Activation cross sections of dysprosium-157,159 and terbium-160 radioisotopes from the deuteron-induced reactions on terbium-159 up to 24 MeV

Experimental production cross sections of the deuteron-induced reactions on terbium-159 up to 24 MeV were measured. The stacked foil technique, the activation method and the γ-ray spectrometry were used for the measurement. The production cross sections of 157,159Dy and 160Tb were determined and compared with the experimental data studied earlier and the theoretical calculation

Production cross sections of 68Ga and radioactive by-products in deuteron-induced reactions on natural zinc

Activation cross sections of the deuteron-induced reactions on natural zinc are studied for the production of the medical radionuclide 68Ga. The stacked foil activation method and the γ-ray spectrometry were used. Co-produced radionuclides 65,66,67Ga, 63,65,69mZn, 61Cu, and 58Co are also investigated to evaluate amounts of impurities for practical use of 68Ga. Physical yields of the radionuclides were deduced from the measured cross sections

Activation cross sections of deuteron-induced reactions on praseodymium up to 24 MeV

We measured activation cross sections of deuteron-induced reactions on 141Pr. The production cross sections of 141,140Nd, 142Pr, and 139Ce were determined up to 24 MeV using the stacked-foil activation technique and high-resolution γ-ray spectrometry. The derived cross sections were compared with experimental data studied earlier and theoretical model calculations. Our results are consistent with part of the previous data

Inelastic neutron scattering cross-section measurements on

The γ-ray production cross section for the 477.6-keV transition in 7Li following inelastic neutron scattering has been measured from the reaction threshold up to 18 MeV. This cross section is interesting as a possible standard for other inelastic scattering measurements. The experiment was conducted at the Geel Electron LINear Accelerator (GELINA) pulsed white neutron source with the Gamma Array for Inelastic Neutron Scattering (GAINS) spectrometer. Previous measurements of this cross section are reviewed and compared with our results. Recently, this cross section has also been calculated using the continuum discretized coupled-channels (CDCC) method. Experiments for studying neutrinoless double-β decay (2β0ν) or other very rare processes require greatly reducing the background radiation level (both intrinsic and external). Copper is a common shielding and structural material, used extensively in experiments such as COBRA, CUORE, EXO, GERDA, and MAJORANA. Understanding the background contribution arising from neutron interactions in Cu is important when searching for very weak experimental signals. Neutron inelastic scattering on natCu was investigated with GAINS. The results are compared with previous experimental data and evaluated nuclear data libraries

Production cross sections of 45Ti in the deuteron-induced reaction on 45Sc up to 24 MeV

Activation cross sections of the medically interesting radionuclide 45Ti were investigated in the deuteron-induced reaction on 45Sc. 45Ti can be produced in a radioactive-contamination-free form in the 45Sc(d,2n)45Ti reaction below 15 MeV deuteron energy. The stacked foil activation technique and γ-ray spectrometry were used to determine the cross sections. The physical yield of 45Ti was deduced from the measured cross sections

Production cross sections of dysprosium, terbium and gadolinium radioisotopes from the alpha-particle-induced reactions on natural gadolinium up to 50 MeV

The activation cross sections of the alpha-particle-induced reactions on natural gadolinium up to 50 MeV were measured. The stacked foil technique, the activation method and the γ-ray spectrometry were used for the measurement. We determined the experimental production cross sections of 155,157,159Dy, 153,155,156g,160,161Tb and 153Gd. No previous experimental data of 155,159Dy, and 153Gd were found in the literature. The measured values were compared with the previous experimental data and the TENDL-2019 data