Thermal Neutron Capture and Thermal Neutron Burn‐up of K isomeric state of 177mLu: a way to the Neutron Super‐Elastic Scattering cross section

Thermal neutron radiative capture and burn‐up measurements of the K isomeric state in 177Lu form part of an original method to indirectly obtain the neutron super‐elastic scattering cross section at thermal energy. Neutron super‐elastic scattering, also called neutron inelastic acceleration, occurs during the neutron collisions with an excited nuclear level. In this reaction, the nucleus could partly transfer its excitation energy to the scattered neutron.