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RESEARCH ARTICLE

keV Neutron Capture Cross Section of 170Yb

BJ Allen and DD Cohen

Australian Journal of Physics 32(5) 447 - 454
Published: 1979

Abstract

The neutron capture cross section of 17°Yb has been measured relative to gold in the neutron energy range 10-70 ke V. The 30 ke V average cross section is 790 ± 60 mb. The astrophysical significance of this result is discussed with respect to the 176Lu_176Hf cosmochronometer.

https://doi.org/10.1071/PH790447

© CSIRO 1979

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