The Study of (n,d) Reaction Cross Sections for Some Medium Weight Targets up to 30 MeV

Abstract

In this study, neutron incident reaction cross sections for some medium target nuclei (44Ca,65Cu,54Fe,56Fe,57Fe,58Ni,60Ni and67Zn) have been investigated for the (n,d) reaction cross sections. These new calculations on the excitation functions of 44Ca(n,d)43K,65Cu(n,d)44Ni,54Fe(n,d)53Mn,56Fe(n,d)55Mn,57Fe(n,d)56Mn,58Ni(n,d)57Co,60Ni(n,d)59Co and67Zn(n,d)66Cu reactions have been carried out up to 30 MeV incident neutron energy. In these calculations, the pre-equilibrium and equilibrium effects have been investigated. The PEQ calculations involve the new evaluated the Geometry Dependent Hybrid model. Equilibrium effects are calculated according to the Weisskopf–Ewing model. By using the new cross sections formulae for (n,d) reactions developed by Aydin et al., the obtained results have been discussed and compared with the available experimental data taken from EXFOR database.