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“…The experiment was performed at Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) [7] using the activation technique [8,9]. Monoenergetic and quasi-monoenergetic neutrons were produced via the reactions 3 H(p,n) 3 He and 2 H(d,n) 3 He with incident proton (p) and deuteron (d) beams, respectively.…”

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Neutron radiative capture cross section of Cu63,65 between 0.4 and 7.5 MeV

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Natural copper is commonly used as cooling and shielding medium in detector arrangements designed to search for neutrino-less double-beta decay. Neutron-induced background reactions on copper could potentially produce signals which are indistinguishable from the signals of interest. The present work focuses on radiative neutron capture experiments on 63,65 Cu in the 0.4 to 7.5 MeV neutron energy range. The new data provide evaluations and model calculations with benchmark data needed to extend their applicability in predicting background rates in neutrino-less double-beta decay experiments.

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