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Nuclear Physics A

Volume 469, Issue 3, 3 August 1987, Pages 497-506
Nuclear Physics A

Measurement and resonance analysis of the 33S(n, α) cross section

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Abstract

The 33S(n, α ) cross section has been measured for neutron energies up to 1 MeV. The neutron flux has been determined by the 6Li(n, α) and 235U(n, f) reactions. A resonance analysis has been performed up to 400 keV neutron energy which yields α-widths Γα or values of nΓα/Γ for 16 resolved resonances. Average resonance parameters are discussed and the maxwellian averaged (n, α) cross section is obtained for the temperature range from 10 to 200 keV.

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