https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01485-w
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Determination of photonuclear cross section of 58Co(
xp) reaction in the energy region 27–32 MeV via the surrogate ratio method
1
Department of Physics, University of Calicut, Calicut University P.O, 673635, Malappuram, Kerala, India
2
Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Mumbai, India
3
Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, MAHE, 576014, Manipal, India
4
Department of Physics, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, 263145, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
5
Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI-NP), Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), 077125, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
6
Radiopharmaceuticals Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Mumbai, India
7
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Mumbai, India
a
shaimaakbar333@gmail.com
b
mmm@uoc.ac.in
Received:
25
July
2024
Accepted:
2
January
2025
Published online:
25
January
2025
The photonuclear reaction cross section of 58Co(xp) reaction has been measured for the first time by employing the surrogate reaction technique. The cross section of the photonuclear reaction is obtained in the energy region 27–32 MeV. The compound nucleus 58
was populated using the transfer reaction 56Fe(6Li,
) at
35.9 MeV. To calculate the surrogate ratio, 61Ni(
,xp) was selected as the reference reaction and the corresponding compound nucleus 61
was populated using the transfer reaction 59Co(6Li,
) at
40.5 MeV. Reference data taken from the recommended IAEA photonuclear database, which adopted the KAERI data in this case, have been used to determine the desired cross section. Compound nuclear cross section calculations have been done using the statistical nuclear reaction code TALYS 1.96.
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