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Thermonuclear reaction rates from (p, n) reactions on targets with A = 92-122
From the experimentally measured (p,n) cross-sections for 92,94Zr,93Nb,95,96,98Mo,103Rh,107,109Ag,110Pd,115In,117,122Sn nuclides, for proton energies below 7 MeV, thermonuclear reaction rates in the temperature range 1≤T9≤5(T9=109 K) have been extracted. These reaction rates have been fitted to a three parameter empirical expression proposed by Fowler
Heavy-ion induced fission reactions at near-barrier energies - What have we learnt?
Systematic studies of heavy-ion induced fission reactions at near-barrier energies carried out in the last decade have brought out many interesting aspects of fission process in general. The recent experimental findings which show dependence of fission fragment angular distributions on entrance channel, shape, size and spin of the interacting nuclei and shell closure of the intermediate compound nucleus are summarised in the present paper
Adiabatic Heavy Ion Fusion Potentials for Fusion at Deep Sub-barrier Energies
The fusion cross sections from well above barrier to extreme sub-barrier
energies have been analysed using the energy (E) and angular momentum (L)
dependent barrier penetration model ({\small{ELDBPM}}). From this analysis, the
adiabatic limits of fusion barriers have been determined for a wide range of
heavy ion systems. The empirical prescription of Wilzynska and Wilzynski has
been used with modified radius parameter and surface tension coefficient values
consistent with the parameterization of the nuclear masses. The adiabatic
fusion barriers calculated from this prescription are in good agreement with
the adiabatic barriers deduced from {\small{ELDBPM}} fits to fusion data. The
nuclear potential diffuseness is larger at adiabatic limit, resulting in a
lower leading to increase of "logarithmic slope" observed at
energies well below the barrier. The effective fusion barrier radius and
curvature values are anomalously smaller than the predictions of known
empirical prescriptions. A detailed comparison of the systematics of fusion
barrier with and without L-dependence has been presented.Comment: Revtex file of 6 pages and 3 eps figure
Entrance channel dependence in compound nuclear reactions with loosely bound nuclei
The measurement of light charged particles evaporated from the reaction
6,7Li+6Li has been carried out at extreme backward angle in the energy range 14
- 20 MeV. Calculations from the code ALICE91 show that the symmetry of the
target-projectile combination and the choice of level density parameter play
important roles in explaining the evaporation spectra for these light particle
systems. In above barrier energy region the fusion cross-section is not
suppressed for these loosely bound nuclei.Comment: 2 pages, 1 figur
Light charged particle emission in heavy-ion reactions - what have we learnt?
Light charged particles emitted in heavy-ion induced reactions, their spectra and angular distributions measured over a range of energies, carry the signature of the underlying reaction mechanisms. Analysis of data of light charged particles, both inclusive and exclusive measured in coincidence with gamma rays, fission products, evaporation residues have yielded interesting results which bring out the influence of nuclear structure, nuclear mean field and dynamics on the emission of these particles
Total cross sections for neutron-nucleus scattering
Systematics of neutron scattering cross sections on various materials for
neutron energies up to several hundred MeV are important for ADSS applications.
Ramsauer model is well known and widely applied to understand systematics of
neutron nucleus total cross sections. In this work, we examined the role of
nuclear effective radius parameter (r) on Ramsauer model fits of neutron
total cross sections. We performed Ramsauer model global analysis of the
experimental neutron total cross sections reported by W. P. Abfalterer, F. B.
Bateman, {\it et. al.,}, from 20MeV to 550MeV for nuclei ranging from Be to U .
The global fit functions which can fit total cross section data over periodic
table are provided along with the required global set of parameters. The global
fits predict within deviation to data, showing the scope for
improvement. It has been observed that a finer adjustment of r parameter
alone can give very good Ramsauer model description of neutron total scattering
data within deviation. The required r values for Ramsauer model
fits are shown as a function of nuclear mass number and an empirical formula is
suggested for r values as a function of mass number. In optical model
approach for neutron scattering, we have modified the real part of
Koning-Deleroche potentails to fit the neutron total cross sections using SCAT2
code. The modified potentails have a different energy dependence beyond 200MeV
of neutron energy and fit the total cross sections from Al to Pb.Comment: 9 pages, 20figures, Poster number ND-1457, ND2010 Conference in Kore
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