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Excitation function of ³He induced nuclear reactions on (nat)Pt up to 26 MeV
M Al-Abyad1, F Tárkányi, F Ditrói
1Physics Department, Cyclotron Facility, Nuclear Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo 13759, Egypt. alabyad_m@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The energy dependence of the cross-sections of (3)He-particle induced reactions on (nat)Pt targets was studied in the energy range from threshold up to 26 MeV, using a stacked-foil irradiation technique and classical gamma-spectroscopy. The formation of the radioisotopes via (nat)Pt((3)He,xn)(192)Hg, (nat)Pt((3)He,xn)(193 m,g)Hg, (nat)Pt((3)He,xn)(195m,g)Hg, (nat)Pt((3)He,xn)(197 m,g)Hg, (nat)Pt((3)He,xn)(199 m)Hg, (nat)Pt((3)He,pxn)(192,193,194,195,199,200 m)Au, (nat)Pt((3)He,pxn)(196 m,g)Au, (nat)Pt((3)He,pxn)(198 m,g)Au and (nat)Pt((3)He,2pxn)(197 m,199)Pt reactions were assessed. The obtained excitation functions were compared with the earlier published data and the theoretical model calculations by the codes ALICE-IPPE, EMPIRE-03, TALYS-1.4 and TENDL-2011 activation data library.
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