https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2018-12561-y
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Excitation functions of proton-induced reactions on natFe and natZr targets for the production of cobalt and niobium isotopes
1
Physics Department, North Eastern Hill University, 793022, Meghalaya, India
2
Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, 400085, Mumbai, India
3
Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, 400085, Mumbai, India
4
Product Development Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, 400085, Mumbai, India
* e-mail: naikhbarc@gmail.com
Received:
26
April
2018
Accepted:
25
June
2018
Published online:
28
August
2018
Excitation functions of proton-induced reactions for the natural iron and zirconium targets were measured from their respective threshold energies to 22 and 20 MeV. The conventional stacked foil technique was used in combination with the off-line 
-ray spectroscopy at the BARC-TIFR Pelletron facility, Mumbai. The computer code SRIM 2013 was used to calculate the energy degradation along the stack and the proton beam intensity was measured via the natCu(p,x)62Zn monitor reaction. The measured excitation functions were then compared with the literature data available in EXFOR database as well as with the theoretical values from the TALYS-1.8 code and the TENDL-2017 data library. The shapes of the excitation function for all the reactions were reproduced well by TALYS-1.8. In terms of absolute values, for some reactions the data are in good agreement with both the literature data and TALYS-1.8 whereas, for others there is a slight deviation either from the literature data or from the theoretical values of TALYS-1.8 and TENDL-2017.
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