Obtaining a new empirical (n,2n) cross section formula using Flerov and Talyzin non-elastic cross sections at 14-15 MeV

Autor: Eyyup Tel, Ahmet Bülbül, İsmail Hakkı Sarpün, Aydoğan Doğan
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. 191
ISSN: 1872-9800
Popis: The knowledge of (n,2n) cross sections is required in shielding and breeding calculations. It's also important, in nuclear reactor applications, for neutron dosimetry research. In nuclear reaction mechanism, (n,2n) reaction channel is the dominant reaction for medium and heavy mass nuclei at 14 MeV energy range. The empirical and semi-empirical (n,2n) reaction cross sections have been investigated by many authors, but theoretical calculations have not been adequate because of the character of the nuclear structure is not exactly known. In this work, a new empirical formula has been proposed to calculate the (n,2n) reaction cross sections at 14-15 MeV neutron incident energy. In the calculations different fitting method have been used to obtain cross-section formula for target nuclei in the range 14 ≤ A ≤ 241 mass number. The (n,2n) experimental cross sections have been taken from EXFOR nuclear data library. In this new formula, the Flerov and Talyzin expression for the inelastic cross section σ
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