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 72-Hf-176 NAIG+      EVAL-JAN05 G. NOGUERE (CAD)                 
                      DIST-JAN09                     20090105     
----JEFF-311          MATERIAL 7231                               
-----INCIDENT NEUTRON DATA                                        
------ENDF-6 FORMAT                                               
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**         Original data taken from:  JEFF-3.1                  **
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**    Original data taken from:       JENDL-3.3 + New eval.     **
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HISTORY                                                           
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89-07 JENDL-3 New evaluation was made by K.Hida, T.Yoshida (naig) 
      and K.Shibata (jaeri).                                      
                                                                  
94-01 JENDL-3.2. Compiled by T.Nakagawa (ndc/jaeri)               
      (3,2)          modified                                     
      (3,4)          modified                                     
      (3,51)         modified                                     
      (3,55-73)      modified                                     
      Curves of inelastic scattering cross sections were smoothed 
      by adding interpolated values at  several energy points     
                                                                  
01-04 JENDL-3.3 Compiled by K.Shibata (ndc/jaeri)                 
      (1,451)       Updated.                                      
      (3,1)         Mesured data were considered between 110 keV  
                    and 7.5 MeV.                                  
      (3,2)         Re-calculated.                                
      (3,251)       Deleted.                                      
      (4,2)         Transformation matrix deleted.                
      (5,16-91)     INT=22                                        
                                                                  
01-05 JEFF-3.1 Original data taken from JENDL-3.3 and ENDF/B-VI:  
      (2,151)       Updated                                       
                                                                  
GENERAL INFORMATION                                               
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  * Resonance parameters updated up to 200 eV with recent values  
    extracted from Time-Of-Flight measurements carried out at the 
    RPI facility [16].                                            
                                                                  
  * The Reich-Moore approximation of the R-Matrix theory is used  
    for this revision                                             
                                                                  
  * Above 200 eV, resonance parameters are taken from ENDF/B-VI   
                                                                  
  * Unresolved Resonance Range and High neutron energies range are
    taken from JENDL-3.3                                          
                                                                  
THERMAL CROSS SECTIONS AND RESONANCE INTEGRALS                    
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  * Negative Resonances have been updated to reach average thermal
    capture cross section calculated from EXFOR data(21.3+-1.0 b).
                                                                  
  * Effective potential scattering length for s-wave channel has  
    been set to the ENDF/B-VI value of 7.6 fm recomended in Ref[1]
                                                                  
  * Thermal cross sections and Resonance Integrals calculated with
    the NJOY-99.90 code [18]                                      
                                                                  
                 | 2200 m/s values | Resonance Integral           
                 |     (barns)     |      (barns)                 
        ---------+-----------------+--------------------          
         Total   |      26.8       |                              
         Elastic |       5.5       |                              
         Capture |      21.3       |        694.3                 
                                                                  
                                                                  
RESOLVED RESONANCE RANGE (RRR): E < 200 EV                        
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  * Resonance Parameters are those reported by M.J. Trbovich in   
    his PhD Thesis. Original abstract of the PhD Manuscript is    
    given below:                                                  
                                                                  
   "Experiments measuring neutron capture and transmission were   
    performed ath the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) LINAC
    Transmission experiments utilized Li-6 glass scintilation     
    detectors at flight path lengths of 15 and 25 m. Capture      
    experiments were done using a sixteen section NaI(Tl)         
    multicplicity type detector at a flight path length of 25 m.  
    These experiments utilized various thicknesses of metallic and
    isotope-enriched liquid samples. The liquid samples were      
    designed to provide information on the Hf-176 and Hf-178      
    contributions to the 8 eV doublet without saturation. Data    
    analysis was done using the R-matrix Bayesian fitting code    
    SAMMY[17]. The combined capture and transmission data analysis
    yielded resonance parameters for all stable hafnium isotopes  
    from 0.005-200 eV"                                            
                                                                  
  * S-wave average parameters:                                    
                          R'  = 7.6 +- 0.7 fm                     
                          =  55 +- 9   meV                    
                                                                  
RESOLVED RESONANCE RANGE (RRR): 200 < E < 700 EV                  
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   Above 200 eV, Resonance Shape Analysis of the RPI data has been
   carried out with the resonance parameters available in the     
   ENDF/B-VI evaluation. Original Comment is:                     
                                                                  
