Excitation Function for the Production of \(^{96}\)Nb in the \(^{nat}\)Zr(\(p,x\)) Reaction

Nguyen Van Do; Nguyen Thanh Luan; Nguyen Thi Hien; Guinyun Kim; Kim Tien Thanh; Pham Duc Khue; Bui Van Loat

doi:10.15625/0868-3166/15608

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Nguyen Van Do Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research, Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; Faculty of Natural Sciences, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam; Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 10 Dao Tan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh Luan Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 10 Dao Tan, Hanoi, Vietnam and Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
Nguyen Thi Hien Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 10 Dao Tan, Hanoi, Vietnam and Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
Guinyun Kim Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
Kim Tien Thanh Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 10 Dao Tan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Pham Duc Khue Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology, VINATOM, 179 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
Bui Van Loat Department of Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Physics, VNU University of Science, 334 Nguyen Trai, Hanoi,Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/15608

Keywords:

natZr(p, x)96Nb reaction, Excitation function, Stacked-foil activation method, γ-ray spectroscopy, TALYS-1.95, TENDL-2019 data library.

Abstract

We have measured the excitation function for the production of ⁹⁶Nb in proton induced reaction on natural zirconium in the energy range of 10.58 MeV to 43.61 MeV. The measurement was performed using a stacked-foil activation method combined with off-line γ-ray spectrometry. The stack containing Zr samples, Cu monitors, and several energy degraders was irradiated at the MC-50 Cyclotron of the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAM), Korea. The cross section of the ^natZr(p,x)⁹⁶Nb reaction was extracted from the measured activity of reaction product using an HPGe γ-ray detector. The energy of the proton beam along the stacked foil was calculated using the code SRIM-2013. The proton beam flux was determined via the ^natCu(p,x)⁶²Zn and ^natCu(p,x)⁶⁵Zn monitoring reactions. The measured cross sections of the ^natZr(p,x)⁹⁶Nb reaction as a function of the proton energy are compared with the literature data as well as with the theoretical predictions using the TALYS-1.95 nuclear model code and the TENDL-2019 nuclear data library.

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