Partial cross section of neutron-induced reactions on 136Xe at E n = 5 MeV for 0νββ background studies
Abstract
Partial cross section measurements were carried out on 136Xe at Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) using 5 MeV monoenergetic neutrons. These results are important for estimating potential neutron-induced backgrounds in the nEXO and KamLAND2-Zen neutrinoless double-β decay searches that use highly enriched 136Xe. Pulsed neutron beams were produced via the 2H(d, n)3He reaction and the deexcitation γ-rays from 136Xe were observed with two 60% relative efficiency HPGe detectors.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics G Nuclear Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1361-6471/aaeba4
- Bibcode:
- 2018JPhG...45l5101B