Measurement of half-lives for 87m,gY and 196m,g,194Au produced from the photon and neutron induced reactions of 89Y and 197Au.

We have measured the half-lives of ^87mY and ^87gY produced from the ⁸⁹Y(γ, 2n) and ⁸⁹Y(n, 3n) reactions with the bremsstrahlung end-point energy of 65 MeV and the average neutron energy of 37.2 MeV using an activation and an off-line γ-ray spectrometric technique, respectively. The bremsstrahlung photon was produced by using the 100 MeV electron linac of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL), whereas the fast neutron was produced from the ⁹Be(p, n) reaction by using the 45 MeV proton of the MC-50 Cyclotron at the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS). We have also measured the half-lives of ¹⁹⁴Au and ^196m2,gAu produced from the ¹⁹⁷Au(γ, xn; x = 1, 3) and ¹⁹⁷Au(n, xn; x = 2, 4) reactions with the bremsstrahlung end-point energy of 60 MeV and the average neutron energy of 37.2 MeV using the same technique and the same facilities as mentioned above. The induced γ-ray activities of the irradiated samples were measured by using an energy- and efficiency calibrated high purity germanium (HPGe) detector. The spectrum analysis has been done by using the ROOT software to separate signals from background. The measured half-lives are compared with the literature values and are in general agreement with each other within the uncertainties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]