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Absorption of Group A Neutrons in Silver

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IN examining the details of the silver resonance level for Group A neutrons, it becomes important to know the self-absorption coefficient for very thin absorbers and detectors. This information is, for example, useful in the interpretation of experiments on the Doppler broadening of this level1.

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PAXTON, H. Absorption of Group A Neutrons in Silver. Nature 141, 971–972 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141971a0

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