A study of the 90Zr(n,d)89Y reaction.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bharuth-Ram, Krishanlal. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | McMurray, W. R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bawa, Ahmed Cassim. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-17T13:03:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-17T13:03:59Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1986 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1986 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Durban-Westville, 1986. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | A study has been made of the 90 Zr(n,d) 89 Y reactlion at an incident neutron energy of 22 MeV. The experimental aspect of the study was performed at the Van der Graaf facility at the National Accelerator Centre, using a particle spectrometer developed by K Bharuth-Ram and W R McMurray for the study of neutron-induced charged-particle emissions. The spectrometer, which consists of a telescope of three multiwire proportional counters and a curved plastic scintillator, permits the simultaneous accumulation of data over an angular range of 80°. Solid-angle- calculations have been performed to correct for the effect of the geometry of the system on the angular distribution of the cross-sections. A review has been made of the shell model of the nucleus, the optical potential model and the distorted waves method (or DWBA) for the analysis of direct nuclear reactions. A distorted-waves method analysis of the reaction is performed with the code DWUCK 4 and the resulting angular distribution of the various cross-sections are compared with the experimentally obtained data. ThIs comparison produces spectroscopic factors which are used to perform some analysis of the nuclear structure of the 90 Zr nucleus. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9575 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en |
| dc.subject | Nuclear reactions. | en |
| dc.subject | Nuclear spectroscopy. | en |
| dc.subject | Nuclear structure. | en |
| dc.subject | Theses--Physics. | en |
| dc.title | A study of the 90Zr(n,d)89Y reaction. | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |