Measurement of the activation cross section for the (p,xn) reactions in niobium with potential applications as monitor reactions

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 266, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3353-3358

  Avila Rodriguez, M A ^a   Wilson, J S ^a   Schueller, M J ^b   McQuarrie, S A ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross section; Excitation function; Molybdenum 93m; Monitor foil; Monitor reactions; Niobium 92m

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM; TRANSITION METALS;

CROSS SECTIONING; EXCITATION FUNCTIONS; MONITOR (CO); POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS;

ADDITION REACTIONS;

EID: 48049118794     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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