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Surrogate ratio method in the actinide region using the (α,α'f) reaction

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, Volume 79, No. 4, Article 044609, Year 2009

In the Surrogate Method, the measured decay probability of a compound nucleus formed via a direct reaction is used to extract the cross section for a reaction with a different entrance channel that proceeds through the same compound nucleus. An extension of the Surrogate Method, the Surrogate Ratio Method (SRM), uses a ratio of measured decay probabilities to infer an unknown cross section relative to a known one. To test the SRM we compare the direct-reaction-induced fission probability ratio of U234(α,α'f) to U236(α,α'f) with the ratio of cross sections of U233(n,f) to U235(n,f). These ratios were found to be in agreement over an equivalent neutron energy range of 0.4-18 MeV. © 2009 The American Physical Society.

Lesher, Shelly R.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2. United States, Richmond University of Richmond
Burke, Jason T.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Bernstein, Lee A.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Beausang, C. W.
1. United States, Richmond University of Richmond
Bleuel, Darren L.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Clark, R. M.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dietrich, Frank S.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Escher, Jutta E.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Fallon, Paul J.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gibelin, Julien D.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Goldblum, Bethany L.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Lee, I. Yang
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Macchiavélli, Augusto O.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
McMahan, Margaret A.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Moody, Kenneth J.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Norman, Eric B.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
3. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Phair, Larry W.
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rodriguez-Vieitez, Elena
1. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scielzo, Nicholas D.
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Wiedeking, Mathis
1. United States, Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2. United States, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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