Abstract
Products resulting from 3.02 MeV deuterons incident on a natural boron target have been investigated by way of γ-ray spectroscopy and activation analysis. This study uses observed γ rays and cascades to deduce the populated states from the reaction products. Die-away measurements are included to investigate the built-up activation from the target and compared with tabulated half-lives to further understand the plethora of reactions taking place. Many of the observed γ rays, such as 15.1 MeV, result from the formation of excited states of C12, while others are secondary and tertiary processes from α breakup resulting in Be8.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 064305 |
| Journal | Physical Review C |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - Jun 7 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ECCS-1348366 and by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Grant No. 2014-DN-077-ARI079-02. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. We are grateful to Peter Binns of MIT Bates Linear Accelerator Center for help with operating the linear accelerator.