Section measurements and theoretical calculations of proton induced nuclear reactions on natural tellurium

摘要

Excitation functions of the reactions ~(nat)Te(p, xn)~(123,124,126,130)I were measured from their respective thresholds up to 17 MeV. The conventional stacked-foil technique was used where the samples for irradiation were prepared by a sedimentation process. The measured excitation functions were compared with both the data available in the literature and the results of theoretical calculations using the codes TALYS-1.2 and ALICE-IPPE. The present experimental data show good agreement with TALYS-1.2 calculations but some deviations from ALICE-IPPE results. From the experimental data the integral yields of the investigated radionuclides were calculated as a function of the proton energy. The most dominating product is~(130)I.