Impact of 13C Contamination on Neutron Yield Measurement in the 27AI(α, n) Reaction

Rajat Roy; D. Choudhury; D. A. Testov; D. L. Balabanski; A. Kuşoğlu; G. Lorusso; P.-A. Söderström; S. Aogaki; S.-R. Ban; M. Brezeanu; I. Burducea; R. Corbu; M. Cuciuc; A. Dhal; N. Djourelov; N. Florea; A. Gavrilescu; C. Gheorghiu; G. L. Guardo; D. Iancu; V. Lelasseux; C.V. Nedelcu; H. Pai; P. Parlea; T. Petruse; A. Rotaru; S. Singh; A.N. State; M. Straticiuc; V. Toma; T. Tozar

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202429702007

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 297, 2024 International Symposium on Nuclear Astrophysics (ISNA23)


Article Number		02007
Number of page(s)		3
Section		Contribution by Young Researchers
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429702007
Published online		07 June 2024

EPJ Web of Conferences 297, 02007 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429702007

Impact of ¹³C Contamination on Neutron Yield Measurement in the ²⁷AI(α, n) Reaction

Rajat Roy¹^,2^*, D. Choudhury²^,1, D. A. Testov¹, D. L. Balabanski¹, A. Kuşoğlu¹^,7, G. Lorusso³^,4, P.-A. Söderström¹, S. Aogaki¹, S.-R. Ban¹, M. Brezeanu¹, I. Burducea⁵, R. Corbu¹, M. Cuciuc¹, A. Dhal¹, N. Djourelov¹, N. Florea⁵, A. Gavrilescu¹, C. Gheorghiu¹, G. L. Guardo⁶, D. Iancu³, V. Lelasseux¹, C.V. Nedelcu¹, H. Pai¹, P. Parlea¹, T. Petruse¹, A. Rotaru¹, S. Singh¹, A.N. State¹, M. Straticiuc⁵, V. Toma¹ and T. Tozar¹

¹ Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest-Magurele 077125, Romania
² Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab 140001, India
³ National Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
⁴ Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
⁵ Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest-Magurele 077125, Romania
⁶ Laboratori Nazionali del Sud INFN, Catania, Italy
⁷ Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Vezneciler, Istanbul 34134, Turkey

^* e-mail: rajat.20phz0006@iitrpr.ac.in

Published online: 7 June 2024

Abstract

We have performed the measurement of the ²⁷Al(α, n) cross section at IFIN-HH for a range of energies from 2.5 to 5.2 MeV, using an array of 28 ³He counters arranged in 3 concentric rings (ELIGANT-TN). Here we present the experimental setup and discuss the role of the ¹³C contamination which effects the measurements in the low-energy region. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy carried out before and after the experiment suggested an increase in the ¹³C concentration during the experiment.

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