Measurement of Neutron Capture Cross Section of 237Np from 0.02 to 100 eV

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-144

  Shcherbakov, Oleg ^a,b   Furutaka, Kazuyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Shoji ^a   Sakane, Hitoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Katsuhei ^c   Yamamoto, Shuji ^c   Hori, Jun Ichi ^c   Harada, Hideo ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BGO detector; Capture gamma rays; Measurement; Neptunium 237; Neutron capture cross section; Neutron resonances; Time of flight method

Indexed keywords

BGO DETECTOR; CAPTURE GAMMA RAYS; NEPTUNIUM 237; NEUTRON CAPTURE CROSS SECTION; NEUTRON RESONANCES; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DATA ACQUISITION; GAMMA RAYS; MEASUREMENTS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RESONANCE;

NEPTUNIUM;

EID: 17444409618     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2005.9726373     Document Type: Article

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