Study of activation cross sections of proton induced reactions on natBa and natCe near their threshold energy regions

Mohamed Sobhi Abdelshafy; Bahaa Mohamed Ali; Karima Elsayed Abd Elmageed; Hassan Omar Nafie; H. Ebrahim Hassan; Mogahed Al-Abyad

doi:10.1515/ract-2022-0048

Published by De Gruyter (O) August 9, 2022

Study of activation cross sections of proton induced reactions on ^natBa and ^natCe near their threshold energy regions

Mohamed Sobhi Abdelshafy , Bahaa Mohamed Ali , Karima Elsayed Abd Elmageed , Hassan Omar Nafie , H. Ebrahim Hassan and Mogahed Al-Abyad

From the journal Radiochimica Acta

https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2022-0048

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Abstract

Activation cross-sections of the nuclear reactions ^natBa(p,x)^135,132gLa, ^135mBa and ^natCe(p,x)^142,139,138mPr, ^141,139,137mCe have been measured experimentally at the MGC-20 cyclotron, Cairo, Egypt, from their respective threshold energies up to about 14.7 MeV. Stacked foil irradiation technique and high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy were used. A comparison between the experimental and theoretical data derived from the nuclear model codes EMPIRE and TALYS (in the form of the TENDL library) was performed. The agreement in the low-energy region is fairly good. Integral yields of the produced radioisotopes were estimated from the present cross-section data and the results are discussed in terms of their production possibilities.

Keywords: cross-section; excitation function; natBa; natCe; nuclear model calculation; proton induced nuclear reaction

Corresponding author: Mogahed Al-Abyad, Experimental Nuclear Physics Department, Cyclotron Facility, Nuclear Research Centre, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo 13759, Egypt, E-mail: alabyad_m@yahoo.com

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-05-13

Accepted: 2022-07-13

Published Online: 2022-08-09

Published in Print: 2022-11-25

Study of activation cross sections of proton induced reactions on ^natBa and ^natCe near their threshold energy regions

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