| Author(s) |
Naik, H.; Prajapati, P. M.; Surayanarayana, S. V.; Jagadeesan, K. C.; Thakare, S. V.; Raj, D.; Mulik, V. K.; Sivashankar, B. S.; Nayak, B. K.; Sharma, S. C.; Mukherjee, S.; Singh, S.; Goswami, A.; Ganesan, S.; Manchanda, V. K. |
The 232Th(n, γ) reaction cross-section at average neutron energies of 3.7 ± 0.3MeV and 9.85 ± 0.38MeV from the 7Li(p, n) reaction has been determined for the first time using activation and offline γ-ray spectrometric technique. The 232Th(n, 2n) reaction cross-section at the average neutron energy of 9.85 ± 0.38MeV has been also determined using the same technique. The experimentally determined 232Th(n, γ) and 232Th(n, 2n) reaction cross-sections were compared with the evaluated data of ENDF/BVII, JENDL-4.0 and JEFF-3.1 and were found to be in good agreement. The present data along with literature data in a wide range of neutron energies were interpreted in terms of competition between different reaction channels including fission. The 232Th(n, γ) and 232Th(n, 2n) reaction cross-sections were also calculated theoretically using the TALYS 1.2 computer code and were found to be slightly higher than the experimental data. |