Investigation of production cross sections, using stacked targets at the 88" Cyclotron with focus on $^{\rm nat}{\rm Fe}(\rm p,x)^{51}{\rm Mn}$

TL;DR

This study measured the production cross sections of $^{51}$Mn from natural iron using stacked targets at proton energies of 25 and 55 MeV, providing new experimental data for nuclear reaction modeling.

Contribution

It presents new experimental cross section data for $^{51}$Mn production from natural iron at specific proton energies, using stacked target methodology at the 88-Inch Cyclotron.

Findings

14 new cross section data points obtained

Cross sections measured at 25 and 55 MeV proton energies

Gamma spectroscopy used for analysis

Abstract

With the investigation of the production cross section of $\ ^{51}\rm Mn$ off of $\ ^{\rm nat}\rm Fe$ in mind, two stacked target experiments were conducted at the Berkeley Lab 88-Inch Cyclotron. Proton beams with energies of $25$ and $55\,\rm MeV$ result in a total of 14 data points for various reactions. Gamma spectra of the activated foils were taken and analyzed, then cross sections calculated.