Neutron-induced fission cross section of Np-237 in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n_TOF facility

The neutron-induced fission cross section of 237Np was experimentally determined at the high-resolution and high-intensity facility n TOF, at CERN, in the energy range 100 keV to 9 MeV, using the 235U(n,f ) and 238U(n,f ) cross section standards below and above 2 MeV, respectively. A fast ionization...

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Autores: Diakaki, M., Karadimos, D., Vlastou, R., Calviño Tavares, Francisco|||0000-0002-7198-4639, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere|||0000-0002-3648-5826, Pretel Sánchez, Carme|||0000-0001-6199-3366
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
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:2117/88869
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/88869
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034614
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Neutrons
Neutron
Neutron reaction
Induced
Fission
Cross section
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia nuclear
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Sumario:The neutron-induced fission cross section of 237Np was experimentally determined at the high-resolution and high-intensity facility n TOF, at CERN, in the energy range 100 keV to 9 MeV, using the 235U(n,f ) and 238U(n,f ) cross section standards below and above 2 MeV, respectively. A fast ionization chamber was used in order to detect the fission fragments from the reactions and the targets were characterized as far as their mass and homogeneity are concerned by means of a spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy respectively. Theoretical calculations within the Hauser-Feshbach formalism have been performed, employing the EMPIRE code, and the model parameters were tuned in order to successfully reproduce the experimental fission cross-sectional data and simultaneously all the competing reaction channels.