Abstract

The photodisintegration cross section of radioactive 241Am has been obtained for the first time using monoenergetic γ‐ray beams from the HIγS facility. The induced activity of 240Am produced via the 241Am(γ,n) reaction in the γ‐ray energy range from 9.5 to 16 MeV was measured by the activation technique utilizing high resolution HPGe detectors. The 241Am(γ,n) cross section was determined both by measuring the absolute γ‐ray flux and by comparison to the 197Au(γ,n) and 58Ni(γ,n) cross section standards. The experimental data for the 241Am(γ,n) reaction in the giant dipole resonance energy region is compared with statistical nuclear‐model calculations.

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