Measurement of the 241Am (n, 2n) reaction cross section, by the activation method

G. Perdikakis; C. T. Papadopoulos; R. Vlastou; A. Lagoyannis; A. Spyrou; M. Kokkoris; N. Patronis; D. Karamanis; Ch Zarkadas; G. Kalyva; C. Tsabaris; S. Kossionides

doi:10.1063/1.2201006

Measurement of the ²⁴¹Am (n, 2n) reaction cross section, by the activation method

G. Perdikakis, C. T. Papadopoulos, R. Vlastou, A. Lagoyannis, A. Spyrou, M. Kokkoris, N. Patronis, D. Karamanis, Ch Zarkadas, G. Kalyva, C. Tsabaris, S. Kossionides

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Abstract

The measurement of the cross section of the reaction ²⁴¹Am (n, 2n) ²⁴⁰Am, has been performed, for the first time at neutron energies from 8.8, to 11.1MeV, by the activation method. The neutron beam was produced at the TANDEM accelerator of NCSR "Demokritos", by the ²H (d,n) ³ He reaction, using a deuterium gas target. During the 5-day long irradiation, the neutron beam fluctuations were monitored in 100 sec intervals by a BF ₃ counter connected with a multi-scaling unit. The radioactive target consisted of a 37GBq ²⁴¹Am source enclosed in a Pb container. A natural Au foil, a ²⁷Al foil and a ⁹³Nb foil were used as reference materials for the neutron flux determination. After the end of the irradiation the activity induced at the target and the reference foils, was measured off-line by a 56 % HPGe detector.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics, and Reactions - FINUSTAR
Pages	532-534
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2201006
State	Published - Apr 26 2006
Event	International Conference on Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics, and Reactions - FINUSTAR - Isle of Kos, Greece Duration: Sep 12 2005 → Sep 17 2005

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	831
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics, and Reactions - FINUSTAR
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Isle of Kos
Period	09/12/05 → 09/17/05

Keywords

Activation
Americium
Cross sections
Gas target
Neutron physics
n_TOF

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Perdikakis, G., Papadopoulos, C. T., Vlastou, R., Lagoyannis, A., Spyrou, A., Kokkoris, M., Patronis, N., Karamanis, D., Zarkadas, C., Kalyva, G., Tsabaris, C., & Kossionides, S. (2006). Measurement of the ²⁴¹Am (n, 2n) reaction cross section, by the activation method. In Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics, and Reactions - FINUSTAR (pp. 532-534). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 831). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2201006

Perdikakis, G. ; Papadopoulos, C. T. ; Vlastou, R. ; Lagoyannis, A. ; Spyrou, A. ; Kokkoris, M. ; Patronis, N. ; Karamanis, D. ; Zarkadas, Ch ; Kalyva, G. ; Tsabaris, C. ; Kossionides, S. / Measurement of the ²⁴¹Am (n, 2n) reaction cross section, by the activation method. Frontiers in Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics, and Reactions - FINUSTAR. 2006. pp. 532-534 (AIP Conference Proceedings).

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