Excitation functions for fast-neutron induced reactions on zinc

B Liu; G Tian; R Han; F Shi; Y Huang; Z Chen; X Zhang; H Sun; X Tang; Z Zhang; P Luo

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110557

Excitation functions for fast-neutron induced reactions on zinc

Appl Radiat Isot. 2023 Jan:191:110557. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110557. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

Authors

B Liu¹, G Tian², R Han³, F Shi¹, Y Huang⁴, Z Chen³, X Zhang¹, H Sun³, X Tang⁴, Z Zhang⁴, P Luo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou, 516000, China.
² Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou, 516000, China. Electronic address: tiangy@impcas.ac.cn.
³ Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou, 516000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
⁴ Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.

PMID: 36403553
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110557

Abstract

Cross sections of the ⁶⁴Zn(n, p)⁶⁴Cu, ^natZn(n, x)⁶⁷Cu, ⁶⁶Zn(n, 2n)⁶⁵Zn and ⁷⁰Zn(n, 2n)^69mZn reactions have been measured by using the activation technique at 14.0 MeV neutron energy. The neutrons were produced via the ³H(d, n)⁴He reaction. The present experimental data illustrated satisfactory agreement with most of the previously reported experimental data. Experimental data are compared with evaluated nuclear data of the CENDL-3.2, ENDF/B-VIII.0, JENDL-5, BROND-3.1 and JEFF-3.3 libraries. Besides, these excitation functions were calculated by using theoretical model of the TALYS-1.96 code from thresholds up to 20 MeV. A group set of parameters was obtained which better reproduce the experimental data than the default parameters.

Keywords: Cross section; Evaluated nuclear data; Neutron activation; TALYS-1.96; Zinc.