PT Journal
AU n_TOF Collaboration (Tagliente, Gea
   Domingo-Pardo, C
   Tain, JL
TI Neutron capture on (94)Zr: Resonance parameters and Maxwellian-averaged cross sections
SO Physical Review C
JI Phys. Rev. C
PY 2011
BP 015801
EP 9pp
VL 84
IS 1
DI 10.1103/PhysRevC.84.015801
LA English
AB The neutron capture cross sections of the Zr isotopes play an important role in nucleosynthesis studies. The s-process reaction flow between the Fe seed and the heavier isotopes passes through the neutron magic nucleus (90)Zr and through (91,92,93,94)Zr, but only part of the flow extends to (96)Zr because of the branching point at (95)Zr. Apart from their effect on the s-process flow, the comparably small isotopic (n, gamma) cross sections make Zr also an interesting structural material for nuclear reactors. The (94)Zr (n, gamma) cross section has been measured with high resolution at the spallation neutron source n_TOF at CERN and resonance parameters are reported up to 60 keV neutron energy.
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