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Title: Neutron capture cross sections of /sup 182/W, /sup 183/W, /sup 184/W, and /sup 186/W from 2. 6 to 2000 keV

Journal Article · · Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5307708

Neutron capture cross sections of four stable tungsten isotopes were measured as a function of energy by time of flight at the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator. The resolution achieved, ..delta.. E/E of about 1/750 at full-width at half-maximum, has allowed the analysis of several hundred resonance peaks at energies a few kiloelectron volts above the neutron binding energy. Strength functions were fitted to the average cross sections up to about 100 keV, and average cross sections were extended with less precision from 100 to 2000 keV. The capture cross section of natural tungsten was calculated from measurements for individual isotopes. Compound nucleus calculations have been made with deformed optical model parameters for comparison with experimental cross sections.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physics Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
OSTI ID:
5307708
Journal Information:
Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States), Vol. 84:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English