Cross section measurements of the ${}^{10}$B($p,\ensuremath{\gamma}$)${}^{11}$C reaction between 2.0 and 6.0 MeV

Cross section measurements of the $^{10}$ B( $p, γ$ ) $^{11}$ C reaction between 2.0 and 6.0 MeV

A. Kafkarkou, M. W. Ahmed, D. P. Kendellen, I. Mazumdar, J. M. Mueller, L. S. Myers, M. H. Sikora, H. R. Weller, and W. R. Zimmerman

Phys. Rev. C 89, 014601 – Published 2 January 2014

Abstract

The total cross section of the $^{10}$ B( $p$ , $γ$ ) $^{11}$ C reaction has been measured for bombarding proton energies between 2.0 and 6.0 MeV in 500 keV steps for the first time. This reaction is important for potential next-generation boron fueled nuclear reactors. The total cross section was measured by activating a $^{10}$ B target with protons and, after stopping the beam, detecting the 511 keV $γ$ rays emitted from the $β^{+}$ decay of $^{11}$ C, using two LaBr $_{3}$ :Ce detectors. In addition to the total cross sections, astrophysical $S$ factors were also calculated at each energy.

Received 21 October 2013
Revised 19 November 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.014601

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A. Kafkarkou^1,2,*, M. W. Ahmed^1,2,3, D. P. Kendellen^1,2, I. Mazumdar^2,†, J. M. Mueller^1,2, L. S. Myers^1,2,‡, M. H. Sikora^2,4, H. R. Weller^1,2, and W. R. Zimmerman^2,5

¹Physics Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
²Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
³Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
⁴Department of Physics, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia 20052, USA
⁵Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA

^*adamos.kafkarkou@duke.edu
^†Currently at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, 400 005, India.
^‡Currently at Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA 23606, USA.

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Cross section measurements of the $^{10}$ B( $p, γ$ ) $^{11}$ C reaction between 2.0 and 6.0 MeV

A. Kafkarkou, M. W. Ahmed, D. P. Kendellen, I. Mazumdar, J. M. Mueller, L. S. Myers, M. H. Sikora, H. R. Weller, and W. R. Zimmerman

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Cross section measurements of the 10B(p,γ)11C reaction between 2.0 and 6.0 MeV

A. Kafkarkou, M. W. Ahmed, D. P. Kendellen, I. Mazumdar, J. M. Mueller, L. S. Myers, M. H. Sikora, H. R. Weller, and W. R. Zimmerman

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