{"title":"The day-one experiment at SLEGS: systematic measurement of the (γ, 1n) cross sections on <sup>197</sup>Au and <sup>159</sup>Tb for resolving existing data discrepancies.","authors":"Zirui Hao, Gongtao Fan, Hongwei Wang, Longxiang Liu, Hanghua Xu, Yue Zhang, Yuxuan Yang, Sheng Jin, Kaijie Chen, Zhicai Li, Pu Jiao, Qiankun Sun, Mengdie Zhou, Shan Ye, Zhenwei Wang, Wenqing Shen, Yugang Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.037","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source (SLEGS), built in the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, is the first versatile laser Compton slant-scattering beamline in the world. The measurements of <sup>197</sup>Au(γ, 1n) and <sup>159</sup>Tb(γ, 1n) reaction cross sections were chosen as the day-one experiment at SLEGS. The SLEGS data are compared with data from the Livermore and Saclay positron annihilation in-flight facilities and with data from the NewSUBARU laser Compton backscattering facility. Our data evidence discrepancies with the results from Livermore and Saclay, while demonstrating consistency with the data from NewSUBARU. This is also consistent with new theoretical predictions. The new measurement lays the foundation for resolving the long-standing discrepancies between the Livermore and Saclay photoneutron cross section data for 19 nuclei in the future. Gamma-ray beams produced at SLEGS await a variety of experiments for nuclear physics, astrophysics and nuclear data as well as for industrial applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":421,"journal":{"name":"Science Bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":21.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Science Bulletin","FirstCategoryId":"103","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2025.05.037","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source (SLEGS), built in the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, is the first versatile laser Compton slant-scattering beamline in the world. The measurements of 197Au(γ, 1n) and 159Tb(γ, 1n) reaction cross sections were chosen as the day-one experiment at SLEGS. The SLEGS data are compared with data from the Livermore and Saclay positron annihilation in-flight facilities and with data from the NewSUBARU laser Compton backscattering facility. Our data evidence discrepancies with the results from Livermore and Saclay, while demonstrating consistency with the data from NewSUBARU. This is also consistent with new theoretical predictions. The new measurement lays the foundation for resolving the long-standing discrepancies between the Livermore and Saclay photoneutron cross section data for 19 nuclei in the future. Gamma-ray beams produced at SLEGS await a variety of experiments for nuclear physics, astrophysics and nuclear data as well as for industrial applications.
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Science Bulletin (Sci. Bull., formerly known as Chinese Science Bulletin) is a multidisciplinary academic journal supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and co-sponsored by the CAS and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Sci. Bull. is a semi-monthly international journal publishing high-caliber peer-reviewed research on a broad range of natural sciences and high-tech fields on the basis of its originality, scientific significance and whether it is of general interest. In addition, we are committed to serving the scientific community with immediate, authoritative news and valuable insights into upcoming trends around the globe.