Open Access
Issue
ND 2007
2007
Article Number 162
Number of page(s) 4
Section Neutron cross section measurements
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ndata:07694
Published online 17 June 2008
International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 2007
DOI: 10.1051/ndata:07694

The 99Tc(n,γ)100Tc cross section, 99Tc(d,p)100Tc and the 100Tc decay scheme and neutron binding energy

J.L. Weil1, T. Belgya1 and H.-F. Wirth2

1  Institute of Isotope and Surface Chemistry, Chemical Research Center HAS, P.O. Box 77, Budapest 1525, Hungary
2  Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany

weil@iki.kfki.hu

Published online: 21 May 2008

Abstract
Analysis of measurements on the 99Tc(n,γ)100 and the Tc 99Tc(d,p)100Tc reactions leads to the conclusion that the determination of the inferred total thermal neutron capture cross section from partial capture cross sections necessarily has a large uncertainty at this time due to lack of accurate knowledge about the 100Tc level structure and decay scheme. A more precise value of the neutron binding energy of 100Tc of 6764.85 ± 0.25 keV was determined from the energies of the primary γ-rays.



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