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Low energy proton induced reactions with weakly bound nuclei for application purposes

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Proton induced charge exchange reactions have been proposed as the mean for producing neutron beams for low energy Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources. In view of our new measurements on proton induced reactions at low energies, and a re-new interest for building such neutron sources, we revise here critically cross sections of all reaction products at 3 and 5 MeV on \(^7\)Li and \(^9\)Be targets. We find that the ENDF/B-VIII.0 library is the most appropriate to be used for neutron rate estimation via the (p, n) channel. Further on, we suggest the breakup mechanism on a \(^9\)Be target as a substantial source of neutron production and the breakup mechanism on a \(^7\)Li target as a source of triton production, the last to be taken into account for radioprotection purposes.

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  1. INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via S. Sofia 62, 95125, Catania, Italy

    O. Sgouros & V. Soukeras

  2. Department of Physics and HINP, The University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece

    A. Pakou

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Sgouros, O., Soukeras, V. & Pakou, A. Low energy proton induced reactions with weakly bound nuclei for application purposes. Eur. Phys. J. A 57, 125 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00447-2

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