Abstract
In a systematic study of light charged particle induced nuclear reactions we investigated the excitation functions of deuteron induced nuclear reactions on natural lutetium targets. Experimental excitation functions up to 50 MeV on high purity natLu were determined using the standard stacked foil activation technique. High resolution off-line gamma-ray spectrometry was applied to assess the activity of each foil. From the measured activity direct and/or cumulative elemental cross-section data for production of 171,172,173,175Hf, 171,172,173,174g,176m,177m,177gLu and 169Yb radioisotopes were determined. The experimental data were compared to results of the TALYS theoretical code taken from the TENDL databases and results of our calculations using the ALICE-IPPE-D and the EMPIRE-D codes. No earlier experimental data were found in the literature. Thick target yields for the investigated radionuclides were calculated from the measured excitation functions.
Highlights
The proton induced reactions play major role in different applications due to simpler production of high energy/intensity proton beams, to low stopping-power, and to the relatively high cross sections of the reactions
The activation cross sections of deuteron induced reactions are important for a wide variety of applications: isotope production, accelerator technology and material studies, thin layer activation (TLA) for wear studies
In the present work we report on cross section data on natural lutetium, for which no experimental data are available in the literature
Summary
The proton induced reactions play major role in different applications due to simpler production of high energy/intensity proton beams, to low stopping-power, and to the relatively high cross sections of the reactions. Direct and/or cumulative elemental cross section data were determined from the measured activity of the reaction products.
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