Photonuclear reactions induced by a clinical linac

NUBA Conference Series -1: Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics

物理学;天文学

Boztosun, I.^1,2 ; Dapo, H.^1,2 ; Karakoc, M.^1,2 ; Ozmen, S.F.^1,2 ; Cecen, Y.^1,3 ; Coban, A.^1,2 ; Cesur, A.^1,2 ; Caner, T.^1,2 ; Bayram, E.^1,4 ; Saito, T.R.^5,6,7 ; Akdogan, T.^8 ; Bozkurt, V.^5,9 ; Kaya, D.^1,2 ; Kucuk, Y.^1,2

Department of Physics, Akdeniz University, Antalya

TR-07058, Turkey^1

Nuclear Research and Application Center, Akdeniz University, Antalya

TR-07058, Turkey^2

Department of Radiation Oncology, Akdeniz University, Antalya

TR-07058, Turkey^3

Department of Chemistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya

TR-07058, Turkey^4

GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Planckstrasse 1, Darmstadt

64291, Germany^5

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, J.J.Becherweg 40, Mainz

55099, Germany^6

Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM), J.J.Becherweg 40, Mainz

55099, Germany^7

Department of Physics, Bogazici University, 34342, Turkey^8

Nigde University, Nigde

51100, Turkey^9

关键词: High purity germanium detectors;    Irradiated samples;    Novel concept;    Parent nucleus;    Photon beams;    Photonuclear;    Photonuclear reaction;    Radioactive nuclei;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/590/1/012024/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/590/1/012024

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The use of a clinical linac in photonuclear experiments is a novel concept. At Akdeniz University a program has been started focused on inducing photonuclear reactions with a Philips SLI-25 clinical linac. A bremsstrahlung photon beam produced by the linac is used to create radioactive nuclei. The decay of said nuclei is observed with a high-purity germanium detector. During the course of the experiment the spectrum of the irradiated sample is recorded. By analyzing the spectrum the energies of gamma-ray transitions in the daughter nuclei as well as the half-life of the parent nucleus are obtained. The results obtained thus far, starting with Zinc nuclei will be presented.