Abstract
The reaction cross sections have been measured following the surrogate reaction ratio method in the equivalent neutron energy range of 11.9–15.8 MeV by populating the compound nucleus through transfer reaction at MeV. The transfer reaction at MeV has been used as the reference reaction which is the surrogate of reaction populating the compound nucleus . The proton decay probabilities have been determined by measuring evaporated protons at backward angles in coincidence with projectile like fragments (PLFs, either or ) detected around grazing angles. The cross sections for the reference reaction are taken from jendl-4.0 library, which closely reproduce the available experimental data. The cross sections for the desired reaction so obtained compare well with the nuclear-reactions-model code talys-1.8 using microscopic level densities. The present experimental data are consistent with the evaluated data library of rosfond-2015 but not with tendl-2015 and endf/b-viii, indicating the need of new evaluations for this reaction of importance to fusion technology.
7 More- Received 27 October 2017
- Revised 19 November 2018
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.99.014611
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