The Cross Section of Inelastic Neutron Acceleration for Indium Isomers

Yuri V. Petrov and Alexander I. Shlyakhter

Nuclear Physics A, 292(1-2): 88-92, 1977

Abstract

The cross sections of inelastic neutron acceleration have been obtained from the excitation curves for ^113mIn and ^115mIn using the principle of detailed balance, and have been calculated theoretically. The average energy transferred to the neutron in a single collision is positive below 0.25 MeV and both isomers are not the usual moderators, but are the "accelerators" of neutrons.