Abstract
In response to nuclear data requests by OECD NEA, we present here the first results with respect to prompt-fission \(\gamma \)-ray spectra characteristics for fast neutrons on \(^{235}\)U. For that we have analyzed previously taken prompt-fission \(\gamma \)-ray data from the reaction \(^{235}\)U(n, f) induced by fast neutrons of average energy \({\overline{E}}_{n}\) = 1.7 MeV and spectral properties were deduced. It was expected that the values would be somewhat higher than for thermal-neutron induced fission of the same system, which at a first glance turned out to be not the case. However, taking the different prompt time windows relative to the coincidence timing resolution between both measurements into account, this discrepancy could be resolved. The results are an average multiplicity \({\overline{M}}_{\gamma }\) = 7.45 ± 0.48 \(\gamma \) rays per fission and an average total \(\gamma \)-ray energy release in fission \({\overline{E}}_{\gamma ,tot}\) = (6.03 ± 0.47) MeV, which includes an additional relative uncertainty of 4% from the time window correction. The corresponding average energy per \(\gamma \) ray is \({\overline{\epsilon }}_{\gamma }\) = (0.81 ± 0.04) MeV.
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The experiment, from which the results have been presented here, was carried out with support from the European Commission within the framework of the ERINDA programme (agreement number 269499), which is hereby gratefully acknowledged. One of the authors (A. O.) acknowledges the support from the Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) Phase II, a project co-financed by the Romanian Government and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund-the Competitiveness Operational Programme (1/07.07.2016, COP, ID 1334), with which part of this work had been performed.
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Oberstedt, A., Lebois, M., Oberstedt, S. et al. Prompt \(\gamma \)-ray characteristics from \(^{235}\)U(n, f) at \({\overline{E}}_{n}\) = 1.7 MeV. Eur. Phys. J. A 56, 236 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00246-1
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