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The experiment of determination of the 64 Zn(n, a)61 Ni reaction cross section in the 5.0 -6.75 MeV neutron energy range was performed at the 4.5 MV Van de Graaff accelerator at the Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, Peking University, Beijing. A double section ionization chamber with grids was used for direct registration of the reaction products. The cross sections and angular distributions were extracted from the experimental data. The obtained values were compared with the results of other authors and theoretical estimations. The analysis of the experimental data and model calculations were carried out.

Differential scattering cross-section data have been measured at 43 angles from 11 • to 160 • for 37-MeV neutrons incident on 209 Bi. The primary motivation for the measurements is to address the scarcity of neutron scattering data above 30 MeV and to improve the accuracy of optical-model predictions at medium neutron energies. The high-statistics measurements were conducted at the China Institute of Atomic Energy using the 3 H(d,n) 4 He reaction as the neutron source, a pulsed deuteron beam, and time-of-flight (TOF) techniques. Within the resolution of the TOF spectrometer, the measurements included inelastic scattering components. The sum of elastic and inelastic scattering cross sections was computed in joint optical-model and distorted-wave Born approximation calculations under the assumption of the weak particle-core coupling. The results challenge predictions from well-established spherical optical potentials. Good agreement between data and calculations is achieved at 37 MeV provided that the balance between surface and volume absorption in a recent successful model [A. J. Koning and J. P. Delaroche, Nucl. Phys. A 713, 231 (2003)] is modified, thus suggesting the need for global optical-model improvements at medium neutron energies.

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It is suggested that detecting the precursor of the "cold fusion" phenomenon in deuterium/solid systems will help solve the problem of reproducibility. The results of first step in this direction are discussed. Electromagnetic radiation and energetic charged particles have been detected. It has been shown that the surface condition has an important impact on this phenomenon.