Neutron Capture and Transmission Measurements and Resonance Parameter Analysis of Niobium

N. J. Drindak; J. A. Burke; G. Leinweber; J. A. Helm; J. G. Hoole; R. C. Block; Y. Danon; R. E. Slovacek; B. E. Moretti; C. J. Werner; M. E. Overberg; S. A. Kolda; M. J. Trbovich; D. P. Barry

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE06-A2634

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Neutron Capture and Transmission Measurements and Resonance Parameter Analysis of Niobium

N. J. Drindak, J. A. Burke, G. Leinweber, J. A. Helm, J. G. Hoole, R. C. Block, Y. Danon, R. E. Slovacek, B. E. Moretti, C. J. Werner, M. E. Overberg, S. A. Kolda, M. J. Trbovich, D. P. Barry

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 154 / Number 3 / November 2006 / Pages 294-301

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Epithermal neutron capture and transmission measurements were performed using the time-of-flight method at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute linac using metallic Nb samples. The capture measurements were made at the 25-m flight station with a 16-section sodium iodide multiplicity detector and the transmission measurements at the 25-m flight station with a ⁶Li glass scintillation detector. Resonance parameters were determined for all resonances up to 500 eV with a combined analysis of capture and transmission data using the multilevel R-matrix Bayesian code SAMMY. The results are compared to those presented in ENDF/B-VI, updated through Release 3.