Activation cross-sections of longer lived products of deuteron induced nuclear reactions on ytterbium up to 40 MeV

TL;DR

This study measures activation cross-sections for deuteron-induced reactions on ytterbium up to 40 MeV, providing new experimental data and comparing it with theoretical models to improve nuclear reaction understanding.

Contribution

It presents new experimental cross-section data for several long-lived isotopes produced from ytterbium, some measured for the first time, and compares these with theoretical predictions.

Findings

Experimental cross-sections obtained up to 40 MeV.

Comparison with theoretical models shows varying agreement.

Calculated integral production yields for practical applications.

Abstract

In the frame of a systematic study of the activation cross-sections of the deuteron induced nuclear reactions, excitation functions of the natYb(d,xn)177,173,172mg,171mg,170,169Lu, natYb(d,x)175,169Yb and natYb(d,x)173,172,168,167,165Tm reactions are studied up to 40 MeV, a few of them for the first time. Cross-sections were measured with the activation method using a stacked foil irradiation technique and high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry. The experimental data are analyzed and compared to the results of the theoretical model codes ALICE-IPPE, EMPIRE-II and TALYS. From the measured cross-section data integral production yields were calculated. Applications of the new cross-sections are discussed.