New cross-sections for production of 103Pd; review of charged particle production routes

F Tárkányi; A Hermanne; B Király; S Takács; F Ditrói; J Csikai; A Fenyvesi; M S Uddin; M Hagiwara; M Baba; T Ido; Yu N Shubin; A V Ignatyuk

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.100

New cross-sections for production of 103Pd; review of charged particle production routes

Appl Radiat Isot. 2009 Sep;67(9):1574-81. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.100. Epub 2009 Mar 31.

Authors

F Tárkányi¹, A Hermanne, B Király, S Takács, F Ditrói, J Csikai, A Fenyvesi, M S Uddin, M Hagiwara, M Baba, T Ido, Yu N Shubin, A V Ignatyuk

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary.

PMID: 19394835
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.100

Abstract

Production cross-sections of (103)Ag obtained by irradiating (nat)Pd and (nat)Cd with 70 MeV protons are presented and compared with ALICE-IPPE model calculations. Production of (103)Ag is of interest for the generation of (103)Pd widely used in brachytherapy. The investigated energy range of the (103)Rh(d,2n)(103)Pd reaction was extended up to 40 MeV and the results were compared with the curves of ALICE-IPPE, EMPIRE-II and GNASH theoretical codes. Thick target yields were calculated. An overview and analysis of the most important charged particle induced production routes of (103)Pd is presented. An explanation of the apparent discrepancy in the activity measurements for (103)Rh based on X- or gamma-ray is given.