Abstract
An excitation curve has been measured for the reaction in the energy interval 80 kev to 126 kev by utilizing beam currents of 30 ma to 50 ma from the high-current ion injector. The capture-gamma radiation was measured with a 4-in.×4-in. NaI scintillator which was arranged to count only gamma radiation of the energy appropriate to the reaction. The yield per incident proton ranges from (7.0±2.3)× at 80 kev to (6.2±0.2)× at 126 kev with corresponding cross sections of (1.4±0.4)× barn and (6.8±0.8)× barn. A value for the cross section of the reaction has been obtained at two energies, namely: (8.2±2.5)× barn at 126 kev, and (5.1±2.0)× barn at 114 kev. The results are compared with previous measurements and with extrapolations from the resonance in this reaction at 456 kev by means of the Breit-Wigner single-level dispersion formula.
- Received 2 April 1957
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.107.550
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