Determination of the thermal neutron induced $^{17} O (n, α)^{14} C$ reaction cross section

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1 November 1998

journal article
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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review C

Vol. 58 (5) , 2840-2843
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.58.2840

Abstract

The

^{17} O {(n}_{th}, α)^{14} C

reaction cross section was determined at the high flux reactor of the ILL in Grenoble relative to the known

^{14} N {(n}_{th} {, p)}^{14} C

cross section. For the flux calibration measurements,

^{14} N_{2}

from the air was used. The

^{17} O (n, α)

measurements were performed with several highly enriched oxygen gas samples. This resulted in a precise value of

(244 \pm 7)

mb for the

^{17} O {(n}_{th}, α)^{14} C

cross section.

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