Activation cross sections of deuteron induced reactions on silver in the 33-50 MeV energy range

TL;DR

This study measures activation cross sections for deuteron-induced reactions on natural silver between 33 and 50 MeV, providing new experimental data and comparing it with theoretical models.

Contribution

First experimental cross section data above 40 MeV for several reactions on silver, including new data for specific isotopes, and comparison with multiple nuclear reaction models.

Findings

First data for reactions above 40 MeV on silver

New cross section measurements for specific isotopes

Comparison with theoretical models shows varying agreement

Abstract

Excitation functions were measured for the $^{nat}$Ag(d,x)$^{105,104}$Cd, $^{110m,108m,106m,105g,104g}$Ag and $^{101}$Pd, $^{105,101m}$Rh reactions over the energy range 33 50 MeV by using the stacked foil activation technique and subsequent high-resolution gamma spectrometry. We present the first experimental cross section data above 40 MeV for all of these reactions and the first experimental cross section data for $^{nat}$Ag(d,x)$^{108m,104g}$Ag and $^{105,103}$Rh. The experimental data are compared with results of the model calculations performed with the ALICE D, EMPIRE D theoretical nuclear reaction model codes and with the TALYS code results as available in the TENDL2014 and 2015 on-line libraries.