Secondary neutron-production cross sections from heavy-ion interactions between 230 and 600 MeV/nucleon

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-158

  Heilbronn, L ^a   Zeitlin, C J ^a   Iwata, Y ^b   Murakami, T ^b   Iwase, H ^c,f   Nakamura, T ^c   Nunomiya, T ^c,g   Sato, H ^c,h   Yashima, H ^c,i   Ronningen, R M ^d   Ieki, K ^e  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^g FUJI ELECTRIC CO   (Japan)

^h TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; PARAMETERIZATION;

ENERGY SPECTRA; NEUTRON ENERGIES; PROJECTILE MASS;

HEAVY IONS;

EID: 35348833514     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE07-A2719     Document Type: Article

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