Deuteron and α-particle-induced nuclear reactions on 45Sc: activation cross section measurement and thick target yield evaluation.

Autor: Al-abyad, M., Hassan, H. E., Solieman, A. H. M., Ditrói, F., Saleh, Z. A.
Zdroj: Indian Journal of Physics; Aug2023, Vol. 97 Issue 9, p2787-2791, 5p
Abstrakt: Systematic measurements of nuclear reaction cross sections were done in the low energy range for the two reactions 45Sc(d,p)46Sc and 45Sc(α,n)48V. Thin foils of high-purity (99.95%) natural Sc targets (100% 45Sc), purchased from Good-Fellow, were irradiated with 10 and 20 MeV incident deuteron and α-particle energies, respectively, at beam current of 100 nA using MGC-20 cyclotron. For precise measurements, high-purity Ti and Cu foils were used for monitoring the actual deuteron and α-particle beam intensities, respectively. The conventional stacked-foil technique was applied for measurement and calculation of the cross section values using a high-resolution γ-ray spectrometer for measuring the radioactivity. Nuclear model code EMPIRE-3.2 was used for calculation of the investigated excitation functions. The obtained results were compared with the experimental values and TENDEL-2021 data which are based on TALYS-1.96 code calculations. The integrated yields for the two reactions, based on the proposed average excitation functions, were estimated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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