Abstract: | Neutron transmission measurements were carried out on the separated isotopes of silver using the time-of-flight facility at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute electron linear accelerator. Neutrons were detected with the 6Li-glass detectors at 56 and 191 m. The samples used were metallic powder enriched to 98.2% for 107Ag and 99.3% for 109Ag. Transmission data were analyzed with the multi-level Breit-Wigner formula incorporated in a least squares fitting program. Resonance energies and neutron widths were determined for the large number of resolved resonances in the neutron energy region of 400 eV~7 keV. The s-wave strength functions and average level spacings were obtained to be; S0= (0.43±0.05) × 10?4, D0 = 20±2 eV for 107Ag and S0= (0.45 ± 0.05) × 10?4, D0 = 20 ± 2eV for 109Ag. |