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Prompt gamma emissions in the reaction 115In(n,gamma)116In for neutrons around the 1.45 eV absorption resonance
A Tartaglione1, J J Blostein, R E Mayer
1Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, GAEN, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, R8402AGP SC de Bariloche, Argentina. tartagla@cab.cnea.gov.ar
Abstract:
The relative intensities of different gamma emissions produced after the reaction (115)In(n,gamma)(116)In were analyzed for the particular case of incident neutron energies around the 1.45 eV indium absorption resonance. For this purpose, a pulsed neutron source in combination with the time-of-flight method for selecting the incident neutron energy range was employed. For neutrons around the mentioned absorption resonance the prompt gamma spectrum was extended to energies below 273 keV, and the intensities of gamma emissions not reported in the literature for epithermal neutrons were determined.
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