Activation cross sections of the 169Tm(d,2n) reaction for production of the therapeutic radionuclide 169Yb

F Tárkányi; A Hermanne; S Takács; F Ditrói; I Spahn; S F Kovalev; A V Ignatyuk; S M Qaim

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.01.008

Activation cross sections of the 169Tm(d,2n) reaction for production of the therapeutic radionuclide 169Yb

Appl Radiat Isot. 2007 Jun;65(6):663-8. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.01.008. Epub 2007 Feb 6.

Authors

F Tárkányi¹, A Hermanne, S Takács, F Ditrói, I Spahn, S F Kovalev, A V Ignatyuk, S M Qaim

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Bem tér 18/c, H-4026 Debrecen, Hungary. tarkanyi@atomki.hu

PMID: 17353128
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.01.008

Abstract

Activation cross sections of deuteron induced nuclear reactions on (169)Tm were measured up to 20 MeV by using the stacked-foil technique. Special emphasis was on production of the internal radiotherapy related radionuclide (169)Yb. No earlier experimental cross-section data on deuteron induced reactions on (169)Tm were found in the literature. The experimental data were compared with the results of the nuclear model codes ALICE-IPPE and EMPIRE-II. The integral yield of the (169)Tm(d,2n)(169)Yb reaction was deduced over the optimum energy range Ed = 20-->9 MeV. At 3.8 MBq/microA.h the yield is lower than that available from the commonly used (168)Yb(n,gamma) (169)Yb reactor method but on the other hand, it is higher than the yields from the earlier investigated (169)Tm(p,n)(169)Yb and (nat)Er(alpha,x) (169)Yb reactions.