BARC/PUB/2018/0399

 
 

Neutron-induced reaction cross-sections of 93Nb with fast neutron based on 9Be(p,n) reaction

 
     
 
Author(s)

Naik, H.; Kim, G. N.; Kim, K.; and others
(RCD)

Source

Nuclear Physics-A, 2018. Vol. 970: pp. 156-168

ABSTRACT

The cross-sections of the 93Nb(n, 2n)92mNb, 93Nb(n, 3n)91mNb and 93Nb(n, 4n)90Nb reactions with the average neutron energies of 14.4 to 34.0MeV have been determined by using an activation and off-line γ-ray spectrometric technique. The fast neutrons were produced using the 9Be(p, n)reaction with the proton energies of 25-, 35-and 45-MeV from the MC-50 Cyclotron at the Korea Institute of Ra-diological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS). The neutron flux-weighted average cross-sections of the 93Nb(n, xn;x=2–4) reactions were also obtained from the mono-energetic neutron-induced reaction cross-sections of 93Nb calculated using the TALYS 1.8 code, and the neutron flux spectrum based on the MCNPX 2.6.0 code. The present results for the 93Nb(n, xn; x=2–4) reactions are compared with the calculated neutron flux-weighted average values and found to be in good agreement.

 
 
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