R-Matrix Analysis of 239Pu Neutron Transmissions and Fission Cross Sections in Energy Range from 1.0keV to 2.5keV.

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Abstract Abstract The results of the 239Pu high resolution neutron transmission measurements of Harvey et al. and of the 239Pu high resolution fission cross section measurements of Weston & Todd performed at the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator (ORELA) were analysed in the energy range from 1 keV to 2. 5 keV by the Bayesian code SAMMY using the Reich-Moore approximation of the R-matrix theory. The results obtained in a previous analysis in the energy range from thermal to 1 keV were updated by taking into account the recent renormalization of the experimental fission data by Weston & Todd. The statistical properties of the parameters of the resonances identified in the energy range from thermal to 2. 5 keV were examined and improved values of the average parameters were obtained. The resonance parameters are given in an ENDF-6 format file available from JAERI Nuclear Data Center and from NEA Data Bank (OECD). KEYWORDS: neutronstransmission ratiototal cross sectionsfission cross sectionscapture cross sectionsresonancesReich-Moore formalismBayesian fitting codestatistical propertiesevaluationplutonium 239keV range 01-10