Investigation of activation cross sections for deuteron induced reactions on strontium up to 50 MeV

TL;DR

This study measures activation cross sections for deuteron-induced reactions on strontium up to 50 MeV, providing new experimental data and comparing it with theoretical models, with implications for medical isotope production.

Contribution

First experimental activation cross section data for multiple reactions on strontium up to 50 MeV, enhancing nuclear data libraries and modeling accuracy.

Findings

Experimental cross sections obtained for all investigated reactions.

Comparison with TALYS code results highlights model accuracy.

Potential applications in medical isotope production.

Abstract

Excitation functions were measured for the natSr(d,x)88,87m,87g,86g,85gY, 87m,85g,83g,82Sr, 86g,84g,83,82m, 81gRb reactions by the stacked foil activation technique and high-resolution gamma-spectrometry up to 50 MeV. We present the first experimental activation cross section data for all investigated reactions. Our experimental data are compared with the TALYS code results as available in the TENDL-2015 on-line library. Use of deuteron induced reactions on Sr for production of medical isotopes is discussed.