PT Journal
AU n_TOF Collaboration (Tagliente, Gea
   Domingo-Pardo, C
   Tain, JL
TI (96)Zr(n,gamma) measurement at the n_TOF facility at CERN
SO Physical Review C
JI Phys. Rev. C
PY 2011
BP 055802
EP 8pp
VL 84
IS 5
DI 10.1103/PhysRevC.84.055802
LA English
AB The (n,gamma) cross section of (96)Zr has been investigated at the CERN n_TOF spallation neutron source. High-resolution time-of-flight measurements using an enriched ZrO(2) sample allowed us to analyze 15 resonances below 40 keV with improved accuracy. On average, the capture widths were found to be 25% smaller than reported in earlier experiments. If complemented with the contribution by direct radiative capture, the derived Maxwellian averaged cross sections are consistent with activation data at kT = 25 keV. The present results confirm the astrophysical implications for the s-process branching at (95)Zr.
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