Photonuclear Reaction Study With The (P, Gamma) Resonance Gamma-Source

The (p, gamma) resonance is a good way to produce monoenergetic gamma rays. It becomes an important tool for studying photonuclear reactions. In this work, C-13(p, gamma)N-14 resonance is studied to produce 9.17 MeV gamma ray using the 2x1.7 MV tandem accelerator at CIAE. The flux of 9.17 MeV gamma was determined to be 2.3x10(5)/s. Au-197 photoneutron cross section was measured to be 45.4 +/- 6.9 mb under the irradiation of C-13(p, gamma)N-14 resonance gamma-source. The value is close to the previous results. It certificates that we have developed an experimental method for photonuclear reaction study.