Neutron Capture and Transmission Measurements on 103Rh Down to Thermal Energies

The neutron total and capture cross sections of 103Rh have been measured in the energy region from 0.01 eV to 1 keV at the Time-of-Flight facility GELINA of the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements in Geel (B). The transmission measurements on two samples of rhodium were carried out at a 50-m flight path using a Li-glass scintillator. The capture-detection system, which is installed at a 14.5-m flight path, is based on the total-energy detection principle. The system consists of two C6D6 detectors and a 10B ionisation chamber that determines the shape of the neutron flux. A pulse-height weighting function was used to ensure that the efficiency for a neutron-capture event was independent from the gamma cascade. The data have been normalized to the well-isolated and saturated 103Rh resonance at 1.26 eV. The resonance parameters for 103Rh were obtained from a simultaneous shape analysis of the capture and transmission data using the REFIT code