1997, Issue 2

Authors & Affiliations

Soldatov A.S.
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russia

Abstract

The photofission cross-sections for ²³⁸Pu, ²⁴⁰Pu and ²⁴²Pu in energy region of 5-10 MeV are measured at the bremsstrahlung beams of the SSC RF IPPE microtron with energy step of 50 keV in a subbarrier range and with step of 100 keV in upper energy region. The measurements were performed by relative method with using the photofission cross-section of ²³⁸U in case of ²³⁸Pu and photofission cross-section of ²³⁷Np in case of ²⁴⁰Pu and ²⁴²Pu as a cross-section-standard. The photofission cross-section of ²³⁷Np as a standard is used firstly. The comparison of the cross-section of ²⁴⁰Pu when it is measured with ²³⁸U-standard and with ²³⁷Np-standard is realised. The table-data for the ratio of yields of photofission reaction for nuclei ²³⁸Pu, ²⁴⁰Pu and ²⁴²Pu to yield for nuclei-standards and for the photofission cross-sections are presented. The results of the present research are compared with data obtained in other measurements.

Keywords
photofission cross section, reaction yield photofission, nucleus-standard, ²³⁸Pu, ²⁴⁰Pu ²⁴²Pu, ²³⁸U

Article Text (PDF, in Russian)

References

UDC 539.173.3

Problems of Atomic Science and Technology. Series: Nuclear Constants", issue 2, 1997