THE PB-208(N,P)TL-208 REACTION AT E-N=97 MEV

Double-differential cross sections of the Pb-208(n,p) reaction have be en measured at 97 MeV in the angular range 0 degrees-30 degrees for ex citation energies up to 40 MeV. The experimental proton spectra have b een compared with calculated spectra obtained with a statistical multi step direct reaction theory, in which charge exchange and inelastic re sponse functions are described microscopically in the quasiparticle ra ndom phase approximation. The direct parts of the spectra have also be en distributed on different multipole components by using a decomposit ion technique, based on sample angular distributions calculated within the distorted-wave Born approximation. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.