Abstract
The energies and the absolute intensities of the -rays produced by neutron capture in fluorine, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, and silicon have been measured with the aid of a pair spectrometer. Direct transitions to the ground states of the product nuclei are predominant in the -ray spectra of fluorine and aluminum. The neutron binding energy in is 6.63±0.03 Mev and in , 7.724±0.010 Mev. The -ray representing the direct transition to the ground state of was not detected. The interpretation of the magnesium spectrum presents some difficulties. A weak -ray with the binding energy of a neutron in was detected, but none could be found to correspond to the direct transition to the ground state in . In silicon, most captures are due to which produces by the emission of two -rays in cascade. Very weak -rays representing direct transitions to the ground states in and were detected. Their energies are 8.51±0.04 () and 10.55±0.05 Mev ().
- Received 20 April 1951
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.83.519
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