Neutron-induced fission measurements at the time-of-flight facility nELBE

Kögler, T.; Beyer, R.; Junghans, A. R.; Massarczyk, R.; Schwengner, R.; Wagner, A.

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2015.04.020

Title: Neutron-induced fission measurements at the time-of-flight facility nELBE

Abstract

Neutron-induced fission of ²⁴²Pu is studied at the photoneutron source nELBE. The relative fast neutron fission cross section was determined using actinide fission chambers in a time-of-flight experiment. A good agreement of present nuclear data with evalua- tions has been achieved in the range of 100 keV to 10 MeV.

Authors:

Kögler, T. ^[1]; Beyer, R. ^[2]; Junghans, A. R. ^[2]; Massarczyk, R. ^[3]; Schwengner, R. ^[2]; Wagner, A. ^[2]

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany); Technische Univ. Dresden (Germany
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden (Germany); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1201747

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics Procedia

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 64; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1875-3892

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; neutron-induced fission; parallel plate fission ionization chambers; cross section measurements

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                    Kögler, T., Beyer, R., Junghans, A. R., Massarczyk, R., Schwengner, R., and Wagner, A. Neutron-induced fission measurements at the time-of-flight facility nELBE.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Kögler, T., Beyer, R., Junghans, A. R., Massarczyk, R., Schwengner, R., & Wagner, A. Neutron-induced fission measurements at the time-of-flight facility nELBE.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.04.020

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                    Kögler, T., Beyer, R., Junghans, A. R., Massarczyk, R., Schwengner, R., and Wagner, A. Mon .  
"Neutron-induced fission measurements at the time-of-flight facility nELBE".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.04.020.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1201747.

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  title        = {Neutron-induced fission measurements at the time-of-flight facility nELBE},

  author       = {Kögler, T. and Beyer, R. and Junghans, A. R. and Massarczyk, R. and Schwengner, R. and Wagner, A.},

  abstractNote = {Neutron-induced fission of ²⁴²Pu is studied at the photoneutron source nELBE. The relative fast neutron fission cross section was determined using actinide fission chambers in a time-of-flight experiment. A good agreement of present nuclear data with evalua- tions has been achieved in the range of 100 keV to 10 MeV.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.phpro.2015.04.020},

  journal      = {Physics Procedia},

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  volume       = 64,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Mon May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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