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Experimental investigation of the 19F(n, α)16N reaction excitation function in the neutron energy range of 4 to 7.35 MeV

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The interaction of neutrons with light nuclei study is of interest for understanding nuclear-reaction mechanisms. Fluorine nuclei are worth particular attention because they are abundant in the core of the promising molten-salt reactors and can noticeably affect the chain reaction kinetics. In this work we have experimentally investigated the 19F(n, α)16N reaction cross-section at neutron energies ranging from 4 to 7.35 MeV.

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  1. State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation-Institute for Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia

    I. P. Bondarenko, V. A. Khryachkov, T. A. Ivanova, B. D. Kuz’minov, N. N. Semenova & A. I. Sergachev

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Original Russian Text © I.P. Bondarenko, V.A. Khryachkov, T.A. Ivanova, B.D. Kuz’minov, N.N. Semenova, A.I. Sergachev, 2013, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2013, No. 4(181), pp. 560–565.

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Bondarenko, I.P., Khryachkov, V.A., Ivanova, T.A. et al. Experimental investigation of the 19F(n, α)16N reaction excitation function in the neutron energy range of 4 to 7.35 MeV. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 10, 349–352 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477113040031

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