DOI

10.1103/PhysRevC.79.054610

Abstract

The internal surrogate ratio method allows for the determination of an unknown cross section, such as (n,γ), relative to a better-known cross section, such as (n,f), by measuring the relative exit-channel probabilities of a surrogate reaction that proceeds through the same compound nucleus. The validity of the internal surrogate ratio method is tested by comparing the relative γ and fission exit-channel probabilities of a 236U compound nucleus, formed in the 235U(d,p) reaction, to the known 235U(n,γ) and (n,f) cross sections. A model-independent method for measuring the γ-channel yield is presented and used.

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Article

Publication Date

5-15-2009

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2009 The American Physical Society. This article first appeared in Physical Review C 79, no. 5 (May 15, 2009): 054610: 1-54610: 9. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.79.054610.

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