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Measurement of fission cross-section for the 232Th(n,f )141Ba reaction induced by neutrons around 14 MeV

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The fission cross-section of the 232Th(n,f)141Ba reaction induced by neutrons around 14MeV was measured precisely with the neutron activation and off-line gamma-ray spectrometric technique. Neutron fluence was monitored on-line using the accompanying \(\alpha\)-particles from the 3H(2H,n)4He reaction, whereas the neutron energies were measured by the method of cross-section ratios of 90Zr(n,2n)89Zr to 93Nb(n,2n)92mNb reactions. The experimentally determined 232Th(n,f)141Ba reaction cross-sections were \(12.2\pm 0.4\) mb at \(E_{n} = 14.1 \pm 0.3\) MeV, 13.0±0.5 mb at \(E_{n} = 14.5 \pm 0.3\) MeV and 13.3±0.5 mb at \(E_{n} = 14.7 \pm 0.3\) MeV, respectively.

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  1. School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China

    Chang-Lin Lan, Shuang-Tong Liu, Tao Lv, Qiang Wang, Zheng-Wei Zhang & Kai-Hong Fang

  2. Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, 621900, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China

    Cai-Feng Lai

  3. Engineering Research Center for Neutron Application, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, 730000, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China

    Chang-Lin Lan & Kai-Hong Fang

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Lan, CL., Liu, ST., Lv, T. et al. Measurement of fission cross-section for the 232Th(n,f )141Ba reaction induced by neutrons around 14 MeV. Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 345 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16345-1

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