New excitation functions measurement of nuclear reactions induced by deuteron beams on yttrium with particular reference to the production of ~(89)Zr

摘要

We investigated Zr-89 production induced by deuteron beams on yttrium targets at energies up to E-d = 32 MeV using the stacked-foil activation technique. Cross sections of the following nuclear reactions Y-89(d,2n)Zr-89, Y-89(d,3n)Zr-88 and Y-89(d,x)Y-88 have also been measured. Based on the measured values, we determined the thick target yields for Zr-89 and Zr-88 which is the main contaminant associated to the production of Zr-89 .