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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 26

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Prompt [gamma]-ray production cross sections were measured on a 48Ti sample for incident neutron energies from 1 MeV to 200 MeV. Partial [gamma]-ray cross sections for transitions in 45−48Ti, 45−48Sc, and 43−45Ca were determined. The observation of about 130 transitions from 11 different isotopes in the present work provides a demanding test of reaction model calculations, and is the first study in this mass region to extract partial [gamma]-ray cross sections for many different reaction channels over a wide range of incident neutron energies. The neutrons were produced by the Los Alamos National Laboratory spallation neutron source located at the LANSCE/WNR facility. The prompt-reaction [gamma] rays were detected with the large-scale Compton-suppressed GErmanium Array for Neutron Induced Excitations (GEANIE). Event neutron energies were determined by the time-of-flight technique. The [gamma]-ray excitation functions were converted to partial [gamma]-ray cross sections and then compared with model calculations using the enhanced GNASH reaction code. Compound nuclear, pre-equilibrium emission and direct reaction mechanisms are included. Overall the model calculations of the partial [gamma]-ray cross sections are in good agreement with measured values.