Cyclotron production of 48V via natTi(d,x)48V nuclear reaction; a promising radionuclide

International Nuclear Science and Technology Conference 2016

Usman, A.R.^1 ; Khandaker, M.U.^1 ; Haba, H.^2

Department of Physics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

50603, Malaysia^1

Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama

351-0198, Japan^2

关键词: Avf cyclotrons;    Cyclotron production;    Deuteron beams;    Excitation function;    Experimental database;    Gamma activities;    Gamma ray spectrometry;    Threshold energy;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/860/1/012029/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/860/1/012029

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In this experimental work, we studied the excitation function ofnatTi(d,x)48V nuclear reactions from 24 MeV down to threshold energy. Natural titanium foils were arranged in the popular stacked-foil method and activated with deuteron beam generated from an AVF cyclotron at RIKEN, Wako, Japan. The emitted γ activities from the activated foils were measured using an offline γ-ray spectrometry. The present results were analyzed, compared with earlier published experimental data and also with the evaluated data of Talys code. Our new measured data agree with some of the earlier reported experimental data while a partial agreement is found with the evaluated theoretical data. In addition to the use of48V as a beam intensity monitor, recent studies indicate its potentials as calibrating source in PET cameras and also as a (radioactive) label for medical applications. The results are also expected to further enrich the experimental database and also to play an important role in nuclear reactions model codes design.