Production and Validation of Isotope Production Cross Section Libraries for Neutrons and Protons to 1.7 GeV

TL;DR

This paper presents comprehensive isotope production cross section libraries for neutrons and protons up to 1.7 GeV, combining experimental data, calculations, and evaluations for use in accelerator and materials research.

Contribution

It provides the most complete compilation of experimental data and evaluated libraries for nucleon-induced isotope production up to 1.7 GeV, integrating multiple data sources and computational models.

Findings

Compiled extensive experimental cross section data from diverse sources.

Produced evaluated libraries using experimental data and multiple nuclear reaction codes.

Enhanced tools for modeling isotope production in high-power accelerators.

Abstract

For validation and development of codes and for modeling isotope production in high power accelerators and APT Materials studies, we have produced experimental, calculated, and evaluated activation libraries for interaction of nucleons with nuclides covering about a third of all natural elements. For targets considered here, our compilation of experimental data is the most complete we are aware of, since it contains all data available on the Web, in journal papers, laboratory reports, theses, and books, as well as all data included in the large compilation by Sobolevsky with co-authors (NUCLEX) published recently by Springer-Verlag in 4 volumes. Our evaluated library was produced using all available experimental cross sections together with calculations by the CEM95, LAHET, and HMS-ALICE codes and with the European Activation File EAF-97 and LANL Update II of the ECNAF Neutron Activation Cross-Section Library.