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(65)Cu isomeric cross sections for (n,α) reaction using approximately 14MeV neutrons
Ayşe Durusoy1, Iskender Atilla Reyhancan2, Özgür Akçalı1
1Yildiz Technical University, Department of Physics, Davutpasa Campus, Topkapi, 34210 Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
In this paper, activation cross-section measurements for the (65)Cu(n,α)(62m)Co (T1/2=13.86min.) reaction at six different neutron energies ranging from 13.6 and 14.9MeV are presented. The fast neutrons were produced via (3)H(d, n)(4)He reactions from an SAMES T-400 neutron generator. An activation technique was used to measure induced gamma activities. A high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometer with a high-purity germanium (HpGe) detector was used to acquire the data. The measured cross section data were corrected for gamma-ray attenuations, pulse pile-up effects, dead time, variations in neutron flux, and contributions from scattered low-energy neutrons. The measured cross sections were compared with statistical model calculations (TALYS 1.6 code), the experimental data available in the literature and the data obtained from TENDL.
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