Published August 1978 | Version v1
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Threshold effects in proton-induced reactions on copper

  • 1. Melbourne Univ., Parkville (Australia). School of Physics

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A study has been made of proton-induced reactions on the two copper isotopes 65Cu and 63Cu for bombarding energies in the range 1.2 - 4.6MeV. This range includes the (p,n) thresholds for 65Cu and 63Cu, which occur at 2.17MeV and 4.21MeV respectively. Excitation functions for (p,γ) reactions were obtained by observing discrete γ-ray transitions between low-lying states of the compound nuclei. Data were also obtained for the charged-particle reactions 65Cu(p,α0)62Ni and 63Cu(p,αsub(0,1))60Ni. As the respective (p,n) threshold are crossed, the yields of proton-induced reactions on 65Cu fall by a factor of about 5 while the excitation functions of proton-induced reactions on 63Cu reveal no evidence of a significant threshold effect. These data are compared with Hauser-Feshbach statistcal model calculations. The structure in the 65Cu+p reaction yield is interpreted in terms of Wigner cusps

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Journal Title
Aust. J. Phys.
Journal Issue
v.31(3,4
Series
Aust. J. Phys.