Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2018) 133: 9
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-11838-x

Regular Article

Excitation functions of ³He-particle-induced nuclear reactions on ¹⁰³Rh: Experimental and theoretical investigations

¹ Physics department (Cyclotron Facility), Nuclear Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority, 13759, Cairo, Egypt
² Institute for Nuclear Research (ATOMKI), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H4026, Debrecen, Hungary

^* e-mail: shaban_kandil@yahoo.com

Received: 16 May 2017
Accepted: 17 December 2017
Published online: 12 January 2018

Abstract

The excitation function for ³He-induced reactions on ¹⁰³Rh, as another pathway for the production of medically used ¹⁰³Pd, was studied by the stacked foil technique. Excitation functions of the ¹⁰³Rh(³He,x)¹⁰³Pd, ^{103, 104, 104m, 105}Ag and ^{100, 101, 101m, 102, 102m}Rh reactions were determined up to 27 MeV by detecting the characteristic -rays obtained from the decay of residual nuclei. The experimental results were compared with the theoretical ones obtained from the EMPIRE-3.2 code and the TENDL nuclear data library. From the measured cross-section data, integral production yields were calculated.