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Experimental study of the149Sm(n, α) reaction with thermal neutrons

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The cross section of the149Sm(n, α) reaction for several alpha transitions has been measured. Using an arrangement where only the target is situated in the beam while the detector is placed in some distance aside, the influence of a high background has been successfully eliminated. A detailed analysis of the background has been performed. The obtained resolution in the alpha particle energy (FWHM=65 keV) makes it possible to distinguish seven transitions for which average cross sections for the thermal neutron spectrum withT= 400 °K have been evaluated.

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  1. Nuclear Research Institute, Řež near Prague, Czechoslovakia

    J. Bischof, Z. Dlouhý & J. Kvítek

  2. Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, USSR

    Yu. P. Popov

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The authors wish to thank to Mrs. J. Tomíková for supplying the samarium targets, to Messers J. Hofman, J. Novotný, B. Malý for design of the electronic equipment and to Mr. V. Kvítek and Mr. P. Zajíček for their assistance during the experiment.

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Bischof, J., Dlouhý, Z., Kvítek, J. et al. Experimental study of the149Sm(n, α) reaction with thermal neutrons. Czech J Phys 22, 9–17 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01690941

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