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. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Durban-Westville, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/9575 |
| Date | January 1986 |
| Creators | Bawa, Ahmed Cassim. |
| Contributors | Bharuth-Ram, Krish., McMurray, W. R. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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