Activation cross sections for the formation of 51Cr and 52,54Mn in interactions of deuterons with iron

M. Mehedi Hasan; M. Shuza Uddin; A. Kumer Chakroborty; M. Shamsuzzoha Basunia

doi:10.1515/ract-2023-0259

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Activation cross sections for the formation of ⁵¹Cr and ^52,54Mn in interactions of deuterons with iron

M. Mehedi Hasan , M. Shuza Uddin , A. Kumer Chakroborty and M. Shamsuzzoha Basunia

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From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 112 Issue 3

Abstract

Excitation functions for the formation of the radionuclides ⁵¹Cr, ⁵²Mn and ⁵⁴Mn via deuteron-induced activation of natural iron were measured up to deuteron energies of 35 MeV. The available experimental databases of the reaction products ⁵¹Cr, ⁵²Mn and ⁵⁴Mn were extended and compared with the nuclear model calculations using the TALYS code. The model calculations reproduce our measured data after a careful choice of the input model parameters. Some information obtained on competition between the emission of multinucleons and a bound α-particle.

Keywords: natFe+d process; radionuclides 51Cr; and 52,54Mn; activation technique; cross section; excitation function; TALYS calculation

Corresponding author: M. Shuza Uddin, Tandem Accelerator Facilities, INST, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, E-mail: md.shuzauddin@yahoo.com

Funding source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Award Identifier / Grant number: DE-AC02-05CH11231

Acknowledgments

M. Shuza Uddin would like to acknowledge the authorities of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and Ministry of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, for granting leave of absence to conduct these experiments abroad. We wish to thank the operation staff of the 88-Inch cyclotron, LBNL, for providing the deuteron beam. Uddin is thankful to Prof. Lee A. Bernstein, LBNL, for discussions on the deuteron induced reaction kinematics during his visit at LBNL. We are grateful to Prof. Syed M. Qaim, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, for his continued and kind encouragement for research including the suggestions and support in preparing this manuscript.

Research ethics: The manuscript/the study has been approved by the host/collaborators where the study was performed, and that the study subjects, or the guardians, gave informed consent for participation in the study.
Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
Research funding: This work was performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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natFe+d process; radionuclides 51Cr; and 52,54Mn; activation technique; cross section; excitation function; TALYS calculation