Production cross-sections of residual radionuclides from proton-induced reactions on Ag-nat up to 40 MeV
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
We measured the cross-sections of the Ag-104g,Ag-105,Ag-106m and Cd-104,Cd-107 radionuclides produced by proton-induced reactions on natural silver by using a stacked-foil activation technique in the energy range from a threshold energy to 40 MeV at a MC50 cyclotron. The results showed generally good agreement with available data as well as the theoretical data. The integral yields for thick targets were also deduced using the measured cross-sections and the stopping power of Ag-nat over the energy range from a threshold energy to 40 MeV, taking into account that the total energy is absorbed in the targets. The production cross-sections for the Ag-104g and the Cd-104 radionuclides from natural silver were measured for the first time. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
p+ag-nat reactions, ag-104g, ag-105, ag-106m, cd-104, cd-107, 42 mev proton beam, stacked-foil activation, mc50 cyclotron, cross-sections, integral yields, induced nuclear-reactions, excitation-functions, models
Divisions
PHYSICS
Publication Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume
266
Issue
24
Publisher
Elsevier
Additional Information
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA