@misc{10481/106583,
year = {2025},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/106583},
abstract = {This work is focused on an accurate experimental determination of the thermal 33S(n,α)
30Si
cross-section. This cross-section is a critical parameter for the potential use of 33S as a
cooperative target in boron neutron capture therapy or to understand its role in the stellar
nucleosynthesis of 36S. At present, there are large discrepancies in this experimental value;
therefore, in this work we measured it relative to the 10B(n,α)
7Li standard cross-section at
the high flux reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin. The experimental setup was based on a
double-sided silicon strip detector. Two 33S samples were used. One 10B sample was used
as reference. Particular attention was taken to the characterization of the mass thickness of
the samples before and after the experiment because of the high volatility of 33S. Such work
was already published in a dedicated paper. A cross-check of the 10B sample was carried
out with the neutron flux monitor at the n_TOF-CERN facility. The obtained cross-section
of (280 ± 33) mb is significantly higher than the existing data.},
organization = {MICIU/AEI/ (Project No. PID2020.117969RB.i00)},
organization = {MICIN/AEI/ (RTI2018-098117-B-C21)},
organization = {Spanish
Association Against Cancer (AECC) (Grant PS16163811PORR)},
organization = {Junta de Andalucía (P11-FQM-8229)},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {experimental thermal cross section},
keywords = {sulfur-33},
keywords = {neutron-induced alpha emission},
title = {Measurement of the 33S(n,α) 30Si Thermal Cross-Section with Slow Neutrons at ILL},
doi = {10.3390/qubs9030027},
author = {Praena Rodríguez, Antonio Javier and Fernández, Begoña and Macías, Miguel and Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio and Pedrosa-Rivera, María and Koivunoro, Hanna and Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta and Arias De Saavedra Alías, Fernando},
}