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Angular distribution of 4.43-MeV γ-rays produced in inelastic scattering of 14.1-MeV neutrons by 12C nuclei

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The work is devoted to measuring the angular distribution of 4.43-MeV γ-rays produced in inelastic scattering of 14.1-MeV neutrons by 12C nuclei. A portable ING-27 neutron generator (designed and fabricated at VNIIA, Moscow) with a built-in 64-pixel silicon α-detector was used as a source of tagged neutrons. The γ-rays of characteristic nuclear radiation from 12C were detected with a spectrometric system that consisted of 22 γ-detectors based on NaI(Tl) crystals arranged around the carbon target. The measured angular distribution of 4.43-MeV γ-rays is analyzed and compared with the results of other published experimental works.

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  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141980, Russia

    V. M. Bystritsky, D. N. Grozdanov, A. O. Zontikov, Yu. N. Kopach, Yu. N. Rogov, I. N. Ruskov, A. B. Sadovsky & V. R. Skoy

  2. Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria

    D. N. Grozdanov & I. N. Ruskov

  3. Dukhov All-Russian Research Institute of Automation (VNIIA), Moscow, 101000, Russia

    Yu. N. Barmakov, E. P. Bogolyubov, V. I. Ryzhkov & D. I. Yurkov

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Original Russian Text © V.M. Bystritsky, D.N. Grozdanov, A.O. Zontikov, Yu.N. Kopach, Yu.N. Rogov, I.N. Ruskov, A.B. Sadovsky, V.R. Skoy, Yu.N. Barmakov, E.P. Bogolyubov, V.I. Ryzhkov, D.I. Yurkov, 2016, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2016.

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Bystritsky, V.M., Grozdanov, D.N., Zontikov, A.O. et al. Angular distribution of 4.43-MeV γ-rays produced in inelastic scattering of 14.1-MeV neutrons by 12C nuclei. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 13, 504–513 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S154747711604004X

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