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  • Titel: Excitation functions of deuteron induced nuclear reactions on dysprosium targets for the production of the theranostic relevant isotopes of terbium
  • Beteiligte: Colucci, Michele; Carminati, Stefano; Haddad, Ferid; Nigron, Etienne; Groppi, Flavia; Manenti, Simone
  • Erschienen: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022
  • Erschienen in: The European Physical Journal Plus
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-03378-z
  • ISSN: 2190-5444
  • Schlagwörter: General Physics and Astronomy ; Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The physical properties of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${}^{149,152,155,161}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>149</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>152</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>155</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>161</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>Tb enable their use in both diagnostic and therapeutic applications in the field of nuclear medicine. For this reason the optimization of the production routes of these radionuclides is of widespread interest in research. In this work, the feasibility of the production of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${}^{155}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mn>155</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>Tb and <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${}^{161}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mn>161</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>Tb via the nuclear reactions induced by deuterons on dysprosium target with natural isotopic abundances has been discussed. The cross sections of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${}^{nat}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>nat</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>Dy(d,x) reactions have been studied in the 12.5–32 MeV energetic range with the stacked-foil technique and the corresponding Thick Target Yields have been obtained. The presence of terbium and dysprosium contaminants (<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${}^{156,160}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>156</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>160</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>Tb, <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$${}^{155,157,159}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow /> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>155</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>157</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>159</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>Dy) has been evaluated too.</jats:p>