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The activation cross-sections for sixteen (n, p) and (n, α) reactions on rare earth nuclides were measured at 14.8 MeV neutron energy. A Ge(Li) detector was used for the radioactivity measurements. The measured cross-sections are compared with the semi-empirical predictions of LEVKOVSKII3 and BAYHURST and PRESTWOOD.16
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Bari, A. 14.8 MeV neutron activation cross-sections for (n, p) and (n, α) reactions of some rare earth nuclides. J. Radioanal. Chem. 75, 189–193 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02519986
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