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D. J. Brenner, R. E. Prael
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 88 | Number 1 | September 1984 | Pages 97-101
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A17144
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The results of an experiment to measure the 12C(n,n′)3α reaction in nuclear emulsions up to 35 MeV were reanalyzed, with various corrections made using a previously validated nuclear reaction model. Corrections of up to 27% to the published data were obtained, and the corrected results, suggested as an evaluated set of cross sections, are in agreement with low-energy time-of-flight data and also with the predictions of the nuclear reaction model. Corresponding experimental data at 50 MeV also exist; however, they are considered unreliable and calculated data are recommended above 35 MeV.