Liquid Scintillator Measurements of Angular Elastic Scattering of Neutrons from Carbon, Aluminum, and Sulfur

Abstract

Angular elastic scattering cross sections have been measured for carbon, aluminum, and sulfur using 2.7-Mev neutrons from the $\mathrm{D}(d, n)$ reaction. A liquid organic scintillator, terphenyl in xylene, was used as the neutron detector. The differential pulse-height spectra for the neutrons scattered from sulfur and for ${\mathrm{Co}}^{60}$ gamma rays are given.