Study of {gamma} radiation from interaction of 14.7 MeV neutrons with {sup 208}Pb

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:68307

Hlavac, S; Oblozinsky, P; Turzo, I; Dostal, L ^[1]; Vonach, H; Pavlik, A ^[2]; Simakov, S P ^[3]

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1. Institute of Physics SAS, Bratislava (Czech Republic)
2. Institut fuer Radiumforschung, Vienna (Austria)
3. Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk (Russian Federation)

{gamma}-Radiation from the interaction of 14.7 MeV neutrons with {sup 208}Pb was investigated using a high resolution Ge-detector and enriched {sup 208}Pb sample. Cross sections for 14 {gamma}-lines from the {sup 208}Pb(n,n{prime}{gamma}) and {sup 208}Pb(n,2n{gamma}) reactions were measured at an emission angle of 124{degrees}. Our results, especially for the {sup 208}Pb(n,n{prime}{gamma}) reaction, are considerably smaller than the results of most measurements reported so far, probably due to the neglect in the previous studies of important sources of background such as {gamma}-production in lead shielding.

• OSTI ID: 68307
• Report Number(s): CONF-940507--Vol.1; CNN: Grant 042/93
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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