Experimental study of cross-sections for some medical radioisotopes production via proton induced nuclear reactions on natMo up to 40 MeV

ORAL

Abstract

The activation technique has been used to measure the excitation functions of the $^{nat}$Mo(p,xn), $^{nat}$Mo(p,pxn) and $^{nat}$Mo(p,$\alpha $xn) nuclear reactions up to 40 MeV using the proton beam from the K500 superconducting cyclotron of the Texas A{\&}M Cyclotron Institute. A stack was made from several groups of targets: $^{nat}$Mo,$^{nat}$Al and $^{nat}$Cu, with the Al and Cu as monitor foils to measure the excitation functions of the well known cross-sections monitor reactions $^{27}$Al(p,x)$^{24}$Na and $^{nat}$Cu(p,x)$^{62}$Zn simultaneously with the reactions induced on the targets. The determined excitation functions were compared with the available previous published research and with the ALICE-IPPE pre-compound hybrid model simulated calculations. The integral yield (MBq.$\mu $A$^{-1}$.h$^{-1})$ of the $^{nat}$Mo(p,X) nuclear reactions deduced using the excitation functions and the stopping power of $^{nat}$Mo.

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Authors

  • A.A. Alharbi

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA

  • M. McCleskey

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA

  • G. Tabacaru

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA

  • B. Roeder

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA

  • A. Banu

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA

  • A. Spiridon

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA

  • E. Simmons

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA

  • L. Trache

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA, Texas A\&M University

  • R.E. Tribble

    Texas A&M University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA

  • V. Goldberg

    Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3366, USA