Abstract. We discuss the role of photoneutron reaction data in nuclear physics and astrophysics in conjunction with the Coordinated Research Project of the International Atomic Energy Agency with the code F41032 (IAEA-CRP F41032).
PHOENIX Collaboration for the IAEA-CRP F41032The In this collaboration, we are measuring (,xn) cross sections with x=1-4 for the first compilation (photonuclear data) and (,1n) cross sections near oneneutron threshold for the second compilation (photon strength functions). A list of nuclei to be measured in the PHOENIX Collaboration is given in Table 1. We provide (,xn) cross section data to resolve the long-standing discrepancy between the Livermore and Saclay data of partial photoneutron cross sections. In many cases, Saclay provided larger cross sections for (,1n) reactions than Livermore and vice versa for (,2n) reactions [2]. The ratio of the Saclay data to the Livermore data of integrated total cross sections,
Rint S int / L int , varies from 0.65 to 1.35 over 19 nuclei from 51 V to 238 U. As shown in Fig. 1, the ratio for