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-t f ¨ Ã º Ø ¦ © u Ð
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133Cs, × æ$ í , í S \ , TOF, BGO Ø ¦ l , é ß & h
A Study on the Energy-dependent Neutron-capture Cross-section of Natural Cesium( 133 Cs) by Using a Continuous Neutron Flux
Jungran Yoon
Department of New Material Physics, Dong-A University, Pusan 604-714
Samyol Lee ∗
Department of Radiological Science, Dongseo University, Pusan 617-716 (Received 23 November 2010 : revised 20 December 2010 : accepted 17 January 2011)
The neutron-capture cross section of natural cesium (
133Cs) has been measured in the energy region from 0.003 eV to 60 eV by using the neutron time-of-flight (TOF) method with a 46-MeV electron linear accelerator (linac) at the Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University (KURRI). An assembly of Bi
4Ge
3O
12(BGO) scintillators composed of 12 pieces of BGO and placed at a distance of 12.7 ± 0.02 m from the neutron source was employed as a total energy absorption detector for the prompt capture γ-ray measurement on the sample. In order to determine the neutron flux impinging on the capture sample, a plug of
10B powder sample and the
10B(n, α γ) standard cross section were used. The previous experimental data (Ju. P. Popov and F. Widder) and the evaluated data in JENDL-3.3, ENDF/B VI and JEF-3.1 were compared to the current measurement.
PACS numbers: 24.30.-V
Keywords:
133Cs, Neutron, Capture, TOF, BGO, Cross-section
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E-mail: [email protected]
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5 g 8 £ ¤& ñ K ¸ ¦ e [9–11]. : r ½ ¨\ " f À Ò ¦ e
H \ P × æ$ í % ò % i \ " f 60 eV\ s Ø Ô H \ -t # 3 0 A
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133Cs(n, γ) ì ø Í6 £ x \ @ /ô Ç é ß & h É r Fig. 1 õ Table 1 \ " f · p כ õ ° ú s " é ¶ Ð\ " f µ 1 ÏÒ q t ) a × æ$ í \ ¦ s 6
x ô Ç כ Ü ¼ Ð 5 Å q ¸ Z > l _ TOF(Time-of-Flight) ~ ½ ÓZ O ` ¦ s
6 x # 8 £ ¤& ñ ô Ç F. Widder_ õ e t ë ß 5.9 eV/ B N" î
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Popov x 9 F. L. Shapiro_ õ \ ¦ í < Êô Ç \ P × æ$ í % ò % i _
õ [ þ t ë ß > r F ½ + É ÷ r % ò % i \ " f H 8 £ ¤& ñ õ > r F
t · ú § H . Õ ªo ¦ Popov_ õ H SLODT(Slowing Down Time) Detector © u \ ¦ s 6 x ô Ç כ Ü ¼ Ð \ -t ì r K
0 p x s ± ú ¨ î ç H í S \ é ß & h _ õ ë ß ` ¦ ] j/ B N ô Ç . [12, 13] s ü < ° ú s × æ$ í í S \ 8 £ ¤& ñ õ [ þ t s \ P × æ$ í % ò % i
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p f ¨ ¦ f 8 £ ¤& ñ ÷ &t 3 l w ô Ç \ -t ½ ¨ç ß ¸ e Ü ¼ 9, 8
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3 l w < Ê` ¦ · ú Ã º e % 3 . " f
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AI _ 46-MeV + þ A 5 Å q l Ð 5 Å q ) a \ ¦ s 6 x
# Ta ³ ð& h Ü ¼ ÐÂ Ò' _ F gÙ þ ì ø Í6 £ x` ¦ { 9 Ü ¼& µ 1 ÏÒ q t ) a × æ
Fig. 1. The evaluated data of ENDF/B-VI, JENDL- 3.3, JEF-3.1 and the previous measurement data for the
133
Cs(n, γ)
134Cs Reaction.
Table 1. Experiments in the Previous Thermal Measure- ments for the
133Cs(n, γ)
134Cs Reaction.
