Simulation dataset of thermal and epithermal neutron self-shielding correction factors for 186W(n,γ)187W reaction rate experiments using tungsten foil targets.

ABSTRACT: In the experiments of neutron interaction with research samples, the incident neutron energy spectrum, distribution inside the irradiating sample volume, is affected by the unexpected neutron self-shielding effects. The nature of these effects is due to the formation and thickness of the irradiating sample, which significantly causes neutron self-absorption and multiple scattering inside the sample volume. The datasets presented in this article showed the thermal (G_th) and epithermal (G_epi) neutron self-shielding correction factors for the ¹⁸⁶W(n,γ)¹⁸⁷W neutron capture reaction rate in irradiating tungsten (W) foil samples with different thicknesses. The simulations were performed for three models of surface neutron source's geometries and relati

SUBMITTER: Anh TTT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10762376 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature