The reaction cross-sections of^(238)U(n,γ)^(239)U have been experimentally determined at neutron energies of6.117±0.119 MeV,4.626±0.086 MeV,and 3.622±0.348 MeV employing the relative activation approac...The reaction cross-sections of^(238)U(n,γ)^(239)U have been experimentally determined at neutron energies of6.117±0.119 MeV,4.626±0.086 MeV,and 3.622±0.348 MeV employing the relative activation approach along with the off-line γ-ray spectroscopy method.The D(d,n)3He reaction was utilized to obtain monoenergetic neutrons of the required energy,and the^(197)Au(n,γ)^(198)Au reaction cross-sections were adopted as the referential standard to ascertain the neutron capture cross-sections of^(238)U.Furthermore,the effects of low-energy scattered neutrons,neutron fluence fluctuations,counting of geometric corrections when measuring γ-rays,and neutron and γ-ray self-absorption caused by the sample thickness have been considered and revised in the present work.For a comparison with experimental results,the cross-sections of the^(238)U(n,γ)^(239)U reaction were calculated theoretically with the original parametric TALYS-1.9 program.The experimental measurements were in contrast to previous experimental re sults and the evaluation data available for ROSFOND-2010,CENDL-3.2 and ENDF/B-VIII.0.展开更多
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文摘The reaction cross-sections of^(238)U(n,γ)^(239)U have been experimentally determined at neutron energies of6.117±0.119 MeV,4.626±0.086 MeV,and 3.622±0.348 MeV employing the relative activation approach along with the off-line γ-ray spectroscopy method.The D(d,n)3He reaction was utilized to obtain monoenergetic neutrons of the required energy,and the^(197)Au(n,γ)^(198)Au reaction cross-sections were adopted as the referential standard to ascertain the neutron capture cross-sections of^(238)U.Furthermore,the effects of low-energy scattered neutrons,neutron fluence fluctuations,counting of geometric corrections when measuring γ-rays,and neutron and γ-ray self-absorption caused by the sample thickness have been considered and revised in the present work.For a comparison with experimental results,the cross-sections of the^(238)U(n,γ)^(239)U reaction were calculated theoretically with the original parametric TALYS-1.9 program.The experimental measurements were in contrast to previous experimental re sults and the evaluation data available for ROSFOND-2010,CENDL-3.2 and ENDF/B-VIII.0.
