Abstract
A pulsed-beam time-of-flight technique has been used to study neutrons and rays from the proton bombardment of in the energy range from 2.3 to 5.4 Mev. Excitation curves for the ground-state neutron group from the reaction have been measured at 0° and 90°. These curves show the well-known resonances at 2.56 and 4.6 Mev and, in addition, show a broad maximum near 3.5 Mev. The -ray excitation curve also indicates maxima at 2.56, 3.5, and 4.5 Mev. The 3.5- and 4.6-Mev resonances are tentatively assigned to - and -wave states having (, ) and (, ), respectively. The previously observed maximum near 4.9 Mev appears to be the result of the effect of the 3.5-Mev resonance on the group immediately above its threshold. The cross section for the production of continuum neutrons is appreciable for proton energies above about 3 Mev. A large fraction of these neutrons appear to result from the neutron decay of the 2.43-Mev level following the inelastic excitation of this level.
- Received 12 February 1959
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.115.144
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