GAMMA RAYS FROM (N, N'GAMMA RAYS) INTERACTIONS OF 2.8 MEV NEUTRONS WITH MAGNESIUM, ALUMINUM, SILICON, TITANIUM AND IRON,
Abstract
The gamma rays resulting from (n, n' gamma ray) interactions of 2.8 MeV neutrons with the nuclei of the elements magnesium, aluminum, silicon, titanium and iron have been investigated. Cross sections for the production of many of these gamma rays are reported. The most important gamma ray from each element is found to have the following elemental production cross section in millibarns per steradian at 90 = 20 deg: 1.37 MeV gamma ray from Mg, 35.2 = 4.0; 1.01 MeV gamma ray from Al, 19.8 = 2.2; 1.78 MeV gamma ray from Si, 41.0 = 4.9; 0.99 MeV gamma ray from Ti, 74.0 = 9.0; and 0.85 MeV gamma ray from Fe, 96.5 = 11.5. Further, it is shown that a correlation appears to exist between the reduced quadrupole transition probability of a nuclear state and the excitation of that state by neutron inelastic scattering. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 04, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0624497
Entities
People
- Ferdinand C. Engesser
- William E. Thompson
Organizations
- Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory