Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA;Gaertner Linac Laboratory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12181, USA;Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, Kumatori-cho, Osaka-fu, Japan
Abstract:
The total neutron cross section of 45Sc from 400 eV to 22 keV has been measured. The results are shown to be incompatible with the postulate that a J = 4 bound state dominates thermal scattering.