Abstract
Transition curves in lead of the photons responsible for various nuclear reactions have been obtained using 322-Mev bremsstrahlung from the Berkeley synchrotron. The area under these curves or "track length" determines an effective photon energy. The integrated cross sections of the reactions and are found to be 0.090 and 0.76 Mev-barn, respectively. Relative yields of various reactions from Zn have been measured, and relative cross sections have been calculated from these and the effective photon energies. A lower limit of 1.4 Mev-barns is obtained for the total cross section for photon absorption by the Zn nucleus, and 30 Mev is found for a lower limit to the average photon energy absorbed by the same nucleus. These results are discussed with respect to the proposed theories for nuclear photon absorption.
- Received 30 October 1950
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.81.973
©1951 American Physical Society