caa a22 4500 44587189X CHVBK 20180317145514.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1140/epja/i2011-11078-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1140/epja/i2011-11078-3 Benford's law and cross-sections of A(n, $ \alpha$ )B reactions [Elektronische Daten] [X. Liu, X. Zhang, D. Ni, Z. Ren] Benford's law, also called the first-digit law, states that in lists of numbers from many quite disparate databases, the leading digit is distributed in a non-uniform but actually logarithmic way. We have investigated the first-digit distribution of experimental cross-sections of A(n, $ \alpha$ )B reactions. In the case of below-barrier $ \alpha$ -particle emission from compound nucleus, it is found that the (n, $ \alpha$ ) reaction cross-sections approximately follow the first-digit distribution indicated by Benford's law. The origin of this first-digit distribution is discussed within the framework of the statistical model. In addition, Benford's law is used to test the evaluated cross-sections of A(n, $ \alpha$ )B reactions. SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011 Liu X. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210008, Nanjing, China aut Zhang X. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210008, Nanjing, China aut Ni D. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210008, Nanjing, China aut Ren Z. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210008, Nanjing, China aut The European Physical Journal A Springer-Verlag 47/6(2011-06-01), 1-6 1434-6001 47:6<1 2011 47 10050 https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2011-11078-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2011-11078-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu X. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210008, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang X. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210008, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ni D. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210008, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ren Z. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, 210008, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Physical Journal A Springer-Verlag 47/6(2011-06-01), 1-6 1434-6001 47:6<1 2011 47 10050 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer