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Nuclear Data Section

Scientific Papers

on Nuclear Data for Applications, 2004-2006

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Measurement of La-139(n,γ) Cross Section by R. Terlizzi, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al., presented at 12th Int. Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, 4-9 September 2005, University of Notre Dame, USA, also published in AIP 819 (2006) 283-287.

Measurement of the resonance capture cross section of Pb-204,206 and termination of the s -process by C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al., presented at 12th Int. Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, 4-9 September 2005, University of Notre Dame, USA, also published in AIP 819 (2006) 288-292. 819 (2006) 283-287.
Neutron Capture Cross Section Measurements at n_TOF of Np-237, Pu-240 and Am-243 for the Transmutation of Nuclear Waste by D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al., presented at 12th Int. Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, 4-9 September 2005, University of Notre Dame, USA, also published in AIP 819 (2006) 318-322.
Monte Carlo correction factors for a Farmer 0.6 cm³ ion chamber dose measurement in the build-up region of the 6MV clinical beam by J. Pena, F. Sánchez-Doblado, R. Capote, J.A. Terrón and F. Gómez, Phys. Med. Biol. 51 (2006) 1523-1532.
Measurement of the Sm-151(n,γ) cross section from 0.6 eV to 1 MeV via the neutron time-of-flight technique at the CERN n_Tof facility by S. Marrone, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al., Phys. Rev. C73 (2006) 034604:1-18.
Neutron capture cross section of Th-232 measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN in the unresolved resonance region up to 1 MeV by G. Aerts, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al., Phys. Rev. C73 (2006) 054610:1 10.
Fission of light actinides: Th-232(n,f) and Pa-231(n,f) reactions by M. Sin, R. Capote, A. Ventura, M. Herman and P. Obložinský, Phys. Rev. C74 (2006) 014608 1-13.
New measurement of neutron capture resonances in Bi-209 by C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al., Phys. Rev. C74 (2006) 025807:1-10.
Isospin dependent dispersive coupled channel optical model potential for actinides by R. Capote, E.Sh. Soukhovitski, J.M. Quesada and S. Chiba, presented at Workshop on Nuclear Data for the Next Decade, 26-28 September 2005, CEA-DIF Bruyeres-le-Châtel, France; also published in NEA Workshop Proc. - Perspectives on Nuclear Data for the Next Decade, Ed.: E. Bauge (2006) pp. 43-55.
International Atomic Energy Agency: Dedicated nuclear databases by A.L. Nichols, (invited paper) presented at a plenary session on ‘Advances in Nuclear Data Libraries’, PHYSOR-2006, ANS Topical Meeting on Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation, 10-14 September 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Measurement of the Neutron Capture Cross Section of U-236 by F. Gunsing, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al. presented at PHYSOR-2006, ANS Topical Meeting on "Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation", 10-14 September 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Measurement at n_TOF of the Np-237(n,γ) and Pu-240(n,γ) Cross Sections for the Transmutation of Nuclear Waste by A. Guerrero, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al. presented at PHYSOR-2006, ANS Topical Meeting on "Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation", 10-14 September 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Measurement of the Neutron Capture Cross Section of U-234 in n_TOF at CERN by W. Dridi, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al. presented at PHYSOR-2006, ANS Topical Meeting on "Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation", 10-14 September 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
n_TOF fission data of interest to GEN-IV and ADS by C. Paradela, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al. presented at PHYSOR-2006, ANS Topical Meeting on "Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation", 10-14 September 2006, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Validation of Th-232 Evaluated Nuclear Data Through Benchmark Experiments by A. Trkov and R. Capote presented at Nuclear Energy for New Europe, 18-21 September 2006, Portorož,Slovenia.
Evaluation of neutron cross section data in the unresolved resonance region with a link to the optical model by I. Sirakov, P. Schillebeeckx and R. Capote, presented to Wonder2006 – Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor Applications, 9-11 October 2006, Chateau de Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France (also to be published in proceedings).
Highlights from the coordinated research project on the thorium-uranium fuel cycle by A. Trkov presented at NEMEA-3, 3rd Workshop on Neutron Measurements, Evaluations and Applications, 25-28 October 2006, Borovets, Bulgaria.
Modelling of nuclear data in the fast neutron region by R. Capote, M. Sin and A. Trkov presented at NEMEA-3, 3rd Workshop on Neutron Measurements, Evaluations and Applications, 25-28 October 2006, Borovets, Bulgaria.
Achievements of and perspectives for the n_TOF facility at CERN by A. Mengoni presented at NEMEA-3, 3rd Workshop on Neutron Measurements, Evaluations and Applications, 25-28 October 2006, Borovets, Bulgaria.
International Efforts to Improve Atomic and Nuclear Databases for Energy and Non-Energy Applications by A.L. Nichols (invited paper), presented at the BARC Golden Jubilee DAE-BRNS National Workshop on Nuclear Data for Advanced Nuclear Systems, 8-11 November 2006, Mangalore, India.
IAEA Co-ordinated Research Project: Update of X-ray and gamma-ray decay data standards for detector calibration and other applications by A.L. Nichols, presented at 14th Int. Conf. on Radionuclide Metrology and its Applications (ICRM 2003), 2-6 June 2003, Dublin, Ireland; also published in Appl. Radiat. Isot.60 (2004) pp. 247-256.
IAEA Nuclear Data Section: Provision of atomic and nuclear databases for user applications by D.P. Humbert, A.L. Nichols and O. Schwerer, presented at 14 th Int. Conf. on Radionuclide Metrology and its Applications (ICRM 2003), 2-6 June 2003, Dublin, Ireland; also published in Appl. Radiat. Isot.60 (2004) pp. 311-316.
Table of radionuclides, Vol. 1 – A = 1 to 150 by M.-M. Bé, V. Chisté, C. Dulieu, E. Browne, V. Chechev, N. Kuzmanko, R. Helmer, A. Nichols, E. Schönfeld and R. Dersch, Monographie BIPM-5 (2004) Bureau International des Poids et Mesures.
Table of radionuclides, Vol. 2 – A = 151 to 242 by M.-M. Bé, V. Chisté, C. Dulieu, E. Browne, V. Chechev, N. Kuzmanko, R. Helmer, A. Nichols, E. Schönfeld and R. Dersch, Monographie BIPM-5 (2004) Bureau International des Poids et Mesures.
Microionization chamber for reference dosimetry in IMRT verification: clinical implications on OAR dosimetric errors by F. Sánchez-Doblado, R. Capote, A. Leal, J.V. Roselló, J.I. Lagares, R. Arráns and G.H. Hartmann, presented at Advanced Workshop on Current Topics in Monte Carlo Treatment Planning, 3-5 May 2004, McGill University, Medical Physics Unit, Montréal, Québec, Canada; published in Phys. Med. Biol. 50 (2005) pp. 959-970.
An EGSnrc photon cross section sensitivity study in low energy photon transport by R. Capote, R. Linares and F. Sánchez-Doblado, presented at Advanced Workshop on Current Topics in Monte Carlo Treatment Planning, 3-5 May 2004, McGill University, Medical Physics Unit, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
On the thermal scattering law data for reactor lattice calculations by A. Trkov and M. Mattes, Eds.: I. Jencic and M. Tkavc, Proc. Int. Conf. Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2004, Portorož, Slovenia, 6-9 September 2004, pp. 201.1-201.8, Nuclear Society of Slovenia (2004).
