Study of Reaction Mechanism in P+51V and P+209Bi Systems At Various Proton Energies
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2016-06
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Addis Ababa University
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In this thesis, proton induced reactions on 51V and 209Bi have been studied for various
proton energies (7 - 70 MeV). Theoretical equilibrium (EQ) and pre-equilibrium (PE)
excitation functions are compared with experimental values. The study showed that the EQ
excitation functions are not comparable to that of the experimental at higher energies in all
reactions. It is also observed that neither EQ nor PE excitation functions are compatible to
that of the experimental for 51V(p,3n) and 51V(p,4n) reactions; the cross-section peaks of
209Bi(p,xn) reactions increase as the number of emitting neutrons increases from one to
three; and the cross-section values of 51V(p,n) reaction is higher than that of p+209Bi
reaction at proton energies below about 20 MeV.
Based on these observations, conclusions are drawn about the failure of the pure
equilibrium reaction in its decay to explain the experimental data in the high energy tail
portion of the excitation functions, which, however, are explained by pre-equilibrium
theory; about the validity of Bohr‟s theory that EQ decay takes place at lower energies for
the lighter target (51V) and at lower and medium energies for the heavier target (209Bi); and
about the presence of higher probability for 51V(p,n) reaction to occur compared to that of
p+209Bi at proton energies below 20 MeV
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Study of Reaction Mechanism