Radiative Capture ofN14onP31

The cross section for radiative capture of ${\mathrm{N}}^{14}$ on ${\mathrm{P}}^{31}$, ${\mathrm{P}}^{31}({\mathrm{N}}^{14}, \gamma ){\mathrm{Ti}}^{45}$ was measured at 27-MeV incident nitrogen energy, by separating chemically and identifying the radionuclide ${\mathrm{Ti}}^{45}$. The cross section was found to be 1 μb within the estimated error of about a factor of 2. This result is compared with the prediction of a statistical model and found to be in reasonable agreement with theory.