Strong gamma-ray emission from neutron unbound states populated in beta-decay: Impact on (n,gamma) cross-section estimates

Total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy is used to measure accurately the intensity of gamma emission from neutron-unbound states populated in the β-decay of delayed-neutron emitters. From the comparison of this intensity with the intensity of neutron emission one can deduce information on the (n,γ)...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Fraile Prieto, Luis Mario
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/19506
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19506
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:539.1
Total absorption spectrometer
Monte-carlo-simulation
Nuclear-eactions
Spectra
Models
Física nuclear
2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
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Sumario:Total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy is used to measure accurately the intensity of gamma emission from neutron-unbound states populated in the β-decay of delayed-neutron emitters. From the comparison of this intensity with the intensity of neutron emission one can deduce information on the (n,γ) cross section for unstable neutron-rich nuclei of interest in r process abundance calculations. A surprisingly large gamma branching was observed for a number of isotopes. The results are compared with Hauser-Feshbach calculations and discussed.