Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1834319 Nuclear Data Sheets 2014 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Cross sections for 147,149Sm(p,n)147,149Eu and 147,149Sm(p, γ)148,150Eu were measured using the activation method. The results are compared to the predictions of the Hauser-Feshbach statistical model. Different γ-ray strength functions have been tested against the experimental values. In the case of 150Eu, in order to reproduce the experimental isomeric population cross sections, various scenarios for unknown branching ratios of certain discrete states have been discussed. The results provide constraints for the optical model parameters dedicated to this insufficiently known area of isotopes. Such cross sections for (p, γ) reactions at energies below the Coulomb barrier are valuable for p-process nucleosynthesis calculations.

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