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NUCLEAR REACTOR Q-VALUES

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4309003
Target nuclides considered were selected on the basis of natural stability or sufficiently long half life to make feasible their use as targets in nuclear reaction experiments. In each case the mass excess, natural isotopic abundance and, where applicable, the half life are listed above the Q-value matrix. The structure of the matrix is self-explanatory; each entry lists tbe appropriate Q-value, the final nucleus and, where available, the experimentally determined Q-value. Space was left for addition of these values as they become available. The compound nucleus involved and its excitation at zero bombarding energy (i.e., the binding energies of the incident particle in the compound nucleus) can be read directly from the '' gamma out'' column. Similarly, the binding energy of the emergent particle in the target nucleus is given by the entries in the'' gamma in'' row. Two columns on the right of each matrix corresponding to 3-body disintegration are included since these channels compete with the two-body disintegration in some cases at relatively low incident energies, well within the range of existing electrostatic accelerators. (auth)
Research Organization:
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Chalk River Project, Chalk River, Ont.
NSA Number:
NSA-12-016632
OSTI ID:
4309003
Report Number(s):
CRP-789; AECL-663
Country of Publication:
Canada
Language:
English