Proton-induced cross-sections of nuclear reactions on lead up to 37 MeV

TL;DR

This study measured proton-induced nuclear reaction cross-sections on lead up to 37 MeV, providing new experimental data and comparing it with existing results and theoretical models to improve understanding of nuclear reactions.

Contribution

The paper presents new experimental cross-section data for lead reactions up to 36 MeV and evaluates theoretical model predictions against these measurements.

Findings

New experimental cross-section data up to 36 MeV

Comparison with theoretical models shows varying agreement

Provides insights for nuclear reaction modeling

Abstract

Excitation function of proton induced nuclear reactions on lead for production of $^{206,205,204,203,202,201g}$Bi, $^{203cum,202m,201cum}$Pb and $^{202cum,201cum,200cum,199cum}$Tl radionuclides were measured up to 36 MeV by using activation method, stacked foil irradiation technique and $\gamma$-ray spectrometry. The new experimental data were compared with the few earlier experimental results and with the predictions of the EMPIRE3.1, ALICE-IPPE (MENDL2p) and TALYS (TENDL-2012) theoretical reaction codes.