Measurements of the neutron-proton and neutron-carbon total cross section from 150 to 800 keV

B. H. Daub, V. Henzl, M. A. Kovash, J. L. Matthews, Z. W. Miller, K. Shoniyozov, and H. Yang

Phys. Rev. C 87, 014005 – Published 25 January 2013

Abstract

There have been very few measurements of the total cross section for $n p$ scattering below 500 keV. To differentiate among $N N$ potential models, improved cross section data between 20 and 600 keV are required. We measured the $n p$ and $n$ C total cross sections in this energy region by transmission; a collimated neutron beam was passed through CH $_{2}$ and C samples and transmitted neutrons were detected by a BC-501A liquid scintillator. Cross sections were obtained with a precision of 1.1–2.0 $%$ between 150 and 800 keV using ratios of normalized neutron yields measured with and without the scattering samples in the beam. In energy regions where they overlap, the present results are consistent with existing precision measurements and fill in a significant gap in the data between $E_{n} = 150$ and 500 keV.

Received 28 October 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.014005

Authors & Affiliations

B. H. Daub^1,*, V. Henzl^1,†, M. A. Kovash², J. L. Matthews¹, Z. W. Miller², K. Shoniyozov², and H. Yang²

¹Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
²Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA

^*daubb@berkeley.edu; Currently at University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
^†Currently at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.

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Vol. 87, Iss. 1 — January 2013

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