Study of excitation functions of alpha-particle induced nuclear reactions on holmium for 167Tm production.

Authors :: Tárkányi F
Hermanne A
Király B
Takács S
Ignatyuk AV
Source :: Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine [Appl Radiat Isot] 2010 Mar; Vol. 68 (3), pp. 404-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Dec 01.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: (167)Tm is a candidate radioisotope for both nuclear medicine diagnostics and therapy due to its emitted Auger-electrons, low energy X- and gamma-rays. In the frame of a systematic study of excitation functions for production of medically relevant radioisotopes by charged particle induced reactions on rare earths, the (165)Ho(alpha,2n)(167)Tm reaction and the (165)Ho(alpha,n)(168)Tm, (165)Ho(alpha,3n)(166)Tm, (165)Ho(alpha,4n)(165)Tm side reactions were measured up to 40 MeV by the stacked foil irradiation technique and gamma-ray spectroscopy. The measured results were compared to the ALICE-IPPE and EMPIRE-II theoretical curves. Thick target yields, impurity levels and specific activities were deduced and compared with the same parameters for other charged particle production routes of (167)Tm.<br /> (Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Nuclear Medicine
Alpha Particles
Holmium chemistry
Thulium chemistry

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1872-9800
Volume :: 68
Issue :: 3
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 20022515
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.043

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