Activation cross-sections of deuteron induced reactions on $^{nat}$Sm up to 50 MeV

TL;DR

This paper reports the first measurements of activation cross-sections for deuteron-induced reactions on natural samarium up to 50 MeV, providing new experimental data and comparisons with nuclear reaction models.

Contribution

It presents the first experimental cross-section data for deuteron reactions on natural samarium up to 50 MeV and compares them with theoretical nuclear reaction codes.

Findings

Measured cross-sections for multiple Eu and Sm isotopes.

Compared experimental data with ALICE-D, EMPIRE-D, and TALYS models.

Calculated integral yields from excitation functions.

Abstract

Activation cross-sections for deuteron induced reactions on Sm are presented for the first time for $^{nat}$Sm(d,xn)$^{155,154,152m2,152m1,152g,150m,150g,149,148,147,146}$Eu, $^{nat}$Sm(d,x)$^{153,145}$Sm and $^{nat}$Sm(d,x)$^{151,150,149,145,144,143}$Pm up to 50 MeV. The cross-sections were measured by the stacked-foil irradiation technique and high resolution $\gamma$-ray spectrometry. The results were compared with results of nuclear reaction codes ALICE-D, EMPIRE-D and TALYS (from TENDL libraries). Integral yields of the products were calculated from the excitation functions.