Production cross-sections of radionuclides from α-induced reactions on natural copper up to 50MeV

Usman AR 1 , Khandaker MU 2 , Haba H 3 , Otuka N 4 , Murakami M 3 , Komori Y 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Physics, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Physics, Umaru Musa Yar'adua University, Katsina, Nigeria
  • 2 Department of Physics, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: mu_khandaker@yahoo.com
  • 3 Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
  • 4 Nuclear Data Section, Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
Appl Radiat Isot, 2016 08;114:104-13.
PMID: 27227905 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.04.027

Abstract

The excitation functions were measured for the (nat)Cu(α,x)(66,67)Ga,(65)Zn,(57,58,60)Co reactions in the energy range of 16.5 -50MeV. A conventional stacked-foil activation technique combined with HPGe γ-ray spectrometry was employed to determine cross-sections. The measured cross-sections were critically compared with relevant previous experimental data and also with the evaluated data in the TENDL-2014 library. Present results confirmed some of the previous experimental data, whereas only a partial agreement was found with the evaluated data. The measured data are useful for reducing the existing discrepancies in the literature, to improve the nuclear reaction model codes, and to enrich the experimental database towards various applications.

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