Abstract
The neutron-proton scattering cross section at "zero energy" (), which is an important experimental parameter in the analysis of low energy data, has been accurately redetermined by transmission measurements at 132 eV neutron energy on O, , COH, and . We obtain the total cross sections per molecule (132 eV) 44.731 ± 0.027, 151.40 ± 0.10, 90.37 ± 0.08, and 197.20 ± 0.34 b, respectively. To evaluate we subtract the well-known cross sections of carbon and oxygen, and correct for the small contributions (<0.1%) of capture, molecular binding, effective range, and deuterium. Combining all known errors from the experimental and evaluation procedure, we find b. This is 0.27%, or 2.4 standard errors, above the best previous measurement by Houk, and ∼0.6% above the mean of former data. Our result of implies changes in the effective-range parameters towards higher values, by about twice the present standard errors in , , and and 1 standard error in .
NUCLEAR REACTIONS , eV; measured . Cobalt-resonance neutron beam, targets O, , COH, .
- Received 9 October 1974
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.11.103
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