An Evaluation on Inelastic Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross-Section Data of Crystalline Graphite

Abstract

In the latest nuclear data libraries ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JENDL-5, the inelastic scattering cross-section data for reactor graphite and crystalline graphite are employed. The data for reactor graphite reproduces the measurement values very well, while the data for crystalline graphite tends to underestimate the measurement values, and there is room for improvement. Therefore, in the present study, for future updates of JENDL, a new molecular dynamics simulation model for crystalline graphite is prepared and inelastic scattering cross-section data are evaluated based on both incoherent approximation and Vineyard approximation. As a result, the obtained inelastic scattering cross-section data of crystalline graphite show very good agreement with the measured data and successfully presented more reliable data than those employed in ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JENDL-5.