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Bangjiao Ye, Yangmei Fan, Zhongmin Wang, Rongdian Han, Zhenxi Xiao
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 117 | Number 1 | May 1994 | Pages 67-75
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE94-A13569
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The energy spectra and angular distributions of the proton emission from the 93Nb(n,xp) reaction are measured by means of the multitelescope system at the University of Science and Technology of China. The total proton production cross sections are in fair agreement with the results obtained by other groups. The energy spectrum is explained well by the sum of the spectra calculated on the basis of the pre-equilibrium and Hauser-Feshbach theories. There are deviations from a previous measurement of the high-energy end of the angle-integrated proton spectrum. The angular distribution, which shows a strongly energy-dependent forward-backward asymmetry, is in fair agreement with the Kalbach-Mann phenomenological model.