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Cross-Section Measurements with Slow Neutrons of Different Velocities

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IN recent experiments1 we got information about the relative position of the resonance levels for neutron capture in certain nuclei. The levels could be arranged as follows: the level of Br having the highest, those of Rh, In and Ir the lowest energy.

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VON HALBAN, H., PREISWERK, P. Cross-Section Measurements with Slow Neutrons of Different Velocities. Nature 137, 905–906 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137905a0

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