Empirical formula on (n,(3)He) reaction cross sections at 14.6MeV neutrons

Mustafa Yiğit

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.07.016

Empirical formula on (n,(3)He) reaction cross sections at 14.6MeV neutrons

Appl Radiat Isot. 2015 Nov:105:15-19. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.07.016. Epub 2015 Jul 17.

Author

Mustafa Yiğit¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, Aksaray University, Aksaray 68100, Turkey. Electronic address: mustafayigit@aksaray.edu.tr.

PMID: 26218596
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.07.016

Abstract

The systematic behavior of the cross sections of (n,(3)He) nuclear reactions has been studied by various researches at neutron energy of 14.6MeV. A new empirical formula based on the Q-value dependence of the cross sections of the investigated reaction has been proposed. The cross sections obtained from the new formula are compared with the other proposed formulae results and the experimental data. It seems that the present formula based on the Q-value dependence provides the good description for cross sections of neutron-induced (n,(3)He) nuclear reactions at 14.6MeV.

Keywords: (n,(3)He) nuclear reactions; Cross section systematics; Reaction Q-value dependence.