International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 2007
DOI: 10.1051/ndata:07627

Experimental determination of residual nuclei formation cross sections in 660 MeV proton reactions with ²³⁹Pu and ^natU

K. Katovsky¹, J. Adam^{2, 3}, A. Balabekyan⁴, V.S. Pronskikh⁵, A.A. Solnyshkin², V.I. Stegailov² and V.M. Tsoupko-Sitnikov<sup>2

1</sup>  Czech Technical University in Prague, Department of Nuclear Reactors, V Holesovickach 2, 180 00 Prague, Czech Republic
²  Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, Department of Nuclear Spectroscopy and Radiochemistry, Joliot-Curie St., 14 19 80 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
³  On leave from: Nuclear Physics Institute, The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 250 68 Husinec-Rez, Czech Republic
⁴  Yerevan State University, Armenia
⁵  Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Laboratory of High Energies, Relativistic Nuclear Physics Division

katovsky@troja.fjfi.cvut.cz

Published online: 21 May 2008

Abstract
The paper gives an information about part of the investigations held in JINR Dubna within cooperation of several research institutions and universities. Experimental cross sections for proton induced reactions of an energy of 660 MeV with various fission products, minor actinides, and "major" actinides (plutonium, uranium, thorium) are studied. The paper describes ²³⁹Pu and ^natU experiments; other experiments have already been published or are planned for the time being. Cross section determination consist of three parts: experiment, data processing, and mathematical codes simulation of the problem. This paper deals only with experiment description and data processing methodology. Neither final results of processing, nor simulation of plutonium experiment are paper-ready at the moment. Uranium data have partially already been presented, final complete results are planned to be published with plutonium results together in reviewed journal.

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