https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714605009
High-resolution study of the 113Cd(n,γ) spectrum by statistical decay model with discrete levels and transitions
1 Institute for Energy Security and Environmental Safety, Centre for Energy Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 29-33 Konkoly-Thege Miklós street, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
2 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiation Physics, 01328 Dresden, Germany
3 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
4 Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik (IKTP), Technische Universität, 01062 Dresden, Germany
a e-mail: tamas.belgya@energia.mta.hu
Published online: 13 September 2017
The gamma-ray spectrum and the decay scheme of 114Cd obtained from a radiative neutron capture experiment on 113Cd samples are modelled in the framework of extreme statistical model. The unfolding of the experimental spectrum with proper normalization yields a total capture cross section of 21640 b and an average gamma-ray multiplicity of 4.1. Using the extreme statistical model the development of the low energy decay scheme of 114Cd is in progress. In the model the constant-temperature level density is used, where the temperature parameter was very sensitive to the shape of the modelled gamma-ray spectrum. Using this sensitivity T = 0.62 MeV was obtained with the constraint of good description of low energy level density and the level density at the binding energy. This is in full agreement with our earlier publication. For the description of the continuum shape of the unfolded spectrum the inclusion of low energy enhancement for the photon strength function was an important new addition.
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