2015/12/01 by I. M. Kadenko, Kadenko, I. M.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1512.00314
4 pages, 5 figures, 1 Table
arxiv created 2015/12/17 · arxiv updated 2015/12/18
Experimental observation of 159Tb(n,2n) reaction product was performed with application of the activation technique. Tb specimen of natural composition was irradiated with (d,d) neutrons of 5.39 and 7 MeV energy at the AMANDE neutron generating facility. Several instrumental spectra of Tb specimen were measured with HPGe spectrometer in 1.5 years after last irradiation. An unexpected 944.2 keV γ-ray peak was observed. Other γ-ray lines of 158Tb were identified as well. A bonded dineutron emission with the binding energy (Bdn) within limitations 1.3 MeV < Bdn < 2.8 MeV is evidenced by the energy of incident neutrons and by 158Tb presence in output channel. The specific nuclear properties of 158Tb as deformed nucleus were then discussed to explain a bonded dineutron formation with certain half-lives based on theoretical assumptions and corresponding calculations, using standard parameters for this mass region.