Measurements of double-differential α-particle production cross sections of Fe and Ni using gridded ionization chamber

Double-differential α-particle production cross sections of Fe and Ni were measured for neutron energy region between 4 and 14 MeV using a gridded ionization chamber. The method applied in this work enables us to measure the double-differential cross sections at various incident neutron energies because of the high efficiency and background suppression capability of the gridded ionization chamber. The double-differential cross sections, the energy-differential cross sections and the excitation functions were obtained for the (n,xα) reactions of Fe and Ni and are compared with the previous experiments and evaluated data. (author)