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The history of resonance capture γ-ray spectroscopy dates back about 15 years when the first experiments with linac neutron sources were reported. Landon and Rae1-used the observation of a high energy γray to determine the spin of the 34 eV resonance of Hg-199 and Draper and his co-workers at Yale2 looked for systematic variations in the low energy γ-ray production from resonances. Although thermal neutron capture resonance spectroscopy had been an active field for some 10 years previous to the first resonance measurements, the inherently low flux associated with the resonance region inhibited development in this direction for many years. The development of potent neutron sources, such as the high flux reactors and high current linacs, in conjunction with the advent of high resolution semi-conductor diode detectors, made neutron resonance γ-ray spectroscopy come alive.
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Chrien, R.E. (1972). The Measurement of Radiative Capture Widths. In: Garg, J.B. (eds) Statistical Properties of Nuclei. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8666-1_17
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