Theoretical interpretation of radiation emitted in neutron capture reactions.

• Main Author: Vosko, Seymour. H.
• Other Authors: Jackson, J. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1953
• Subjects: Mathematics.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=109736

An attempt is made to interpret the ground state gamma radiation transitions due to thermal neutron capture in terms of the shell model of the nucleus. A new selection rule for magnetic multipole radiation is derived, which depends for its validity on the assumption that the orbital angular momentum of the individual particles is a good quantum number. It is found that the ground-state transitions are in general agreement with the shell models provided that the interaction between unpaired nucleons is taken into consideration.