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Study of 149 Sm Capture and Total Cross Sections for Burnup Credit Applications [Slides]

This presentation highlights how capture and transmission measurements were performed with the DANCE (Detector for Advanced Neutron Capture Experiments) instrument with capture data from 8 eV – 1 keV, and DICER (Device for Indirect Capture Experiments on Radionuclides) instruments with transmission data from 1meV – 1 keV. There were additional measurements of 147 Sm which had contaminant in the samples, 3.4 eV strong resonance, interesting abnormalities. The data analysis is complete and the R-Matrix analysis almost (90%) complete.

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ↗

Effects Of Coupled States On The n+ 239 Pu Total Cross Section

The purpose of this report is to document the effects of including excited states of 239 Pu in the calculation of transmission coefficients that will serve as inputs to Hauser-Feshbach calculations of neutron-induced reactions.

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS↗

The repulsive 1 Sigma g/+/ He2 potential obtained from total cross sections

An improved apparatus for obtaining short-range molecular potentials is described. The setup is a refined version of that used by Jordan-Amdur and by Leonas. The ion source is provided with a mass analyzing magnet, the capacitance manometer in the scattering cell is calibrated with a McCleod gauge, and the detection unit substitutes a Channeltron multiplier for the thermopile. The measured ground-state He-He potential for radii between 0.49 and 1.56 A is approximately V(r) = 215 x exp(-3.95r) eV, which is 25% higher than the earlier experiments. The result is supported by molecular orbital and statistical model calculations.

Foreman, P. B.↗

Calculation of total cross sections for charge exchange in molecular collisions

Areas of investigation summarized include nitrogen ion-nitrogen molecule collisions; molecular collisions with surfaces; molecular identification from analysis of cracking patterns of selected gases; computer modelling of a quadrupole mass spectrometer; study of space charge in a quadrupole; transmission of the 127 deg cylindrical electrostatic analyzer; and mass spectrometer data deconvolution.

Ioup, J.↗

Fragmentation of Fe-56 nuclei on CH2, carbon, and hydrogen targets - Individual charge changing and total cross sections

Elemental and isotopic differences between cosmic rays coming from different sources may have important implications for the nucleosynthesis process occurring in the stars that ultimately produce the galactic cosmic rays. The cosmic-ray composition observed at earth is modified from that accelerated in the source regions by passage through approximately 6 g/sq cm of interstellar matter consisting of approximately 90% H and 10% He by number. The extrapolation of the observed composition at earth to the sources requires an accurate understanding of the fragmentation cross sections in H. With the recent acceleration of heavy nuclei up to Fe to relativistic energies, the direct measurement of the astrophysically interesting cross section is now possible. The present investigation is concerned with a determination of the individual elemental cross sections, Fe-56 incident on H, taking into account the application of the elemental cross section data to the cosmic-ray propagation problem.

Webber, W. R.↗

On total cross sections and slopes at superhigh energies

Hadron-hadron and hadron-nucleus interactions are investigated in the framework of the Reggeon field theory with critical and supercritical pomerons and multiple scattering theory. A good agreement is obtained with experimental data on cross sections of proton-proton and proton-nucleus interactions at high energies.

Yeremian, S. S.↗

Theoretical spectral distributions and total cross sections for neutral subthreshold pion production in carbon-carbon collisions

A coherent isobar formalism is employed to model subthreshold production of neutral pions in carbon-carbon collisions at energies below 100 MeV/nucleon. No arbitrary scale factors or adjustable free parameters are used in calculation of the Lorentz-invariant cross sections for pion production in the projectile, which produces an excited state that goes to M1 resonance in the target by conservation of spin and isospin. Pion production is also modeled for the projectile, which also reaches M1 resonance. The overall pion spectral distribution in the center of mass system is then integrated over the energy range 35-84 MeV/nucleon. The results expose an energy loss in the incident ions, as observed experimentally, and indicate that an isobar mechanism is responsible for higher energy pion production. Lower energy pions are a result of thermal processes.

Norbury, J. W.↗

(abstract) Measurement of the Total Cross Section for Excitation of the 2p State of Atomic Hydrogen by Electron Impact

The excitation function of prompt Lyman-alpha radiation, produced by electron impact excitation of atomic hydrogen in the energy range from threshold to 1.8 keV, has been measured in a crossed-beam experiment. The present data are significantly different from earlier experimental results and are in good agreement with recent theoretical convergent close coupling calculations over a two order of magnitude range in impact energy. Multistate coupling affecting the excitation function to 1 keV is apparent in both the present experimental and recent theoretical results.

