Partial photoneutron cross sections for Pb

Pbの部分光中性子断面積

近藤 壮雄*; 宇都宮 弘章*; Goriely, S.*; 岩本 ちひろ*; 秋宗 秀俊*; 山形 民穂*; 豊川 弘之*; 原田 秀郎   ; 北谷 文人  ; Lui, Y.-W.*; Hilaire, S.*; Koning, A. J.*

Kondo, Takeo*; Utsunomiya, Hiroaki*; Goriely, S.*; Iwamoto, Chihiro*; Akimune, Hidetoshi*; Yamagata, Tamio*; Toyokawa, Hiroyuki*; Harada, Hideo; Kitatani, Fumito; Lui, Y.-W.*; Hilaire, S.*; Koning, A. J.*

Using linearly-polarized laser-Compton scattering -rays, partial E1 and M1 photoneutron cross sections along with total cross sections were determined for Pb at four energies near threshold by measuring anisotropies in photoneutron emission. Separately, total photoneutron cross sections were measured for Pb with a high-efficiency 4 neutron detector. The partial cross section measurement provides direct evidence for the presence of pygmy dipole resonance (PDR) in Pb near the neutron threshold. The strength of PDR amounts to 0.32% - 0.42% of the Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn sum rule. Several units of B(M1) strength were observed in Pb just above neutron threshold, which correspond to M1 cross sections less than 10% of the total photoneutron cross sections.