THE nuclear reaction produced by neutron bombardment in heavy elements can be conveniently described, according to Bohr, with the assumption that, as soon as the bombarding neutron strikes the ...

This database, also known as EXFOR library, contains an extensive compilation of experimental nuclear reaction data, comprising data from more than 22,000 experiments. Neutron reactions have been ...

Uranium was discovered in 1789. The later revelation that the element was radioactive helped usher in the modern era of ...

Neutrons are very useful to material probes and can be created in reactors or by accelerators. The most intense accelerator-based neutron sources are called spallation sources and use a process that ...