https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714611053
A high precision n-p scattering measurement at 14.9 MeV
1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
2 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
3 Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
4 Department of Physics, University of Guelma, Guelma 24000, Algeria
a e-mail: kornilov@ohio.edu
b Deceased
Published online: 13 September 2017
The n-p scattering angular distribution was measured with 14.9 MeV incident neutrons using the traditional time-of-flight technique with neutron-gamma discrimination. The scattering angle varied from 20o to 65o (laboratory system) in 5o incremental steps. The efficiency of the neutron detectors was measured in the energy range 2–9 MeV relative to the 252Cf-standard, and was calculated using Monte Carlo methods in the 2–14 MeV energy range. Two methods of analysis were applied for experimental and simulated data: a traditional approach with a fixed threshold, and a dynamic threshold approach. The present data agree with the ENDF/B-VII evaluation for the shape of n-p angular distribution within about 1.5%.
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