Measurement of the 64Zn(n, 2n)63Zn reaction cross section of 14.61 MeV neutrons

The cross section for the 64Zn(n, 2n)63Zn reaction was measured at 14.6 MeV using the activation technique relative to well-known cross sections for the reference reactions 56Fe(n, P)56Mn and 63Cu(n, 2n)62Cu with cross sections found to be 190.1 + 5.3 mb and 196.3 + 7.7 mb respectively. The same measurements were also made at 14.13 MeV, 14.61 MeV and 14.85 MeV, where the cross sections of 27Al(n, P)27Mg were used for reference, and the corresponding results 116.0 + 8.7 mb, 189.4 + 14.2 mb and 197.2 + 14.8 mb were thus given. The activated samples were counted for the γ-activity using a HPGe detector