Zhang Guohui, Zhang Jiaguo, Guo Li'an, Wu Hao, Chen Jinxiang, Tang Guoyou, Gledenov Yu M, Sedysheva M V, Khuukhenkhuu G, Szalanski P J
State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Institute of Heavy Ion Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2009 Jan;67(1):46-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.07.005. Epub 2008 Jul 22.
Cross sections of the (147)Sm(n, alpha)(144)Nd reaction were measured at En=5.0 and 6.0MeV. A twin gridded ionization chamber was used as a charged particle detector and two large area (147)Sm(2)O(3) samples placed back to back were employed. Experiments were performed at the 4.5MV Van de Graaff accelerator of Peking University. Neutrons were produced through the D(d, n)(3)He reaction with a deuterium gas target. Absolute neutron flux was determined by a small (238)U fission chamber. Present cross-section data are compared with existing results of evaluations and measurements.