Physics Division Summary Report for April Through June 1957 (open access)

Physics Division Summary Report for April Through June 1957

A laminated scintillator was constructed of Ag activated ZnS in fused B/ sub 2/O/sub 3/. The efficiency of this scintillator was determined and compared with other scintillators. J-values of O for the 41.5 and 44.5 ev and 1 for the 52.6 ev resonances in Pu/sup 239/ were determined. New cross section values are reported for U/sup 235/. Additional attempts to establish fission product mass distribution as a function of neutron energy are reported. A method of analyzing neutron resonances by using partial areas rather than the total area is described. Experiments were conducted to study the fission yield from U/sup 235/ using resonance neutrons in the range 1 to 10 ev. Fission product analyses were compared with an analysis of pile irradiated U/sup 235/. No differences in fission yields were detected in the range studied. Modifications in the Van de Graaff charging system were made in an attempt to improve charging efficiency and belt life. Angular distributions of neutrons from the reactions nd 1310 kev states. Measured angular distributions from the reaction Li ( alpha , gamma )B/ sup 10/ were compared with theoretical distributions. The observed resonances, gamma rays, and angular-distribution coefficients are reported. Additional data are reported on …
Date: August 1, 1957
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System: The UNT Digital Library