Total Neutron Cross Section of Manganese

Abstract

The total neutron cross section of manganese has been measured from 0.01 eV to about 50 keV and a multilevel analysis of the data from 0.01 eV to 15 keV has been carried out. This analysis shows that the strength function is $\frac{{{\overline{\Gamma }}_n}^0}{D}={{9.5}_{-2.5\mathrm{}}}^{+6.5\mathrm{}}\times {10}^{-4\mathrm{}}$ and that the potential-scattering amplitude for the $J=3\mathrm{}$ series of levels is substantially less than 4 F.