New activation cross section data on longer lived radio-nuclei produced in proton induced nuclear reaction on zirconium
F Tárkányi1, F Ditrói1, S Takács1
1Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary.
Abstract:
The excitation functions of (96)Nb, (95m)Nb, (95g)Nb, (92m)Nb, (91m)Nb, (90)Nb, (95)Zr, (89)Zr, (88)Zr, (86)Zr, (88)Y, (87m)Y, (87g)Y, (86)Y were measured up to 70MeV proton energy by using the stacked foil technique and the activation method. The new data were compared with the critically analyzed experimental data in the literature and with the TALYS based model results in TENDL-2013 library. The possible role of the investigated reactions in the production of medically relevant (90)Nb, (95m)Nb, (89)Zr, and (88)Y radionuclides is discussed.
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