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Gamma-Rays from Beryllium Caused by Proton Bombardment

W. J. Hushley*

  • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

  • *Now at the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

Phys. Rev. 67, 34 – Published 1 January, 1945

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.67.34

Abstract

In bombarding thin beryllium targets with protons of energy 0.30 Mev to 3.0 Mev, gamma-ray resonances were observed at proton energies 0.975, 1.06, 1.13, 1.36, and 2.52 Mev and a neutron resonance at 2.52 Mev. For 1.04-Mev protons the value obtained for the gamma-ray energy was 7.5 Mev which indicates a radiative capture process. At the 2.52-Mev resonance the measured value of the energy of the gamma-rays was about 3.0 Mev. The most probable explanation of the observed resonance at 2.52 Mev appears to be that it is a resonance for the capture of a proton to form B10* which later disintegrates into (B9+n1) and also into (Li6*+He4) where Li6* emits 3-Mev gamma-radiation in returning to the ground state.

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