Abstract
The scintillation properties of crystalline Ba have been investigated. It was found that this substance yields a reasonably well-defined photopeak when exposed to gamma rays from . With DuMont K1306 and 6292 photomultipliers, the signals from Ba are about to as strong as those from NaI(Tl). With a Ba crystal as a target, the excitation function for the reaction was observed in the region from an apparent threshold near 3.2 Mev up to Mev. Several new resonances were found in this region. The cross section generally increases with increasing neutron energy, rising from 85 mb at 4.48 Mev to 200 mb near 6 Mev. Absolute accuracy of cross-section measurements was ±15%.
- Received 10 August 1959
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.117.514
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