Measurements of the giant dipole resonance with monoenergetic photons

Abstract

Photoneutron cross-section data obtained with monoenergetic photon beams are presented, many of them in graphical form in a uniform format. Tables of values for quantities derived directly from the data, such as integrated cross sections, and for quantities derived indirectly from the data, such as parameters of Lorentz curves fitted to the data, are presented as well. Average properties of the giant dipole resonance obtained from the data are compared with theory, as are more general nuclear quantities, such as symmetry energies, deformations, and level-density parameters. Structure in the cross sections and various other special topics are discussed, and a survey and a critique of the experimental techniques used to obtain the data are included.