Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2016
Abstract
Partial ๐พ-ray production cross sections and the total radiative thermal-neutron capture cross section for the 185Re(n,๐พ)186Re reaction were measured using the Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis facility at the Budapest Research Reactor with an enriched 185Re target. The 186Re cross sections were standardized using well-known 35Cl(n,๐พ)36Cl cross sections from irradiation of a stoichiometric natReCl3 target. The resulting cross sections for transitions feeding the 186Re ground state from low-lying levels below a cutoff energy of Ec=746keV were combined with a modeled probability of ground-state feeding from levels above Ec to arrive at a total cross section of ฯ0=111(6)b for radiative thermal-neutron capture on 185Re. A comparison of modeled discrete-level populations with measured transition intensities led to proposed revisions for seven tentative spin-parity assignments in the adopted level scheme for 186Re. Additionally, 102 primary ๐พ rays were measured, including 50 previously unknown. A neutron-separation energy of Sn=6179.59(5)keV was determined from a global least-squares fit of the measured ๐พ-ray energies to the known 186Re decay scheme. The total capture cross section and separation energy results are comparable to earlier measurements of these values.
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.93.054319
Source Publication
Physical Review C
Recommended Citation
Matters, D.A. et al. (2016). "Investigation of 186Re via radiative thermal-neutron capture on 185Re". Phys. Rev. C 93, 054319. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.054319
Comments
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