The Reaction O¹⁶(n, α)C¹³

Abstract

Using an ionization chamber filled with oxygen, the O¹⁶(n, α)C¹³ reaction has been observed.
The chamber was irradiated with moderated Li-D fast neutrons with continuous energy spectrum, and the output pulses produced by the reaction were registered and the pulse height distribution was determined. We obtained eighteen resonances corresponding to the excited levels of O¹⁷ at (9.66), (9.45), (9.21), 9.07, 8.90, 8.75, 8.52, (8.41), 8.27, 8.06, 7.93, 7.75, (7.57), (7.39), (7.28), (7.16), (7.09) and 6.89 Mev.