Evaluation of neutron nuclear data on iodine isotopes

Abstract

Neutron nuclear data on six isotopes of iodine have been evaluated for the next version of Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library (JENDL) general-purpose file in the energy region from 10 −5 eV to 20 MeV. Unresolved resonance parameters were obtained by fitting to the total and capture cross sections calculated from nuclear models, while resolved resonance parameters remain unchanged from JENDL-4.0. A statistical model code was applied to evaluate the cross sections above the resolved resonance region. Coupled-channel optical model parameters were employed for the interaction between neutrons and nuclei. Compound, pre-equilibrium and direct-reaction processes were considered for cross-section calculation in high-energy region. Giant-dipole resonance parameters for γ-ray transition from iodine isotopes were determined so as to reproduce measured γ-ray spectrum for 127 I. The present results reproduce experimental data very well. The evaluated data are compiled into ENDF-formatted data files.