New cross section measurements for production of the positron emitters 75Br and 76Br via intermediate energy proton induced reactions

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 535-541

  Spahn, I ^a   Steyn, G F ^b   Vermeulen, C ^b   Kovacs Z ^c   Szelecsenyi F ^c   Coenen, H H ^a   Qaim, S M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Radionuclide Production Group   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

Author keywords

75br; 76br; Excitation function; Integral yield; Intermediate energy; Proton induced reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350551856     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2009.1636     Document Type: Article

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