https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023914003
Measurement of the double-differential neutron cross section of UO2 from room temperature to hot full power conditions
1 CEA,DEN Cadarache, Saint Paul Les Durance, FRANCE
2 Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, FRANCE
* e-mail: gilles.noguere@cea.fr
Published online: 30 September 2020
Experimental phonon densities of states of UO2 have been deduced from double-differential neutron scattering data measured at 300 K, 600 K and 900 K using the IN6 time-of-flight spectrometer of the Institute Laue-langevin (ILL). The comparison with ab intio phonon spectra obtained at the North Caroline South University from first-principle calculations confirms that harmonic vibrations of the atoms cannot accurately reproduce the phonon broadening related to the oxygen atoms.
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