Published May 19, 2006 | Version v1
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Partial Photoneutron Cross Sections for the Isomeric State 180Tam

  • 1. Department of Physics, Konan University, Okamoto 8-9-1, Higashinada, Kobe 658-8501 (Japan)
  • 2. Institute d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Campus de la Plaine, CP-226, 1050 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 3. Cyclotron Institute, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843 (United States)
  • 4. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568 (Japan)
  • 5. Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group, P.O. Box 25, NL-1755 ZG Petten (Netherlands)
  • 6. Departement de Physique Theorique et Appliquee, Service de Physique Nucleaire, B.P. 12, F-91680 Bruyeres-le-Chatel (France)

Description

Photoneutron cross sections for 181Ta(γ,n)180Tam were determined from simultaneous measurements of total cross sections (σtot) and ground-state cross sections (σgs) for 180Ta in photodisintegration of 181Ta with laser Compton-backscattered γ rays. Techniques of direct neutron counting and photoactivation were used for the measurement of σtot and σgs, respectively. The partial cross sections for the isomeric state serves as a novel probe of the nuclear level density of 180Ta. Implications for the p- and s-process nucleosynthesis of 180Tam are given

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
96
Journal Issue
19
Journal Page Range
p. 192501-192501.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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