Differential (p, p′) and (p, d) Cross Sections of ⁸⁹Y and ⁹²Zr

Author

Molly A. Wakeling

Date of Award

3-24-2016

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Department of Engineering Physics

First Advisor

McClory, John W., PhD.

Abstract

Differential cross sections for the (p, p′) and (p, d) reactions on ⁸⁹Y and ⁹²Zr were measured using a 28.25-MeV proton beam at the 88-inch cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Angular distributions were obtained for the ground state and several excited states of each isotope using silicon detector telescopes over angles 10° to 140° in the reaction plane. These data were obtained by fitting a Gaussian function to each peak in the energy spectra and integrating the number of counts under each peak. These cross sections will be included in nuclear structure models so that neutron and other particle reaction cross sections can be predicted for other isotopes, including eventually those farther from stability and those whose half-lives are too short to measure experimentally.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-ENP-MS-16-M-086

DTIC Accession Number

AD1053940

Recommended Citation

Wakeling, Molly A., "Differential (p, p′) and (p, d) Cross Sections of ⁸⁹Y and ⁹²Zr" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 351.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/351