Simulation study of the proton-induced reaction cross sections for the production of F-18 and Ga66-68 radioisotopes

WOS: 000416545300094The excitation functions of O-18(p,n) and Zn66-68(p,xn) reactions were calculated using nuclear model based computer codes for the production of F-18 and Ga66-68 radioisotopes. The model-based calculations, EMPIRE 3.2 Malta, ALICE/ASH and TALYS 1.8 nuclear reaction codes were used for obtaining the cross sections in the production of these radioisotopes. The nuclear reaction model results were compared to the existing experimental values, and TENDL-2015 data. It is generally accepted that the cross section predictions obtained using Superfluid model are preferable for the better description of experimental measurements