   * Resolved Resonance Parameters from Ref. [1]                  
                                                                  
   * Values of Average Gg are  set to 51 meV                      
                                                                  
   * Value for the scattering radius is 7.6 fm [1]                
                                                                  
UNRESOLVED RESONANCE RANGE (URR): 700 EV < E < 50 KEV             
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   Above 700 eV, description of the URR is taken from JENDL-3.3.  
   Original comment is:                                           
                                                                  
   S0, S1, R' and  have been adjusted so that the calculated  
   total and capture cross sections  were reproduced well.        
                                                                  
                       D-obs  =  55.2 eV                          
                       S0     =   2.0e-4                          
                       S1     =   1.0e-4                          
                       R'     =   9.1 fm                          
                          =  54.0 meV                         
                                                                  
HIGH ENERGY RANGE: E > 50 KEV                                     
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Above 50 keV, evaluation of the high energy range is taken from   
JENDL-3.3, original comment is:                                   
                                                                  
MF=3 =>  Neutron cross sections                                   
                                                                  
  * MT=1,2,4,51-73,91,102                                         
                                                                  
    Total,elastic,inelastic and capture calculated with ecis [2]  
    and casthy [3]. Deformed optical potential for ecis           
    calculation was determined so as to reproduce the experimental
    starting with the Haouat potential [4]:                       
                                                                  
    V0 = 46.89-0.3*En, Ws = 3.84+0.4*En (En<10), Vso = 6.2 (MeV), 
                          = 7.84        (En>10)                   
    a0 = 0.63,         as = 0.52,                aso = 0.47 (fm), 
    r0 = 1.24,         rs = 1.24,                rso = 1.12 (fm), 
    beta-2 = 0.276,    beta-4 = 0.0.                              
                                                                  
    The deformation parameter beta-2 was determined from the      
    measured e2 transition probability data [5]. The lowest three 
    levels belonging to the ground state rotational band were     
    coupled in the calculation. The spherical optical potential   
    for casthy calculation is the same as that of JENDL-2:        
                                                                  
         V0 = 38.0, Ws = 8.0+0.5*sqrt(En), vso = 7.0 (MeV),       
         a0 = 0.47, as = 0.52            , aso = 0.47 (fm),       
         r0 = 1.32, rs = 1.32            , rso = 1.32 (fm).       
                                                                  
    Capture cross section was normalized to the measured data of  
    beer et al. [6] at 30 keV. Competing processes (n,2n), (n,3n) 
   (n,p), and (n,alpha) were calculated with gnash [7] and fed to 
    ecis-casthy calculation.  The level fluctuation and           
    interference effects were considered. Level scheme was taken  
    from table ofisotopes [8].                                    
                                                                  
         no.    energy(MeV)   spin-parity                         
         g.s.    0.0             0 +                              
          1      0.0883          2 +                              
          2      0.2902          4 +                              
          3      0.5970          6 +                              
          4      0.9980          8 +                              
          5      1.1499          0 +                              
          6      1.2266          2 +                              
          7      1.2477          2 -                              
          8      1.2932          0 +                              
          9      1.3133          3 -                              
         10      1.3413          2 +                              
         11      1.3794          2 +                              
         12      1.4046          4 -                              
         13      1.4458          3 +                              
         14      1.5777          3 +                              
         15      1.6434          1 -                              
         16      1.6723          1 +                              
         17      1.7046          2 +                              
         18      1.7102          3 -                              
         19      1.7221          1 -                              
         20      1.7675          2 -                              
         21      1.7861          3 +                              
         22      1.7937          3 -                              
         23      1.8190          0 -                              
                                                                  
    Continuum levels assumed above 1.8400 MeV.                    
                                                                  
    The level density parameters for Gilbert and Cameron's formula
    [9] are the same as those of JENDL-2.                         
                                                                  
                 a(1/MeV)   c(1/MeV)  t(MeV)   Ex(MeV)  sigma**2  
         hf-176    22.77      1.74     0.454     4.38     6.09    
         hf-177    22.61      9.06     0.486     4.38     9.45    
                                                                  
