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Total Neutron Cross Section of Phosphorus

K. F. Hansen, R. M. Kiehn, and Clark Goodman

  • Department of Physics and Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Phys. Rev. 92, 652 – Published 1 November, 1953

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.92.652

Abstract

The total cross section of phosphorus for neutrons has been measured in good geometry by the transmission method with a resolution of 2 kev. The energy range is from 125 kev to 850 kev, the neutrons being produced by the Li7(p, n)Be7 reaction. Red phosphorus contained in a thin steel cylinder was used as scatterer. The neutrons were detected by a hydrogen recoil counter. The neutron beam was monitored by a BF3 long counter. The average cross section is 3 barns with an average level spacing of about 25 kev.

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