New Data on Photoneutron Reaction Cross Sections for 76,78,80,82Se Nuclei

Abstract

The problem of reliability of the cross section data obtained for partial photoneutron reactions on ^76,78,80,82Se nuclei in beams of quasimonoenergetic annihilation photons by means of neutron multiplicity sorting is discussed by employing objective physical criteria. It is shown that, because of substantial systematic uncertainties, experimental data on the (γ, 1n) and (γ, 2n) cross sections are unreliable. New data satisfying the reliability criteria are obtained for the partial photoneutron reaction cross sections for ^76,78,82Se nuclei by an experimental—theoretical method for evaluating such cross sections and are compared with experimental data and with data evaluated earlier for the isotope ⁸⁰Se. The evaluated integrated cross sections for the total photoneutron reactions on ^76,78,80,82Se nuclei are compared with the predictions of the Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn classical dipole sum rule.