Determination of Mn53(n,xp) cross sections using the surrogate reaction ratio method

The $^{54}\mathrm{Mn}^{*}$ (surrogate of $n+^{53}\mathrm{Mn}$) and $^{61}\mathrm{Ni}^{*}$ (surrogate of $n+^{60}\mathrm{Ni}$) compound systems have been populated at overlapping excitation energies by transfer reactions $^{52}\mathrm{Cr}(^{6}\mathrm{Li},\ensuremath{\alpha})^{54}\mathrm{Mn}^{*}$ at ${E}_{\mathrm{lab}}=33.0\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{MeV}$ and $^{59}\mathrm{Co}(^{6}\mathrm{Li},\ensuremath{\alpha})\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}^{61}\mathrm{Ni}^{*}$ at ${E}_{\mathrm{lab}}=40.5\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{MeV}$, respectively. The proton decay probabilities of the compound systems have been determined by measuring evaporated protons at backward angles in coincidence with projectilelike fragments detected around the grazing angle. The $^{53}\mathrm{Mn}(n,xp)$ cross sections in the equivalent neutron energy range of 8.2--16.4 MeV have been determined within the framework of the surrogate reaction ratio method using $^{60}\mathrm{Ni}(n,xp)$ cross-section values from the literature as a reference. The measured $^{53}\mathrm{Mn}(n,xp)$ cross-section values are found to be consistent with the predictions of the talys-1.8 statistical model code using microscopic level densities and results of various evaluated nuclear data libraries: eaf-2010, rosfond-2010, and jeff-3.3 within the experimental uncertainties.