NEUTRON-CAPTURE RESONANCES IN ND-142 AND ND-144

The neutron capture cross sections of Nd-142 and Nd-141 which were det ermined recently with the Karlsruhe 4 pi BaF2 detector have been reana lyzed at low energies. The parameters of 52 resonances in Nd-142 and o f 78 resonances in Nd-141 were extracted by means of a shape analysis program, yielding a more reliable determination of the averaged cross sections below 20 keV. This study confirms the previously reported ste llar cross sections, so that the s-process study based on these data r emains unchanged.