Published March 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of thick target yields of the natS(α,x)34mCl nuclear reaction and estimation of its excitation function up to 70 MeV

  • 1. Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba, Chiba 263-8555 (Japan)
  • 2. Tokyo Nuclear Service, Co., Ltd., 7-2-7 Ueno, Taito, Tokyo 110-0005 (Japan)
  • 3. Cyclotron Department, Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Bem ter 18/C, Debrecen H-4026 (Hungary)

Description

Thick target yields of the natS(α,x)34mCl nuclear reaction were measured in the energy region from 14.2 to 69.5 MeV. Our results were also compared to the only available literature dataset. Cross-sections of the above reaction were also estimated from the obtained thick target yields. Pure natural sulfur used as a target material resulted in a thick target saturation yield of 1557 ± 18 MBq (42.1 ± 0.5 mCi)/μA at 69.5 MeV. The estimated excitation function curve of the natS(α,x)34mCl process showed a maximum cross-section of 122 mbarn at about 27.5 MeV

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2008.01.019

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nimb.2008.01.019;
PII
S0168-583X(08)00073-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Journal Volume
266
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 709-713
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBEU

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