Measurement of 67Zn(n, p)67Cu, 92Mo(n, p)92mNb, and 98Mo(n/γ)99Mo reaction cross sections at incident neutron energies of En = 1.6 and 3.7 MeV

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-182

  Bhike, Megha ^a   Saxena, A ^a   Roy, B J ^a   Choudhury, R K ^a   Kailas, S ^a   Ganesan, S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON SOURCES;

ACTIVATION TECHNIQUES; BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRES; CROSS-SECTION MEASUREMENT; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; INCIDENT NEUTRON ENERGY; PELLETRON ACCELERATORS; REACTION CROSS-SECTIONS; STATISTICAL MODELING;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 70350362182     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE163-175     Document Type: Article

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