Neutron capture and neutron-induced fission experiments on americium isotopes with DANCE
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
Neutron capture cross section data on Am isotopes were measured using the Detector for Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments (DANCE) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The neutron capture cross section was determined for {sup 241}Am for neutron energies between thermal and 320 keV. Preliminary results were also obtained for {sup 243}Am for neutron energies between 35 eV and 200 keV. The results on concurrent neutron-induced fission and neutron-capture measurements on {sup 242m}Am will be presented, where the fission events were actively triggered during the experiments. In these experiments, the Parallel-Plate Avalanche Counter (PPAC) detector that surrounds the target located in the center of the DANCE array was used as a fission-tagging detector to separate (n,{gamma}) from (n,f) events. The first evidence of neutron capture on {sup 242m}Am in the resonance region in between 2 and 9 eV of the neutron energy was obtained.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 960706
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-08-06128; LA-UR-08-6128; TRN: US1002613
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: The 13th Int. Symp. On Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics ; August 25, 2008 ; Cologne, Germany
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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