Nuclear Reaction Data Centre Network: A success story by O. Schwerer, V. McLane, H. Henriksson and S. Maev, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September - 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 1 (2005) pp. 83-86, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Cooperation – Recent achievements and plans by P. Obložinský, J. Katakura, A.J. Koning, A.L. Nichols and C. Nordborg, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September – 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 1 (2005) pp. 128-131, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
Nuclear decay data: On-going studies to address and improve radionuclide decay characteristics by A.L. Nichols (invited paper), presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September – 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 1 (2005) pp. 242-251, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
Neutron cross-section evaluations for Ge-70,72,73,74,76 by O. Iwamoto, M. Herman, S.F. Mughabghab, P. Obložinský and A. Trkov, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September – 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 1 (2005) pp. 434-437, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
Review of neutron cross-section evaluations for fission products by P. Obložinský, M. Herman, S. Mughabghab, I. Sirakov, J. Chang, T. Nakagawa, K. Shibata, M. Kawai, A. V. Ignatyuk, V. G. Pronyaev, V. Zerkin, S. Qingbiao and Z. Youxiang, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September - 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 1 (2005) pp. 438-441, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
SIGACE code for generating high-temperature ACE files; validation and benchmarking by A.R. Sharma, S. Ganesan and A. Trkov, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September – 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 1 (2005) pp. 499-502, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
Data dissemination and international collaboration by T. Fukahori, A.V. Ignatyuk, F.G. Kondev, K.-L. Kratz, V. McLane, A.L. Nichols, A. Nouri, O. Schwerer, A.A. Sonzogni and D.F. Winchell, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September - 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 1 (2005) pp. 539-544, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
EXFOR-CINDA-ENDF: Migration of databases to give higher quality nuclear data services by V.V. Zerkin, V. McLane, M.W. Herman and C.L. Dunford, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September - 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Editors: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 1 (2005) pp. 586-589, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
Status of the international neutron cross-section standards file by V.G. Pronyaev, S.A. Badikov, C. Zhenpeng, A.D. Carlson, E.V. Gai, G.M. Hale, F.J. Hambsch, H.M. Hofmann, N.M. Larson, D.L. Smith. S.Y. Oh, S. Tagesen and H. Vonach, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September – 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 1 (2005) pp. 808-815, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
Recent developments of the nuclear reaction model code EMPIRE by M. Herman, P. Obložinský, R. Capote, M. Sin, A. Trkov, A. Ventura and V. Zerkin, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September – 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 2 (2005) pp. 1184-1187, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
Improvement of the fission channel in the EMPIRE code by M. Sin, R. Capote, M. Herman, P. Obložinský, A. Ventura and A. Trkov, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September – 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Eds.: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick,T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 2 (2005) pp. 1249-1252, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
Review of experimental data on alpha-induced reactions on some nuclei (Mg-24, Si-28, S-32, Ar-36, Ca-40) in terms of astrophysical applications by S.A. Dunaeva, V. McLane, M. Savin and S. Taova, presented at International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, 27 September - 1 October 2004, Santa Fé, USA; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. - Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Editors: R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano and P. Talou, Vol. 769, Part 2 (2005) pp. 1386-1389, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0254-X, ISSN 0094-243X.
IAEA nuclear data for applications: cross section standards and the reference input parameter library (RIPL) by R. Capote Noy, A.L. Nichols and V.G. Pronyaev, presented at Enlargement Workshop on Neutron Measurements, Evaluations and Applications, NEMEA-2, Bucharest, Romania, 20-23 October 2004, EUR 22136 EN (2005), pp. 7-16, Ed.: A.J.M. Plompen, Luxembourg, ISBN 92-894-8618-X.
Fission of thorium isotopes by M. Sin, R. Capote Noy, M. Herman, P. Obložinský, A. Trkov and A. Ventura, presented at Enlargement Workshop on Neutron Measurements, Evaluations and Applications, NEMEA-2, Bucharest, Romania, 20-23 October 2004, EUR 22136 EN (2005), pp. 153-156, Ed.: A.J.M. Plompen, Luxembourg, ISBN 92-984-8618-X.
Neutron activation cross section measurements from threshold to 20 MeV for the validation of nuclear models and their parameters by A.J.M. Plompen, D.L. Smith, R. Capote et al., A report by the Working Party on International Evaluation Co‑operation of the NEANuclear Science Committee (WPEC-19), NEA/WPEC-19, OECD, Paris, 2005, ISBN 92-64-01070.
Nuclear data services of the International Atomic Energy Agency: an overview by A.L. Nichols, L. Costello and V.V. Zerkin (invited paper), presented at DAE-BRNS National Workshop on Nuclear Data for Reactor Technology and Fuel Cycle, 7-10 March 2005, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay, Mumbai, India.
Nuclear databases for energy applications: an IAEA perspective by R. Capote-Noy, A.L. Nichols and A. Trkov, presented at Int. Workshop on Nuclear Data Needs for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems, Antwerp, Belgium, 5-7 April 2005; also published in Proc. Int. Workshop on Nuclear Data Needs for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems, Ed. P. Rullhusen, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Belgium, ISBN 981-256-830-1.
IAEA Coordinated Research Project on fission product yield data for minor actinides up to 150 MeV by M. Lammer and A.L. Nichols, presented at 3rd International Workshop on Nuclear Fission and Fission-product Spectroscopy, Fission 2005, 11-14 May 2005, Cadarache, France; also published in AIP Conf. Proc. – 3rd Int. Workshop on Nuclear Fission and Fission-product Spectroscopy, Eds.: H. Goutte, H. Faust, G. Fioni and D. Goutte, Vol. 798 (2005) pp. 285-293, AIP, Melville, New York, ISBN 0-7354-0288-4, ISSN 0094-243X.
