Measurement of Fe(n, p)Mn reaction cross-section at  = 5.9, 9.85, 14.8 and 15.5 MeV

The Fe(n, p)Mn reaction cross-section at neutron energies of 5.9 ± 0.6, 9.85 ± 0.38, 14.8 ± 0.1 and 15.5 ± 0.7 MeV from the Li(p, n) as well as H(d, n) reactions has been experimentally measured using activation and off-line γ-ray spectrometric technique. The experimentally determined Fe(n, p)Mn reaction cross-sections from the present work were compared with the latest available evaluated nuclear data libraries of ENDF/B-VII.1, JENDL-4.0 and JEFF-3.1/A. The present data along with the literature data in a wide range of neutron energies were interpreted in terms of competition between different reaction channels. The measured cross-sections were also estimated theoretically using TALYS-1.4 and EMPIRE-2.19 computer codes over neutron energies from near threshold to 20 MeV to compare with the experimental data.