NB: modification for JENDL-3.3: For mt=1, measured data [10,11,12]
    on natural element were considered in the energy region from  
    110 keV to 7.5 MeV.                                           
                                                                  
  * MT=16,17,103,107: (n,2n), (n,3n), (n,p) and (n,alpha)         
    Calculated with gnash [7]. The transmission coefficients for  
    the incident channel were generated with ecis [2], while those
    for the exit channels with eliese-3 [13].  The preequilibrium 
    parameter f2 was adjusted to reproduce the measured (n,2n)    
    cross section at 14.5 MeV and resulted in f2=5.0.             
                                                                  
MF=4 =>  Angular distributions of secondary neutrons              
                                                                  
  * MT=2,51-73,91: Calculated with ecis [2] and casthy [3].       
                                                                  
  * MT=16,17: Isotropic in the laboratory system.                 
                                                                  
MF=5 => Energy distributions of secondary neutrons                
                                                                  
  * MT=16,17,91: Calculated with gnash [7].                       
                                                                  
MF=12 =>  Photon multiplicities and transition probabilities      
                                                                  
  * MT=16,17,91,102,103,107                                       
                                                                  
    Calculated with gnash [7] and stored under option-1 (photon   
    production multiplicities).  The photon strength functions for
    most nuclei were taken from [1], while those for some hafnium 
    isotopes were determined from capture cross section normaliza-
    tion to the experimental data.  The photon profile function is
    a superposition of the Berman-type giant dipole resonance [14]
    and the pygmy resonance whose parameter values were cited from
    the neighbouring nucleus Ta [15].                             
                                                                  
         eg1 = 15.23,   eg2 = 12.3 ,   ep = 5.2 (MeV),            
         gg1 =  4.48,   gg2 =  2.43,   gp = 2.5 (MeV),            
         sig-pygmy/sig-gdr = 0.0245.                              
                                                                  
  * MT=51-73: Stored under option-2 (transition probability array)
              Data were taken from [8].                           
                                                                  
MF=14 => Photon angular distributions                             
                                                                  
  * MT=16,17,51-68,91,102,103,107:Isotropic.                      
                                                                  
MF=15 => Continuous photon energy spectra                         
                                                                  
  * MT=16,17,91,102,103,107: Calculated with gnash [7].           
                                                                  
REFERENCES                                                        
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 1) Mughabghab S.F.: Neutron cross sections, Vol.1, Part B (1984).
 2) Raynal J.: IAEA SMR-9/8 (1970).                               
 3) Igarasi S. and Fukahori T.: JAERI 1321 (1991).                
 4) Haouat G. et al.: Nucl. Sci. Eng., 81, 491 (1982).            
 5) Raman S. et al.: At. Data Nucl. Data Tables, 36, 1 (1987).    
 6) Beer H. et al.: Phys. Rev., C30, 464 (1984).                  
 7) Young P.G. and Arthur E.D.: LA-6947 (1977).                   
 8) Lederer C.M. and Shirley V.S.: Table of isotopes 7th edition  
    (1979).                                                       
 9) Gilbert A. and Cameron A.G.W.: Can. J. Phys., 43, 1446 (1965).
10) Sherwood G.L. et al.: Nucl. Sci. Eng., 39, 67 (1970).         
11) Foster,Jr. D.G. and Glasgow D.W.: Phys. Rev., C3, 576 (1971). 
12) Poenitz W.P. and Whalen J.F.: ANL/NDM-80 (1983).              
13) Igarasi S.: JAERI-1224 (1972).                                
14) Berman B.L.: At. Data Nucl. Data Tables, 15, 319 (1975).      
15) Igashira M. et al.: Int. Symp. Capture Gamma-ray Specroscopy  
    and Related Topics - 1984, 523 (1985).                        
16) Trbovich M.J. et al.: Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science  
    and Technology, Santa Fe, USA (2004).                         
17) Larson N.M., Oak Ridge National Laboratory,ORNL/TM-9179/R6    
18) MacFarlane R.E., NJOY99 - Code system for producing  pointwise
    and multigroup neutron and photon cross  sections from ENDF/B 
    Data, RSIC PSR-480 (2000).                                    
                                                                  
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