Measurement of the Np237(n,γ) cross section from 20 meV to 500 keV with a high efficiency, highly segmented 4π BaF2 detector

E. I. Esch, R. Reifarth, E. M. Bond, T. A. Bredeweg, A. Couture, S. E. Glover, U. Greife, R. C. Haight, A. M. Hatarik, R. Hatarik, M. Jandel, T. Kawano, A. Mertz, J. M. O'Donnell, R. S. Rundberg, J. M. Schwantes, J. L. Ullmann, D. J. Vieira, J. B. Wilhelmy, J. M. Wouters

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Abstract

The Np237(n,γ)Np238 cross section has been measured in the neutron energy range from 20 meV to 500 keV using the DANCE array at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. This new facility allows experiments with submilligram samples and is therefore well suited to investigate isotopes with half-lives as low as a few hundred days. In this benchmark measurement, only 0.42 mg of Np237 was sufficient to determine differential cross sections relative to the well-known resonance at 0.5 eV. The thermal cross section was measured to σ2200m/s=177±5 barn, σkT=25.3meV=167±4 barn and the resonance integral to RI=693±6 barn.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number034309
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume77
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 18 2008

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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