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H. Sahan, M. Sahan^*, E. Tel

Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey

^*Corresponding author. E-mail address: muhittinsahan@osmaniye.edu.tr

Abstract: In the present research, neutron induced reaction cross sections of ^69,71Ga(n,2n), ^69,71Ga(n,p), ⁷⁵As(n,2n) and ⁷⁵As(n,p) were investigated up to 20 MeV. Three theoretical calculation codes (EMPIRE 3.2, TALYS 1.6 and ALICE/ASH) were used for model calculations based on the Weisskopf - Ewing and Hauser - Feshbach theories. The results of theoretical calculations were compared with some empirical formulas developed by different researches, with evaluated nuclear data sets (JENDL-4.0u2 (2012), TENDL-2015, JEFF-3.2 (2014), and ENDF/B-VIII.0 (2018)) and also with the available experimental data found in literature.

Keywords: nuclear reactions, ^69,71Ga, ⁷⁵As, TALYS 1.6, EMPIRE 3.2, ALICE/ASH, cross section.

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