Phys.Rev. C 92, 034615 (2015)

A.M.Hurst, R.B.Firestone, L.Szentmiklosi, B.W.Sleaford, M.S.Basunia, T.Belgya, J.E.Escher, M.Krticka, Zs.Revay, N.C.Summers

Radiative thermal neutron-capture cross sections for the ¹⁸⁰W (n, γ) reaction and determination of the neutron-separation energy

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹⁸⁰W(n, γ), E=cold neutron beam; measured prompt Eγ, Iγ, partial γ-ray production σ, total radiative thermal neutron-capture σ, 365.6-keV, 5/2- isomer σ at Budapest Research Reactor. Enriched ¹⁸⁰W target. ¹⁸¹W; deduced levels, J, π, S(n). Analysis by Monte Carlo statistical-decay code using DICEBOX; deduced s-wave capture-state radiative widths with various models for level density and photon strength function. Comparison with previous experimental results and ENSDF evaluations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.92.034615