CROSS-SECTIONS IN PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS WITH MULTIPLE NEUTRON EMISSION

Abstract

The energy dependence of the reaction cross-sections A(γ,xn)(A-xn) was studied in the energy range 19...70 MeV, i.e. beyond Great Dipole Resonance (GDR) region. Experimental data were taken from international database EXFOR for range of nuclear mases (55 < A < 209). Theoretical values of cross sections were obtained using TALYS-1.8 code. Several models of level densities with both enabled and disabled pre-equilibrium mechanism were considered in our simulations. Obtained results let us to make conclusions about different mechanisms of photonuclear reactions on certain nuclei, energy dependence of their relative contribution.