Activation cross section measurement of the deuteron-induced reaction on yttrium-89 for zirconium-89 production

Abstract

Activation cross sections of the deuteron-induced reactions on 89Y were measured up to 24 MeV deuteron energy. The experiment was performed at the RIKEN AVF cyclotron. Excitation functions of the reactions 89Y(d,x)88,89Zr, 88,90mY, 87mSr were obtained by using the stacked-foil activation method and gamma-ray spectrometry. The results were compared with previous experimental data and the prediction of the TALYS nuclear reaction model code adopted from TENDL-2017 library. Physical thick target yield of 89Zr was derived from the measured cross sections.