Measurement of the prompt fission y -rays from slow neutron-induced fission of 235 U with STEFF

The average energy and multiplicity of prompt y -rays from slow neutron-induced fission of 235 U have been measured using the STEFF spectrometer at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF. The individual responses from 11 NaI scintillators were corrected for multiple y -ray interactions, prompt fi...

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Autores: Wright, Tobias, Smith, Alastair, Sosnin, Nikolay Viktorovich, Bennett, Sam, Davies, Paul John, Popescu, Alexandra, Ryan, Joanne, Sekhar, Adhitya, Warren, Saskia, Aberle, Oliver, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Calviño Tavares, Francisco|||0000-0002-7198-4639, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià|||0000-0002-7138-0894, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere|||0000-0002-3648-5826, Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban|||0000-0001-8552-5030
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/405892
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/405892
https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01277-8
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thermal neutrons
Espectrometria de masses
Gamma ray spectrometry
Neutrons tèrmics
Mass spectrometry
Espectrometria de raigs gamma
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia nuclear
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Sumario:The average energy and multiplicity of prompt y -rays from slow neutron-induced fission of 235 U have been measured using the STEFF spectrometer at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF. The individual responses from 11 NaI scintillators were corrected for multiple y -ray interactions, prompt fission neutrons and background counts before being deconvolved to estimate the emitted spectrum of prompt fission y -rays. The results give an average y -ray energy ¯Ey of 1.71(5) MeV and multiplicity ¯vy of 2.66(18) considering y -rays emitted within the energy range 0.8–6.8 MeV. The n_TOF data has a slightly larger ¯Ey and smaller ¯vy than other recent measurements, however the product of the two is in agreement within quoted uncertainties.