Model for Nuclear Reactions with Neutrons
- 15 October 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 96 (2) , 448-464
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.96.448
Abstract
A simple model is proposed for the description of the scattering and the compound nucleus formation by nucleons impinging upon complex nuclei. It is shown that, by making appropriate averages over resonances, an average problem can be defined which is referred to as the "gross-structure" problem. Solution of this problem permits the calculation of the average total cross section, the cross section for the formation of the compound nucleus, and the part of the elastic-scattering cross section which does not involve formation of the compound nucleus. Unambiguous definitions are given for the latter cross sections.Keywords
This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
- Inelastic Collision Cross Sections for 14-Mev NeutronsPhysical Review B, 1952
- The Inelastic Scattering of NeutronsPhysical Review B, 1952
- Conservation of Angular Momentum in the Statistical Theory of Nuclear ReactionsPhysical Review B, 1951
- Nuclear Size ResonancesPhysical Review B, 1950
- A Schematic Theory of Nuclear Cross SectionsPhysical Review B, 1949
- The Scattering of High Energy Neutrons by NucleiPhysical Review B, 1949
- Nuclear Reactions and Level WidthsAmerican Journal of Physics, 1949
- On the Behavior of Cross Sections Near ThresholdsPhysical Review B, 1948
- On the Scattering and Absorption of Particles by Atomic NucleiPhysical Review B, 1947
- A Continuum Theory of the Compound NucleusPhysical Review B, 1940