Measurement of ²³²Th(n,5n γ) cross sections from 29 MeV to 42 MeV

Author(s)

Maëlle Kerveno, R. Nolte, P. Baumann, Ph Dessagne, E. Jericha, S. Jokic, A. J. Koning, S. Lukic, J. P. Meulders, Abdellatif Nachab, A. Pavlik, M. Reginatto, G. Rudolf

Abstract

The excitation function of the reaction (232) Th(n, 5n gamma)(228) Th from 29 to 42 MeV has been measured for the first time at the quasi-monoenergetic neutron beam of the UCL cyclotron CYCLONE employing the Li-7(p,n) source reaction. Taking advantage of the good energy resolution of the planar High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors, prompt gamma-ray spectroscopy was used to detect the gamma-rays resulting from the decay of excited states of nuclei created by the (n,xn) reactions. The neutron beam was characterized by a combination of time of flight measurements carried out using a liquid scintillation detector and a U-238 fission ionization chamber. Fluence measurements were performed using a proton recoil telescope. The results are compared with TALYS-1.4 code calculations.

Organisation(s)

Isotope Physics

External organisation(s)

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Technische Universität Wien, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg, Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group, Cadi Ayyad University, University of Belgrade

Journal

European Physical Journal A

Volume

50

No. of pages

8

ISSN

1434-6001

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2014-14162-2

Publication date

10-2014

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103014 Nuclear physics, 103034 Particle physics

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Portal url

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/measurement-of-232thn5n--cross-sections-from-29-mev-to-42-mev(e2eac819-6ece-4d4c-9f68-f1f47818aa3a).html