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This paper presents 13C(n, \(\alpha_{0}\))10Be cross section measurements performed at the Van de Graaff facility of the Joint Research Centre Geel. The 13C(n, \(\alpha_{0}\))10Be cross section was measured relative to the 12C(n, \(\alpha_{0}\))9Be cross section at 14.3 MeV and 17.0 MeV neutron energies. The measurements were performed with an sCVD (single-crystal chemical vapor deposition) diamond detector which acted as sample and as sensor simultaneously. A novel analysis technique was applied, which is based on the pulse-shape analysis of the detector’s ionization current. This technique resulted in an efficient separation of background events and consequently in a well-determined selection of the nuclear reaction channels 12C(n, \(\alpha_{0}\))9Be and 13C(n, \(\alpha_{0}\))10Be.
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Kavrigin, P., Griesmayer, E., Belloni, F. et al. 13C(n,\(\alpha_{0}\))10Be cross section measurement with sCVD diamond detector. Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 179 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16179-9
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