Measurements of Cross Sections for Neutron-induced Reactions on Chromium and Yttrium Targets at 197 MeV

Reaction cross sections for Cr and Y induced by neutrons at 197 MeV were measured by using 7Li(p,n) reaction at N0 beam line in the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University. To estimate quasi-monoenergetic neutron cross sections, Cr and Y samples were irradiated on the two angles of 0∘ and 25∘ relative to the axis of the primary proton beam. The measured cross section data in the natCr(n,x) and 89Y(n,x) reactions are compared to the JENDL high-energy file and the literature proton values, respectively. The results obtained are also compared to the cross section data for the same target materials with 287 and 386 MeV neutrons in our previous work.