Cross-sections for the ${^{27}\!\rm{al}}(\gamma,\textit{x})^{22}\rm{na}$ multichannel reaction with the 28.3 mev difference of the reaction thresholds

TL;DR

This study measured bremsstrahlung flux-averaged cross-sections for the ${^{27} m{Al}}( extit{ extgamma},x)^{22} m{Na}$ reaction at energies 35-95 MeV, using experimental data and simulations to analyze multichannel photonuclear processes.

Contribution

First measurement of flux-averaged cross-sections for ${^{27} m{Al}}( extit{ extgamma},x)^{22} m{Na}$ across a wide energy range with detailed theoretical modeling.

Findings

Cross-sections increase with photon energy.

Multiple reaction channels contribute to ${^{22} m{Na}}$ production.

Good agreement between experimental data and TALYS simulations.

Abstract

The bremsstrahlung flux-averaged cross-sections $\langle{\sigma(E_{\rm{\gamma max}})}\rangle$ and the cross-sections per equivalent photon $\langle{\sigma(E_{\rm{\gamma max}})_{\rm{Q}}}\rangle$ were first measured for the photonuclear multichannel reaction ${^{27}\!\rm{Al}}(\gamma,\textit{x})^{22}\rm{Na}$ at end-point bremsstrahlung gamma energies ranging from 35 MeV to 95 MeV. The experiments were performed with the beam from the NSC KIPT electron linear accelerator LUE-40 with the use of the $\gamma$-activation technique. The bremsstrahlung quantum flux was calculated with the program GEANT4.9.2 and, in addition, was monitored by means of the $^{100}\rm{Mo}(\gamma,n)^{99}\rm{Mo}$ reaction. The flux-averaged cross-sections were calculated using the partial cross-section $\sigma(E)$ values computed with the TALYS1.95 code for different level density models. Consideration is given to special features of calculating the cross-sections $\langle{\sigma(E_{\rm{\gamma max}})}\rangle$ and $\langle{\sigma(E_{\rm{\gamma max}})_{\rm{Q}}}\rangle$ for the case of the final nucleus $^{22}\rm{Na}$ production in the $^{27}\!\rm{Al}$ photodisintegration reaction via several partial channels $\textit{x}$: $\rm{n}\alpha + dt + npt + 2n{^{3}\rm{He}} + n2d + 2npd + 2p3n$.