Measurement of activation cross-section of long-lived products in deuteron induced nuclear reactions on palladium in the 30-50 MeV energy range

TL;DR

This study measures activation cross-sections for long-lived products in deuteron-induced reactions on palladium within 30-50 MeV, providing experimental data and comparing it with theoretical models.

Contribution

It provides new experimental excitation functions for multiple nuclear reactions on palladium and compares them with existing theoretical predictions.

Findings

Experimental excitation functions for various palladium reactions are reported.

Comparison shows varying degrees of agreement with theoretical models.

Data enhances understanding of deuteron-induced nuclear reactions on palladium.

Abstract

Excitation functions were measured in the 31 - 49.2 MeV energy range for the natPd(d,xn)111,110m,106m,105,104g,103Ag, natPd(d,x) 111m,109,101,100Pd, natPd(d,x), 105,102m,102g,101m,101g,100,99m,99gRh and natPd(d,x)103,97Ru nuclear reactions by using the stacked foil irradiation technique. The experimental results are compared with our previous results and with the theoretical predictions calculated with the ALICE-D, EMPIRE-D and TALYS (TENDL libraries) codes.