  The 15N(p,n) reaction is a promising candidate for the production of
monoenergetic neutrons with energies of up to 5.7 MeV at the facilities where
the T(p,n)3He reaction cannot be used. The characteristic properties of this
reaction were studied focusing on its suitability as a source of monoenergetic
neutrons for the measurement of differential scattering cross sections in the
neutron energy range of 2 MeV to 5 MeV. For this purpose differential and
integral cross sections were measured and the choice of optimum target
conditions was investigated. The reaction has already been used successfully to
measure of elastic and inelastic neutron scattering cross sections for natPb in
the energy range from 2 MeV to 4 MeV and for 209Bi and 181Ta at 4 MeV.
