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Published on: May 23, 2018
Production cross sections of 52Mn in alpha-particle-induced reactions on natural vanadium
Damdinsuren Gantumur1, Masayuki Aikawa2, Tegshjargal Khishigjargal3
1Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 14201, Mongolia.
Abstract:
Activation cross sections of alpha-particle-induced reactions on natural vanadium were measured. The production cross sections of 54, 52gMn, 51Cr, 48V, and 47, 46gSc were determined up to 50 MeV. The stacked-foil activation technique and high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry were used. The experimental results were compared with previous experimental data and theoretical calculations in the TENDL-2019 library. The physical yield of the medical radionuclide 52gMn was derived from the measured cross sections.
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