Open AccessNUCLEAR LEVEL SPACING DEDUCED FROM THE RESONANCE ABSORPTION OF NEUTRONS
Author(s) -
Yilong Yang
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.7.1
Subject(s) - neutron , resonance (particle physics) , geiger counter , absorption (acoustics) , neutron temperature , physics , atomic physics , attenuation coefficient , materials science , nuclear physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , optics
The average nuclear level spacings of In, Ir and Au are estimated from the beta-ray activities induced by the primary photo-neutrons emitted from a Ra+Be source. A Geiger-Muller counter made of aluminum is used for measuring the induced activities. The saturated induced activities for the three elements are found to be 0.665±0.23 0.982±.03l, 0.453±0.21 (no./sec.) respectively. The estimation for the average nuclear level spacings is made in accordance with Breit-Wigner's one level formula, the resnlts being 5.6, 15 and 6 volts for In, Ir, Au respectively. The spacing of Ir is probably somewhat over estimated since the values of the energy and absorption coefficient of the resonance neutron group, used in the estimation, are not very accurate.