Progress on the europium neutron capture study using DANCE

U. Agvaanluvsan, J. A. Becker, R. A. Macri, W. Parker, P. Wilk, C. Y. Wu, T. A. Bredeweg, E. Esch, R. C. Haight, J. M. O'Donnell, R. Reifarth, R. S. Rundberg, J. M. Schwantes, J. L. Ullmann, D. J. Vieira, J. B. Wilhelmy, J. M. Wouters, G. E. Mitchell, S. Sheets, F. BečvářM. Krtička

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    Abstract

    The accurate measurement of neutron capture cross sections of the Eu isotopes is important for many reasons including nuclear astrophysics and nuclear diagnostics. Neutron capture excitation functions of 151,153Eu targets were measured recently using a 4π γ-ray calorimeter array DANCE located at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center for En = 0.1-100 keV. The progress on the data analysis efforts is given in the present paper. The γ-ray multiplicity distributions for the Eu targets and Be backing are significantly different. The γ-ray multiplicity distribution is found to be the same for different neutron energies for both 151Eu and 153Eu. The statistical simulation to model the γ-ray decay cascade is summarized.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)934-937
    Number of pages4
    JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
    Volume261
    Issue number1-2 SPEC. ISS.
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Aug 2007

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
    • Instrumentation

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