Abstract
Cross sections for the reaction have been measured at 20 proton energies ranging from 0.953 to 3.281 MeV. Measurements were made relative to the cross section for the reaction at the 0.770-MeV resonance peak. The results were analyzed in two ways to obtain values for , the zero-energy cross-section factor. The first type of analysis, based on the assumption that the observed cross section was composed of a nonresonant part and resonant contributions from the first two excited states of , gave an of 0.0263 ± 0.0027 keVb. The second type of analysis assumed an additional resonance contribution from a higher-lying state and led to an of 0.0226 ± 0.0043 keVb. The result obtained from the second analysis represents our best estimate for the value of obtainable from the present measurements.
- Received 13 July 1970
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.2.1657
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