Nuclear decay data: observations and reflections by A.L. Nichols (invited paper), presented at 15th Int. Conf. on Radionuclide Metrology and its Applications (ICRM 2005), 5-9 September 2005, Oxford, UK; also published in Appl. Radiat. Isot., 64 (2006) pp. 1384-1391.
Revisiting the U-238 thermal capture cross section and gamma-ray emission probabilities from Np-239 decay by A. Trkov, G.L. Molnár, Zs. Révay, S.F. Mughabghab, R.B. Firestone, V.G. Pronyaev, A.L. Nichols and M.C. Moxon, Nucl. Sci. Eng. 150 (2005) pp. 336-348.
Status and perspective of nuclear data production, evaluation and validation by A. Trkov (invited paper), Nucl. Eng. Technol. 37 (2005) pp. 11-24.
Level densities of transitional Sm nuclei by R. Capote, A. Ventura, F. Cannata and J. M. Quesada, Phys. Rev. C71 (2005) 064320.
Dispersive coupled channel analysis of nucleon scattering from Th-232 up to 200 MeV by E.Sh. Soukhovitskii, R. Capote, J.M. Quesada and S. Chiba, Phys. Rev. C72 (2005) 024604.
Micro ionization chamber dosimetry in IMRT verification: clinical implications of dosimetric errors in the PTV by F. Sánchez-Doblado, R. Capote, J.V. Roselló, A. Leal,J.I. Lagares, R. Arráns and G.H. Hartmann, Radiother. Oncol. 75 (2005) pp. 342-348.
Nuclear reaction and structure data services of the National Nuclear Data Center by B. Pritychenko, A.A. Sonzogni, D.F. Winchell, V.V. Zerkin, R. Arcilla, T.W. Burrows, C.L. Dunford, M.W. Herman, V. McLane, P. Obložinský, Y. Sunborn and J.K. Tuli, Ann. Nucl. Energy 33 (2006) pp. 390-399.
Simulation of an end-of cycle trip transient with the LOADF code package by M. Božič and A. Trkov, Int. Conf. Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2005, Bled, Slovenia, 5-8 September 2005.
Neutron capture reaction rates for stellar nucleosynthesis by A. Mengoni, published in Proc. 20th Int. Conf. on Capture Gamma-ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, 4-9 September 2005.
Is a global coupled-channel dispersive optical model potential for actinides feasible? by R. Capote, E.Sh. Soukhovitski, J.M. Quesada and S. Chiba, Phys. Rev. C72 (2005) 064610.
Neutron capture cross section measurements for nuclear astrophysics at CERN n-TOF by U. Annondanno, R. Capote, A. Mengoni et al., (the n-TOF Collaboration), Nucl. Phys. A758 (2005) pp. 501-504.
Measurement of the Sm-151(n,γ) cross section at n_TOF by S. Marrone, R. Capote, A. Mengoni, et al., (the n-TOF Collaboration), Nucl. Phys. A758 (2005) pp. 533-536.
Measurement of the Zr-90,91,92,94,96(n,γ) cross sections at n_TOF by G. Tagliente, R. Capote, A. Mengoni et al., (the n-TOF Collaboration), Nucl. Phys. A758 (2005) pp. 573-576.
Stellar neutron capture rates of C-14 by R. Reifarth, A. Mengoni et al., Nucl. Phys. A578 (2005) pp. 787-790.
Nuclear data requirements for decay heat calculations by A.L. Nichols, pp. 65-69 in Lecture Notes, Vol. 20, Workshop on Nuclear Reaction Data and Nuclear Reactors: Physics, Design and Safety, 25 February – 28 March 2002, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Eds.: M. Herman, N. Paver, ICTP Publ., Trieste, Italy, 2005.
Higher Landau levels contribution to the energy of interacting electrons in a quantum dot by A. Gonzalez, J.D. Serna, R. Capote and G. Avendaño, Physica E30 (2005) pp. 134-137.
Laser-generated nanosecond pulsed neutron sources: scaling from VULCAN to table-top by T. Žagar, J. Galy, J. Magill and M. Kellett, New J. Phys.7 (2005) pp. 2-13.