https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01449-1
Regular Article
Study of (n, 2n) reaction cross sections for 107Ag within the energy range of 9–22 MeV
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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, 390002, Vadodara, India
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Institute for Plasma Research, 382428, Gandhinagar, India
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Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Brno University of Technology, 61600, Brno, Czech Republic
Received:
6
February
2021
Accepted:
16
April
2021
Published online:
14
May
2021
The 107Ag(n, 2n)106mAg reaction cross sections at the neutron energies of 10.50 ± 0.68, 13.52 ± 0.67, 16.86 ± 0.58 and 19.86 ± 0.59 MeV were measured by using the off-line γ-ray spectroscopy and activation analysis techniques. The 7Li(p, n) reaction was used to produce the high-energy quasi-monoenergetic neutrons with the proton beam from the 14UD BARC-TIFR Pelletron facilities at Mumbai, India. The neutron flux was monitored using the standard 27Al(n, α)24Na monitor reaction. The detailed uncertainties analysis in the measured cross sections was performed using the covariance analysis. The cross sections were also theoretically calculated using TALYS-1.9 code from 10 to 25 MeV energies. The measured cross-sections data are compared with the evaluated data from TENDL-2019, JENDL-4.0 and ENDF/B-VIII.0 libraries as well as with the existing experimental data available in EXFOR compilation. Our data show good agreement with some of the previous experimental data and with the theoretical values calculated with TALYS-1.9 code. Present work will provide better description of level density models and pre-equilibrium process.
The original online version of this article was revised: the sentence “The measured cross sections of 107Ag(n,2n)106mAg reaction at the neutron energies of 10.50±0.68, 13.52±0.67, 16.86±0.55 and 19.89±0.59 MeV are 100.01±12, 441.432±44, 657.608±68 and 708.752±74 (mb), respectively” was corrected.
A correction to this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-05506-3.
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