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Part II Introduction to Reaction and Scattering Cross-Sections
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- 1. Reaction Cross-Section
Introduction
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The cross-section, σ, is the area that one atom presents to a beam of incident particles for initiating a specific “interaction”
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The impact parameter, b
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Transmutation reactions
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Li transmutation via thermal n capture σ = = ⋅
α −
941 [barns] 941 10 [cm ]
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How large is 173 fm?
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Reaction Cross-Section(s). Relationship to the Probability of Interaction
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Fluence
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Probability vs. Cross-Section
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3-D
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3-D
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The Total Scattering Cross-Section, σ
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The Differential Scattering Cross-Section, dσ/dΩ
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Solid angle, dΩ, associated with scattering in 3-D, to angles between θ and θ + dθ
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Rutherford backscattering (RBS) detector:
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The Differential Energy Transfer Cross-Section, dσ(E,T)/dT
State (without proof) an important relationship:
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Figure 13.
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Hard sphere – scattering is isotropic in the CM system
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Hard-sphere Differential energy transfer cross-section
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Cross-Sections for a Rutherford Interaction Potential
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Cross-Sections for a Rutherford Interaction Potential
Next, we require an equation that provides a one- to-one mapping of
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Hyperbolic solution to the equation of motion
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Hyperbolic solution to the equation of motion
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Rutherford cross-section for angular scattering
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Rutherford cross-section for energy transfer
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Rutherford scattering: Differential probability of energy transfer between T and T+dT
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The solution: The Screened Coulomb Potential