Interference in the Radiative Capture of Neutrons

Abstract

The aim of the experiment was to measure the relative intensity of individual capture gamma rays as a function of neutron energy in the vicirity of Pt/sup 1//sup 9//sup 5/ resonances at 11.9 and 19.6 ev. It was concluded that interference does occur between radiative transitions associated with neutron resonancer of the same J. The argument is strengthened by the fact that the maximum between the resonances and the minimum above are accounted for by consideration of only the well known nearby resonances and are not strongly dependent on the parameters of the less well known distant resonances. (P.C.H.)