https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714611026
Measurements of 89Y(n,2n)88Y and 89Y(n,3n)87Y, 87mY cross sections for fast neutrons at KIRAMS
1 Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
2 Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
3 Department of Physics, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea
4 Department of Physics, S.P. Pune University, Pune 411007, India
a e-mail: swhong@skku.ac.kr
Published online: 13 September 2017
A proton cyclotron MC-50 in Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Science (KIRAMS) is used to carry out neutron activation experiments with Y2O3 targets irradiated with neutron beams of a continuous spectrum produced by proton beams on a thick beryllium target. Neutrons are generated by 9Be (p, n) reaction with an incident proton intensity of 20 μA. The neutron spectra generated by proton beams of 30, 35, and 40 MeV are calculated by GEANT4 simulations. Nb powders are used for neutron flux monitoring by measuring the activities of 92mNb through the reaction 93Nb (n, 2n). By using a subtraction method, the average cross section of 89Y(n,2n) and 89Y(n,3n) reactions at the neutron energies of 29.8 ± 1.8 MeV and 34.8 ± 1.8 MeV are extracted and are found to be close to the existing cross sections from the EXFOR data and the evaluated nuclear data libraries such as TENDL-2015 or EAF-2010.
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