Investigation of activation cross-sections of proton induced nuclear reactions on natMo up to 40 MeV: New data and evaluation

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

Volumn 280, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-73

  Tarkanyi F ^a   Ditroi F ^a   Hermanne, A ^b   Takacs S ^a   Ignatyuk, A V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Cyclotron; Excitation function; Molybdenum; Proton activation; Thick target yield

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CYCLOTRONS; MOLYBDENUM;

ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY; ACTIVATION METHOD; EXCITATION FUNCTION; MODEL CALCULATIONS; REACTION THEORY; STACKED-FOIL TECHNIQUES; THICK TARGET YIELD; THIN LAYER ACTIVATION;

NUCLEAR REACTIONS;

EID: 84860263946     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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