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Title: Neutron total cross-section measurements of /sup 9/Be, /sup 10/ /sup 11/B, and /sup 12/ /sup 13/C from 1. 0 to 14 MeV using the /sup 9/Be(d,n)/sup 10/B reaction as a white neutron source. [10 to 14 MeV]

Journal Article · · Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6248054

High-resolution and high-accuracy total cross sections of /sup 9/Be, /sup 10/ /sup 11/B, and /sup 12/ /sup 13/C were measured from 1.0 to 14 MeV. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Tandem Accelerator was used to produce a white source of neutrons by stopping a pulsed beam of 15-MeV deuterons in a thick beryllium target. The neutron energy resolution (full-width at half-maximum) achieved in kiloelectron volts is given by 1.4E(MeV)/sup 3/2/, and the accuracy of the neutron energy scale in kiloelectron volts is given by +- E(MeV)(0.00744E(MeV) + 0.01592)/sup 1/2/. The statistical uncertainties in the transmission vary from 0.5 to 2%, and the systematic error in the transmission is estimated to +- 1.7%. The cross sections are compared with those in the ENDF/B-IV library where appropriate. The high statistical accuracy of the /sup 11/B data, for example, has revealed fine structure at high excitation energy (around 9 MeV), which correlates with the structure observed in charged prticle measurements on the same compound nucleus. There are also indications of additional structures that have not been seen previously in the /sup 12/B compound nucleus at this excitation energy.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM
OSTI ID:
6248054
Journal Information:
Nucl. Sci. Eng.; (United States), Vol. 69:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English