%0 Journal Article
%T Neutron total cross section measurements of gold and tantalum at the nELBE photoneutron source
%A Roland Hannaske
%A Zoltan Elekes
%A Roland Beyer
%A Arnd Junghans
%A Daniel Bemmerer
%A Evert Birgersson
%A Anna Ferrari
%A Eckart Grosse
%A Mathias Kempe
%A Toni K£¿gler
%A Michele Marta
%A Ralph Massarczyk
%A Andrija Matic
%A Georg Schramm
%A Ronald Schwengner
%A Andreas Wagner
%J Physics
%D 2013
%I arXiv
%R 10.1140/epja/i2013-13137-1
%X Neutron total cross sections of $^{197}$Au and $^\text{nat}$Ta have been measured at the nELBE photoneutron source in the energy range from 0.1 - 10 MeV with a statistical uncertainty of up to 2 % and a total systematic uncertainty of 1 %. This facility is optimized for the fast neutron energy range and combines an excellent time structure of the neutron pulses (electron bunch width 5 ps) with a short flight path of 7 m. Because of the low instantaneous neutron flux transmission measurements of neutron total cross sections are possible, that exhibit very different beam and background conditions than found at other neutron sources.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1311.1094v1