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Journal Article | PreJuSER-54708 |
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2006
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Woodbury, NY
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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/570 doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.73.034613
Abstract: Excitation functions were measured for the reactions Pt-nat(He-3,xn)Hg-195(m,g),Pt-nat(He-3,xn)Hg-197(m,g),Pt-nat(He-3,x)Au-196(m,g), and Pt-nat(alpha,xn)Hg-197(m,g) over the energy range of 18-35 MeV for He-3 particles and 17-26 MeV for alpha particles. The reactions Au-197(p,n)Hg-197(m,g) were also investigated over the proton energy range of 6-20 MeV. The three projectiles were produced at the Julich variable-energy compact cyclotron (CV 28). Use was made of the activation technique in combination with conventional high-resolution as well as low-energy HPGe-detector gamma-ray spectroscopy. For most of the reactions, the present measurements provide the first consistent sets of data. From the available experimental data, isomeric cross-section ratios were determined for the above-mentioned reactions. Nuclear model calculations using the code STAPRE, which employs the Hauser-Feshbach (statistical model) and exciton model (precompound effects) formalisms, were undertaken to describe the formation of both the isomeric and the ground states of the products. The calculations were compared with the results of the EMPIRE-II code. The excitation functions of the (He-3,xn) and (alpha,xn) processes are described well by the theory. In the case of (He-3,pxn) reactions, however, considerable deviations were observed between the experiment and the theory, presumably due to strong contributions from direct interactions. A description of the isomeric cross-section ratio by the model was possible only with a very low value of eta, i.e., the Theta(eff)/Theta(rig) ratio. A mass dependence of eta is proposed.
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