Investigation of excitation functions of alpha induced reactions on natXe: Production of the therapeutic radioisotope 131Cs

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

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 742-754

  Tarkanyi F ^a   Hermanne, A ^b   Kiraly B ^a   Takacs S ^a   Ditroi F ^a   Sonck, M ^b   Kovalev, S F ^c   Ignatyuk, A V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND POWER ENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alpha particle irradiation; Comparison of reactor and cyclotron production routes; Cross section; Excitation function; Therapeutic radioisotope 131Cs; Xenon gas target

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CESIUM; CYCLOTRONS; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; TARGETS;

ALPHA-PARTICLE IRRADIATION; COMPARISON OF REACTOR AND CYCLOTRON PRODUCTION ROUTES; CROSS SECTION; EXCITATION FUNCTION; THERAPEUTIC RADIOISOTOPE 131CS;

XENON;

EID: 61849140664     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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