Energy Dependence of Prompt Fission Neutron Multiplicity in the $^{239}$Pu($n,f$) Reaction
TAIEB, J.
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
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Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
TAIEB, J.
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
BÉLIER, G.
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
CHATILLON, A.
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
LAURENT, B.
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
MORFOUACE, P.
Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
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Direction des Applications Militaires [DAM]
Laboratoire Matière sous Conditions Extrêmes [LMCE]
Language
en
Document de travail - Pré-publication
English Abstract
Accurate multiplicities of prompt fission neutrons emitted in neutron-induced fission on a large energy range are essential for fundamental and applied nuclear physics. Measuring them to high precision for radioactive ...Read more >
Accurate multiplicities of prompt fission neutrons emitted in neutron-induced fission on a large energy range are essential for fundamental and applied nuclear physics. Measuring them to high precision for radioactive fissioning nuclides remains, however, an experimental challenge. In this work, the average prompt-neutron multiplicity emitted in the 239Pu(n,f) reaction was extracted as a function of the incident-neutron energy, over the range 1-700~MeV, with a novel technique, which allowed to minimize and correct for the main sources of bias and thus achieve unprecedented precision. At low energies, our data validate for the first time the ENDF/B-VIII.0 nuclear data evaluation with an independent measurement and reduce the evaluated uncertainty by up to $60\%$. This work opens up the possibility of precisely measuring prompt fission neutron multiplicities on highly radioactive nuclei relevant for an essential component of energy production world-wide.Read less <
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