Excitation function measurement of ${}^{144}$Sm($\alpha$,n) reaction at sub-Coulomb energies and detailed covariance analysis

Tanmoy Bar, Dipali Basak, Lalit Kumar Sahoo +4

The cross-section measurement of ${}^{144}$Sm($\alpha$,n)${}^{147}$Gd (T${}_{1/2}=$38.06(12) h) reaction has been performed at sub-Coulomb energies around 14$-$21 MeV ($V_{coul}\approx 21.8$…