Lyman-alpha radiation atomic hydrogen excitation f↗

Nucleon-nucleus interaction data base: Total nuclear and absorption cross sections

Neutron total cross sections are represented for Li to Pu targets at energies above 0.1 MeV and less than 100 MeV using a modified nuclear Ramsauer formalism. The formalism is derived for energies above 100 MeV by fitting theoretical cross sections. Neutron absorption cross sections are represented by analytic expressions of similar form, but shape resonance phenomena of the Ramsauer effect is not present. Elastic differential cross sections are given as a renormalized impulse approximation. These cross section data bases are useful for nucleon transport applications.

Wilson, J. W.↗

Medium modified two-body scattering amplitude from proton-nucleus total cross-sections

Recently (R.K. Tripathi, J.W. Wilson, F.A. Cucinotta, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B 145 (1998) 277; R.K. Tripathi, F.A. Cucinotta, J.W. Wilson, NASA-TP-1998-208438), we have extracted nucleon-nucleon (N-N) cross-sections in the medium directly from experiment. The in-medium N-N cross-sections form the basic ingredients of several heavy-ion scattering approaches including the coupled-channel approach developed at the NASA Langley Research Center. Here, we investigate the ratio of real to imaginary part of the two-body scattering amplitude in the medium. These ratios are used in combination with the in-medium N-N cross-sections to calculate total proton-nucleus cross-sections. The agreement is excellent with the available experimental data. These cross-sections are needed for the radiation risk assessment of space missions. c2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

NASA Discipline Radiation Health↗

Positron-alkali atom scattering

Positron-alkali atom scattering was recently investigated both theoretically and experimentally in the energy range from a few eV up to 100 eV. On the theoretical side calculations of the integrated elastic and excitation cross sections as well as total cross sections for Li, Na and K were based upon either the close-coupling method or the modified Glauber approximation. These theoretical results are in good agreement with experimental measurements of the total cross section for both Na and K. Resonance structures were also found in the L = 0, 1 and 2 partial waves for positron scattering from the alkalis. The structure of these resonances appears to be quite complex and, as expected, they occur in conjunction with the atomic excitation thresholds. Currently both theoretical and experimental work is in progress on positron-Rb scattering in the same energy range.

Mceachran, R. P.↗

Total photoionization cross sections of atomic oxygen from threshold to 44.3A

The relative cross section of atomic oxygen for the production of singly charged ions has been remeasured in more detail and extended to cover the wavelength range 44.3 to 910.5 A by the use of synchrotron radiation. In addition, the contribution of multiple ionization to the cross sections has been measured allowing total photoionization cross sections to be obtained below 250 A. The results have been made absolute by normalization to previously measured data. The use of synchrotron radiation has enabled measurements of the continuum cross section to be made between the numerous autoionizing resonances that occur near the ionization thresholds. This in turn has allowed a more critical comparison of the various theoretical estimates of the cross section to be made. The series of autoionizing resonances leading to the 4-P state of the oxygen ion have been observed for the first time in an ionization type experiment and their positions compared with both theory and previous photographic recordings.

Angel, G. C.↗

Total absorption cross sections of several gases of aeronomic interest at 584 A.

Total photoabsorption cross sections have been measured at 584.3 A for N2, O2, Ar, CO2, CO, NO, N2O, NH3, CH4, H2, and H2S. A monochromator was used to isolate the He I 584 line produced in a helium resonance lamp, and thin aluminum filters were used as absorption cell windows, thereby eliminating possible errors associated with the use of undispersed radiation or windowless cells. Sources of error are examined, and limits of uncertainty are given. Previous relevant cross-sectional measurements and possible error sources are reviewed. Wall adsorption as a source of error in cross-sectional measurements has not previously been considered and is discussed briefly.

Starr, W. L.↗

Measurement of the π - -Ar total hadronic cross section at the LArIAT experiment

We present the first measurement of the negative pion total hadronic cross section on argon in a restricted phase space, which we performed at the Liquid Argon In A Testbeam (LArIAT) experiment. All hadronic reaction channels, as well as hadronic elastic interactions with scattering angle greater than 5° are included. The pions have kinetic energies in the range 100–700 MeV and are produced by a beam of charged particles impinging on a solid target at the Fermilab test beam facility. LArIAT employs a 0.24 ton active mass liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) to measure the pion hadronic interactions. For this measurement, LArIAT has developed the “thin slice method,” a new technique to measure cross sections with LArTPCs. While moderately higher, our measurement of the π - -Ar total hadronic cross section is generally in agreement with the geant4 prediction.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