XX XX
XX XX X Results
Quantity
Year Method
F. Widder [12] 1974 Fast Chopper, Thermal Reactor Ju. P. Popov and
1962 SLODT(Slowing Down Time) F. L. Shapiro [13] Detector
JEF-3.1 [14] 1994 Evaluated value ENDF/B-VI [15] 1996 Evaluated value JENDL-3.3 [16] 2002 Evaluated value
$ í
\ ¦ s 6 x K , × æ$ í q ' r ç ß (Time-of-flight)Z O x 9
\
-t f ¨ Ã º+ þ A 12> h_ BGO(Bi
4Ge
3O
12) $ 3 F g Ø ¦ l
Ð, \ -t 0.003 eV\ " f 60 eV\ s Ø Ô H × æ$ í \ @ / ô
Ç
133Cs _ × æ$ í í S \ é ß & h ` ¦ 8 £ ¤& ñ % i . : r ½ ¨\
"
f % 3 # Q õ H l > r _ F. Widder [1]_ 8 £ ¤& ñ õ x 9
¨ î
° ú כ[ þ t õ q § % i . ¢ ¸ô Ç, % 3 # Q õ H 0 A\ " f /
å
L ô Ç # Q ì r \ " f Ä »6 x > 6 x| ¨ c כ Ü ¼ Ð l @ /÷ & 9,
×
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< Æõ " é ¶ § 4 / B N < Æ ì r _ í S \ é ß & h 8 £ ¤& ñ \ כ ¹| > s
6 x| ¨ c כ Ü ¼ Ð l @ / ) a .
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1. ú n ÞV R Ë ® ot õ m Í P c p Ò Å ß e È û s ÚM
: r ½ ¨ H § Ð@ / < Æ" é ¶ Ðz ´+ « > è(KURRI: Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute) _ 46-MeV
+ þ A5 Å q l (LINAC)ü < \ -t f ¨ Ã º Ø ¦ l
Fig. 2. Experimental arrangement for the capture cross section measurement.
Table 2. Details of the measuring conditions in the cur- rent experiment.
Electron energy 30 MeV Linear accelerator Pulse width 3 µsec
condition Repetition rate 50 Hz Peak current 500 mA Time digitizer of Time/channel 4 µs/ch time-of-flight Full channel number 4096 ch
BGO(B
4G
3O
12) $ 3 F g Ø ¦ l \ ¦ s 6 x # × æ$ í TOF(Time-of-Flight) ~ ½ ÓZ O Ü ¼ Ð 8 £ ¤& ñ % i . ^ & h z ´ +
« >C u ¸\ ¦ Fig. 2 \ ? /% 3 ¦, z ´+ « >\ 6 x ô Ç × æ$ í
q ' â Ð H KURRI + þ A5 Å q l _ c \ @ /
# 135
◦_ y ¸ Ð [ O u ÷ &% 3 . Ta × æ$ í Ò q t$ í ³ ð& h
© u ÐÂ Ò' µ 1 ÏÒ q t ) a × æ$ í 5 Å q(neutron flux) É r × æ$ í
Ò q t$ í ³ ð& h © u ÐÂ Ò' 12.7 ± 0.02 m b # Q 0 Au \ [ O
u ÷ &# Q e H r « Ñ\ { 9 > ) a . BGO Ø ¦ l H Hitachi Chemical Industry \ _ K " f ] j ) a 5 × 5 × 7.5 cm
3ß ¼l _ $ 3 F g# 4 [ t 12 > h Ð ½ ¨$ í ÷ &# Q e . r « Ñ\ { 9
÷ & H × æ$ í 5 Å q` ¦ ½ ¨ l 0 AK
10B r « Ñ_
10B(n, αγ)
7Li ì ø Í6 £ x` ¦ s 6 x % i ¦, × æ$ í 5 Å q _ o\ ¦ y r
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133Cs ì r ´ ú r « Ñ H ¿ ºa 0.3 mm_ ¿ ºa _ AlF K5 Å q ó ø ÍÜ ¼ Ð ë ß [ þ t # Q © 5 Å q \ V , # Q × æ$ í \ ¦ ¸
Table 3. Physical parameters of the samples used in the current experiment.
Sample
133Cs
10B*
Physical form Oxide powder(Cs
2O) Metal powder Chemical purity(%) 66.6 99.999 Isotopic composition (%) Natural 96.98
Weight of sample(g) 1.89 2.92 Thickness of sample(cm) 0.3 0.8
(Atoms/kb) 2.4 52.42
Size of sample (cm
2) 1.8 × 1.8 1.8 × 1.8
∗ 10
B_ F K5 Å qì r ´ ú É r 0.1 mm ¿ ºa _ Al F K5 Å q ó ø ÍÜ ¼ Ð ë ß [ þ t # Q
© \ [ þ t # Qe .
∗ 10