ISSN:
1434-601X
Keywords:
95.30.C
;
97.10.C
;
25.70
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The absolute average cross section 〈σ〉 of the14N(n, p)14C reaction has been measured using neutron spectra that closely resemble Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions with thermal energies of kT=25.0 and 52.4 keV: 〈σ〉=0.81±0.05 and 0.52±0.06 mb, respectively. The resulting reaction rates are nearly the same at T9=0.29 and 0.61, and their average, NA〈συ〉=(1.3±0.1)×105 cm3 s−1 mol−1, is about a factor of three smaller than the previously adopted values obtained by extrapolation between thermal and higher-energy data. Thus, the14N(n, p)14C reaction plays a correspondingly smaller role as a neutron poison fors-process nucleosynthesis.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01293392
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