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The angular distribution of \( \gamma\)-rays emitted after inelastic scattering of fast neutrons from iron was determined at the n ELBE neutron time-of-flight facility. An iron sample of natural isotopic composition was irradiated by a continuous photo-neutron spectrum in the energy range from about 0.1 up to 10 MeV. The de-excitation \(\gamma\)-rays of the four lowest excited states of 56Fe and the first excited state of 54Fe were detected using a setup of five high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors and five LaBr3 scintillation detectors positioned around the sample at \( 30^\circ\) , \(55^{\circ}\), \(90^{\circ}\), \( 125^{\circ}\) and \(150^{\circ}\) with respect to the incoming neutron beam. The resulting angular distributions were fitted by Legendre polynomials up to 4th order and the angular distribution coefficients \(a_{2}\) and \( a_{4}\) were extracted. The angular distribution coefficients of three transitions in 56Fe are reported here for the first time. The results are applied to a previous measurement of the inelastic scattering cross section determined using a single HPGe detector positioned at \(125^{\circ}\). Using the updated \(\gamma\)-ray angular distribution, the previous cross section results are in good agreement with reference data.
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Beyer, R., Dietz, M., Bemmerer, D. et al. The \(\gamma\)-ray angular distribution in fast neutron inelastic scattering from iron. Eur. Phys. J. A 54, 58 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2018-12492-7
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