10 Mev which is the same excitation energy as that obtained for the maximum in the T(d,n)He/sup 4/ cross section. The neutron scattering experiments indicate that the level in He/sup 5/ has a width of about 100 kev which is much narrower than the ground state of He/sup 5/. This state in He/sup 5/ probably has angular momentum and parity of 3/2 /sup +/ and is made up of two neutrons and a proton in ihe S shell and one proton and one neutron in the P shell. Such a configuration would explain the large deuteron reduced width of the T(d,n)He/sup 4/ reaction and the small neutron width. (auth)
Research Organization:
Rice Inst., Houston, Tex.
NSA Number:
NSA-14-000963
OSTI ID:
4196776
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Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys.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 D, Journal Name: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys.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: 115; ISSN PHRVA
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Language:
English