Cross sections for (n, 2n), (n, α) and (n, p) reactions in rare-earth isotopes at 14.2 MeV

Cross section measurements of (n, 2n), (n, p) and (n, α) reactions on gadolinium isotopes in the neutron energy range of 13.5 to 14.8 MeV

“…Our values for the 154 Gd(n, 2n) 153 Gd reaction are also in agreement with the results of Qaim [18] and Dilg et al [19], but not with those of Weigel et al [20]. For the 160 Gd(n, 2n) 159 Gd reaction, the cross sections around 14 MeV have been measured by several groups [18,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. Our values for this reaction are in agreement with the previously published results except for those of Bari [21], Wille and Fink [23], Robertson et al [25], and Pu Zhong-Sheng et al [31].…”

“…Similarly, for the 158 Gd(n, α) 155 Sm reaction a few experimental cross section values were available in the 13.5-14.8 MeV region (cf. [24,28,[35][36][37]). Our value at 14.8 ± 0.2 MeV is consistent with the results of Sakane et al [35] and Qaim [37] but is lower than that of Havlik [24].…”

Determination of the cross section for (n,p) and (n,α) reactions on 165Ho at 13.5 and 14.8 MeV

“…The measured cross sections for 165 Ho(n,α) 162 Tb reaction are shown in Fig. 4, together with the results of previous experiments (Sakane et al, 1996;Fang et al, 2008;Ryves et al, 1990;Qaim, 1984;Hirose et al, 1996;Prasad et al, 1969). In the energy region between 13 and 15 MeV, agreement between different measured data is very good within their experimental uncertainty.…”

The (n,2n) reaction for the lightest stable erbium isotope Er162 from reaction threshold up to 19 MeV

“…The experimental cross section data are shown in Fig. 4 along with the previous measurements reported in the literature [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] [16], (c) EMPIRE [17], and (d) MECO [16] codes.…”

“…A second reason for carrying out the present work originates from the fact that the existing experimental information is limited to neutron beam energies around 14 MeV [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”