Simulation study of the proton-induced reaction cross sections for the production of 18F and 66–68Ga radioisotopes

Abstract

The excitation functions of 18O(p,n) and 66–68Zn(p,xn) reactions were calculated using nuclear model based computer codes for the production of 18F and 66–68Ga radioisotopes. The model-based calculations, EMPIRE 3.2 Malta, ALICE/ASH and TALYS 1.8 nuclear reaction codes were used for obtaining the cross sections in the production of these radioisotopes. The nuclear reaction model results were compared to the existing experimental values, and TENDL-2015 data. It is generally accepted that the cross section predictions obtained using Superfluid model are preferable for the better description of experimental measurements.