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Photoneutron cross section of 209Bi in the giant dipole resonance region measured with quasimonoenergetic γ rays at the Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source

De-Xin Wang, Su-Ya-La-Tu Zhang, Zi-Rui Hao, Bao-Shan Xi, Mei-Rong Huang, Han Guo, Yong-Shun Huang, Jin-Feng Bai, Gong-Tao Fan, and Hong-Wei Wang

Phys. Rev. C - Accepted 28 September, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/rm6z-cgrb

Abstract

The photoneutron cross sections for the [209]Bi(γ,n)[208]Bi reaction have been measured using quasi-monoenergetic gamma-ray beams at the Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source (SLEGS) in the energy range from 7.54 to 13.53 MeV. A flat-efficiency neutron detector consisting of 26 [3]He proportional counters was employed to minimize systematic uncertainties associated with neutron energy dependence. An iterative unfolding method was applied to extract monoenergetic cross sections from the measured data. The results resolve the long-standing discrepancy between the Lawrence Livermore and Saclay datasets, confirming the systematically higher Saclay values and revealing an 18% underestimation in the Livermore data at the giant dipole resonance peak. A Lorentzian fit to the combined data yields resonance parameters of 13.56 MeV for the centroid energy, 4.08 MeV for the width, and 639.3 ± 4.1 mb for the peak cross section. Using these constrained results, we calculate the stellar photodisintegration rate and the reverse neutron capture cross section, providing improved input for p-process nucleosynthesis simulations and accelerator-driven system design.

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