NUCLEAR AND HEAVY ION PHYSICS

Measurement of neutron cross sections and resonance parameters of 169Tm below 100 eV

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2010 Chinese Physical Society and the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Wang Wen-Ming et al 2010 Chinese Phys. C 34 177 DOI 10.1088/1674-1137/34/2/004

1674-1137/34/2/177

Abstract

The neutron total cross-sections of thulium (169Tm) were measured in the neutron energy region from 0.01 eV to 100 eV by using the time-of-flight method at the Pohang Neutron Facility, which consists of an electron linac, a water-cooled tantalum target with a water moderator, and a 12 m time of flight path. Two thulium plates with different thicknesses were used for the neutron transmission measurement. The background level was determined by using a notch-filter of Co, In, and Cd sheets. The present measurement was compared with the previous ones, and a new set of resonance parameters of 169Tm isotope was obtained from the transmission rate by using the SAMMY code, with a comparison with the recommended parameters by Mughabghab.

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10.1088/1674-1137/34/2/004