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A total of 22 gamma-ray transitions were measured from (n,n′γ) reactions on the four even-even nickel isotopes, 58,60,62,64Ni. Absolute gamma-ray production excitation functions at 125 deg were extracted for these transitions from their thresholds up to neutron energies of 4 MeV. Inelastic neutron scattering cross sections for 19 levels were inferred from the gamma-ray production data and compared to the Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF/B-IV, MAT 1190). Cross-section agreement for the first excited 2+ states in these four isotopes is generally good, but excitation functions associated with many of the higher excited states in nickel are in strong disagreement with the file.
