| Article | |
| Title | $^{241}$Am: a difficult actinide for (n,$\gamma$) cross section measurement |
| Author(s) | Rossbach, M (FZ Julich) ; Genreith, C (FZ Julich) |
| Publication | 2014 |
| In: | European Research Infrastructures for Nuclear Data Applications (ERINDA) workshop, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 1 - 3 Oct 2013, pp.157-163 |
| Subject category | Nuclear Physics - Experiment |
| Abstract | Many attempts have been made in the past to determine accurate cross section data for neutron capture in $^{241}$Am, however, the reported data for thermal neutron energies scatter by more than 25% around 680 b. The situation is complicated as the product of the capture reaction is twofold: $^{241}$Am (n,$\gamma$)$^{242g}Am,^{242m}$Am. The production ratio for ground- and metastable state is uncertain but also $^{241}$Am exhibits a very low first resonance at about 0.3 eV and this might influence the 1/v behaviour at thermal energy, 0.025 eV. In our experiments, we are using cold neutrons at the PGAA facilities of the Budapest and Garching Research Reactors, hence, we assume to be independent of the perturbations from possible non-1/v behaviour. |
| Copyright/License | Publication: © 2014-2024 The Author(s) |
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