title: Nuclear theory for high-energy nuclear reactions of biomedical relevance.
abstract: A full description of all possible nuclear reactions that take place in a macroscopic device can only be accomplished with a nuclear model code in combination with key experimental data. To address this issue, the authors demonstrate some of the capabilities of TALYS, a nuclear reaction program which simulates nuclear reactions that involve neutrons, gamma rays, protons, deuterons, tritons, helions and alpha particles, in the 1 keV to 200 MeV energy range. A suite of nuclear reaction models has been implemented into a single code system, enabling to evaluate basically all nuclear reactions beyond the resonance range. The main nuclear models used, such as newly developed optical models, various compound nucleus, fission, gamma-ray strength, level density and pre-equilibrium models, all driven by a comprehensive database of nuclear structure parameters have been briefly mentioned. The predictive power of the code is demonstrated by comparing calculated results with a diverse set of experimental observables. The aim is to show that TALYS represents a robust computational approach that covers the whole path from fundamental nuclear reaction models to the creation of complete data libraries for nuclear applications.
authors.affiliation: NRG, 3 Westerduinweg Petten, PO Box 25, 1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands. koning@nrg-nl.com
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Koning
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Duijvestijn
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes