Resonance effects in neutron scattering lengths of rare-earth nuclides

doi:10.1016/0092-640X(90)90013-A

Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables

Volume 44, Issue 2, March 1990, Pages 191-207

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Abstract

The neutron cross-section data in the literature for all the nuclides of the rare-earth chemical group which contain significant resonance effects below about 0.5 eV are analyzed using (in most cases) a generalized single-level formalism. The complex coherent scattering lengths thus deduced as a function of neutron energy or wavelength are presented in the form of graphs and tables.

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Resonance effects in neutron scattering lengths of rare-earth nuclides

Abstract

Nucl. Phys. A

Can. J. Phys.

Phys. Rev.

Phys. Rev.

Acta Crystallogr. A

Phys. Rev.

Erg. Ex. Nat.

Z. Phys. A

Rev. Mod. Phys.

Phys. Rev. C

Phys. Rev.

J. Appl. Crystallogr.

Phys. Rev.