The Comparison of (n,p), (n,alpha), (n,2n) and (alpha,n) Reaction Cross-Sections for Li-7 and Be-9 Target Nuclei

Tel E., AKÇA ÖZALP S., Sahan M., Depedelen M., Sarpun I. H.

JOURNAL OF FUSION ENERGY, vol.35, no.4, pp.709-714, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s10894-016-0094-x
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF FUSION ENERGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.709-714
  • Keywords: Reaction cross-section, Li-7, Be-9, Fusion blanket materials, EXFOR library, 14.5 MEV NEUTRONS, EMPIRICAL FORMULAS, SEMIEMPIRICAL SYSTEMATICS, ENERGIES, P,N-ALPHA, ISOTOPES
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The knowledge of the cross-section is important especially for the fusion and fission reactor technology. In the absence of experimental data or in the difficulty of measuring data, theoretical predictions of nuclear cross-section data are needed to be improved using model calculations or semi-empirical formulas and to be compared with model and formulas to obtain sensitive approaches. In this work, for Li-7 and Be-9 target nuclei used as blanket materials in fusion reactors, (n,p), (n,alpha), (n,2n) and (alpha,n) reaction cross-section data have been evaluated by using some available empirical and semi-empirical cross-section formulas. The (n,p), (n,alpha), (n,2n) and (alpha,n) reaction cross-section formulas developed for medium and heavy mass nuclei by some scientist in literature are applied to Li-7 and Be-9 light nuclei and then results obtained from any systematics are compared with each other and the existing experimental data.