Cross sections of the^(58,60,61)Ni(n,α)^(55,57,58)Fe reactions were measured at 8.50,9.50 and 10.50 MeV neutron energies based on the HI-13 tandem accelerator of China Institute of Atomic Energy(CIAE)with enriched^(5...Cross sections of the^(58,60,61)Ni(n,α)^(55,57,58)Fe reactions were measured at 8.50,9.50 and 10.50 MeV neutron energies based on the HI-13 tandem accelerator of China Institute of Atomic Energy(CIAE)with enriched^(58)Ni,^(60)Ni,and^(61)Ni foil samples with backings.A twin gridded ionization chamber(GIC)was used as the charged particle detector,and an EJ-309 liquid scintillator was used to obtain the neutron energy spectra.The relative and absolute neutron fluxes were determined via three highly enriched^(238)U_(3)O_(8)samples inside the GIC.The uncertainty of the present data of the^(58)Ni(n,α)^(55)Fe reaction is smaller than most existing measurements.The present data of^(60)Ni(n,α)^(57)Fe and^(61)Ni(n,α)^(58)Fe reactions are the first measurement results above 8 MeV.The present experimental data could be reasonably reproduced by calculations with TALYS-1.9 by adjusting several default values of theoretical model parameters.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11775006)China Nuclear Data Center and the Science and Technology on Nuclear Data Laboratory.
文摘Cross sections of the^(58,60,61)Ni(n,α)^(55,57,58)Fe reactions were measured at 8.50,9.50 and 10.50 MeV neutron energies based on the HI-13 tandem accelerator of China Institute of Atomic Energy(CIAE)with enriched^(58)Ni,^(60)Ni,and^(61)Ni foil samples with backings.A twin gridded ionization chamber(GIC)was used as the charged particle detector,and an EJ-309 liquid scintillator was used to obtain the neutron energy spectra.The relative and absolute neutron fluxes were determined via three highly enriched^(238)U_(3)O_(8)samples inside the GIC.The uncertainty of the present data of the^(58)Ni(n,α)^(55)Fe reaction is smaller than most existing measurements.The present data of^(60)Ni(n,α)^(57)Fe and^(61)Ni(n,α)^(58)Fe reactions are the first measurement results above 8 MeV.The present experimental data could be reasonably reproduced by calculations with TALYS-1.9 by adjusting several default values of theoretical model parameters.
