Ядерна фізика та енергетика Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy   ISSN: 1818-331X (Print), 2074-0565 (Online)   Publisher: Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine   Languages: Ukrainian, English   Periodicity: 4 times per year   Open access peer reviewed journal

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A. O. Kadenko¹, N. R. Dzysiuk², I. M. Kadenko¹, G. I. Primenko<sup>1

1</sup>Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv, Ukraine
²Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract: Cross sections of nuclear reactions ¹⁵⁹Tb(n, n'α)¹⁵⁵Eu, ¹⁶⁵Ho(n, n'α)¹⁶¹Tb, ¹⁶⁹Tm(n, n'α)¹⁶⁵Ho and ¹⁷⁶Yb(n, n'α)¹⁷²Er for incident neutron energy region (8 - 20) MeV are presented. Comparison of the nuclear cross sections data with available experimental information, evaluated nuclear data and theoretical calculation results with the variation of different parameters of the theoretical models was performed. Theoretical calculations were obtained with TALYS-1.2 code.

Keywords: cross section, activation technique, mechanism of nuclear reactions.

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