Origins of the Neutrons Emission in the Reaction of 33.4MeV/u 17N on 9Be

In the reaction of 33.4MeV/u ¹⁷N on a target ⁹Be,the measured neutron spectra at different angles exhibit a complex pattern and vary regularly as a function of the detected angle. The detected neutrons probably come from the three origins:nucleon-nucleon collisions between the projectile and target,break-up of ¹⁷N and statistical evaporations from the hot nuclei. By analyzing the measured neutron angular distribution and calculating with QMD and GEMINI for the reaction concerned, 4.49,0.44 and 5.5barns were obtained for neutron emission cross sections due to the three origins mentioned above,respectively.