Open Access
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ND 2007
2007
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| Article Number | 088 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Fission studies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ndata:07537 | |
| Published online | 17 June 2008 | |
International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 2007
DOI: 10.1051/ndata:07537
1 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, 414 Livermore, CA 94551, USA
2 Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
3 Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
escher1@llnl.gov
Published online: 21 May 2008
© CEA 2008
DOI: 10.1051/ndata:07537
Surrogate reactions: the Weisskopf-Ewing approximation and its limitations
J. Escher1, L.A. Bernstein1, J. Burke1, F.S. Dietrich1, C. Forssén2 and B.F. Lyles1, 31 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, 414 Livermore, CA 94551, USA
2 Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
3 Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
escher1@llnl.gov
Published online: 21 May 2008
Abstract
A brief description of the Surrogate reaction method, an indirect approach for determining compound-nuclear reaction cross sections, is presented. The Weisskopf-Ewing limit, an approximation scheme that is typically employed in the analysis of Surrogate experiments, is considered and its validity and limitations are discussed.
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