AMS measurement of the neutron capture cross-section 209Bi(n,γ) 210mBi

Authors :: V. Lazarev
Eckehart Nolte
C. Stan-Sion
A. Letourneau
H. Reithmeier
M. Enachescu
Source :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 259:739-744
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2007.
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section 209Bi(n, γ) 210mBi was measured by means of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). An absolute measuring procedure based on calibrated ion beam attenuators was applied to overcome the lack of standard samples. Experimental aspects of absolute AMS analyses are described. The capture cross section of 209Bi is important in the construction of accelerator-driven transmutation (ADT) devices that are based on the Pb–Bi eutectic complex as the spallation target to produce very intense neutron fluxes.

Subjects :: Nuclear physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Cross section (physics)
Ion beam
Nuclear transmutation
Chemistry
Neutron cross section
Neutron
Spallation
Instrumentation
Eutectic system
Accelerator mass spectrometry

ISSN :: 0168583X
Volume :: 259
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Accession number :: edsair.doi...........c810ba8857fa560ee349adf8687a5670
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2007.01.211