Bharud VD, Attar FMD, Dahiwale SS, Dhole SD, Bhoraskar VN. Cross sections for formation of
139mCe radioisotope through the
140Ce (n, 2n) reaction over 13.73-14.77 MeV neutrons.
Appl Radiat Isot 2019;
146:10-17. [PMID:
30685637 DOI:
10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.01.003]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Cross sections for the formation of metastable state of 139Ce through 140Ce(n, 2n)139mCe reaction were measured at five neutron energies over 13.73-14.77 MeV range using the activation method and off-line gamma-ray spectrometric technique. These cross sections were in agreement with the corresponding theoretical cross sections estimated over 10-20 MeV neutrons by EMPIRE-3.2 code, using LEVEDEN 4 and strength function GSTRFN 0 parameters, and TALYS-1.8 code using ldmodel 5 and preeqmode 4 parameters. The estimated most probable excitation energies of 139Ce were 1.320-3.877 MeV, respectively over 13.73 MeV and 14.77 MeV neutron energies.
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