A measurement of (n, x n γ) cross sections for 208Pb from threshold up to 20 MeV

Nuclear Physics A

Volumn 811, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-27

  Mihailescu, L C ^a,b   Borcea, C ^a,b   Baumann, P ^c   Dessagne, Ph ^c   Jericha, E ^d   Karam, H ^c   Kerveno, M ^c   Koning, A J ^e   Leveque, N ^a   Pavlik, A ^f   Plompen, A J M ^a   Quetel C ^a   Rudolf, G ^c   Tresl I ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e Nuclear Research Group   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

(n, 2 n) and (n, 3 n) cross sections; 208Pb; Neutron inelastic; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449101251     PISSN: 03759474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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