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W. M. Wilson, H. E. Jackson, G. E. Thomas
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 1977 | Pages 55-62
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A27004
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The gamma-ray spectrum resulting from neutron capture in the 2.8-keV resonance of 23Na has been measured with the high-resolution annihilation pair spectrometer at the internal-target facility of the CP-5 reactor. The 2.8-keV resonance was populated by using the boron-shielded target technique: A½-in.-thick filter of 10B surrounding the sodium sample selectively removes low-energy neutrons from the spectrum; the 1/E dependence of the incident neutron flux assures a low intensity of high-energy neutrons. Capture, predominantly in the 2.8-keV resonance, is indicated by a 2- to 3-keV shift in the energies of the primary transitions relative to those observed in thermal-neutron capture. The correlation between the absolute intensities of the resonance transitions and the thermal transitions (measured by others) is computed and discussed in terms of a numerical analysis. (The resonance and thermal intensities are identical within the precision of the measurement.) The results indicate that the resonance total radiation width is 0.24 eV Γγ 0.40 eV.