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Activation cross sections for reactions induced by 14 MeV neutrons on natural copper

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The cross sections for the 63Cu(n,α)60(m+g)Co,65Cu(n,2n)64Cu, and 65Cu(n,p)65Ni reactions have been studied in the neutron energy range of 13.5–14.8 MeV using the activation technique. The neutron beams were produced via the 3H(d,n)4He reaction. The neutron energies of different directions in the measurements were determined beforehand by the method of cross section ratios for the 90Zr(n,2n)89m+gZr and 93Nb(n,2n)92mNb reactions. The results in the present work were discussed and compared with measurement results found in the literatures.

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We thank the crew of the K-400 Neutron Generator at Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry China Academy of Engineering Physics for performing irradiation work.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11575090 and 11605099) and the Young Key Teachers Training Porgram of He’nan Higher Education in China (No. 2015GGJS-258).

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Ma, JJ., Zhou, FQ., Sun, XJ. et al. Activation cross sections for reactions induced by 14 MeV neutrons on natural copper. NUCL SCI TECH 29, 150 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41365-018-0485-y

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