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Nuclear Studies with Neutron-Capture γ Rays

B. ARAD and G. BEN-DAVID

B. ARAD and G. BEN-DAVID

  • Department of Nuclear Physics, Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, Israel and Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 45, 230 – Published 1 April, 1973

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.45.230

Abstract

Thermal neutron-capture γ rays have found applications in a variety of nuclear reaction studies requiring γ rays in the energy region up to 11 MeV. The importance of these γ-ray sources is that they provide very high intensities, which exceed by two orders of magnitude the intensities per unit energy interval obtainable from other sources. The experiments performed with these sources are reviewed in this article, and the advantages and disadvantages of the method are discussed.

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