title: Study of the excitation function for the deuteron induced reaction on 64Ni(d,2n) for the production of the medical radioisotope 64Cu.
abstract: The production of (64)Cu, a radioisotope of considerable interest for the application in nuclear medicine for PET imaging and radioimmunotherapy, was investigated by deuteron bombardment of enriched (64)Ni target up to E(d)=20.5 MeV. The experimental excitation function for the reaction (64)Ni(d,2n)(64)Cu was measured using the stacked foil irradiation technique followed by HPGe gamma-ray analysis at 1346 keV and is compared with earlier literature values. Cross-section data for the (64)Ni(d,p)(65)Ni reaction are determined for the first time. Thick target yields are derived and compared with results of other production routes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Physics, Babes-Bolyai University, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. ladaraban@phys.ubbcluj.ro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daraban
authors.forename: R Adam
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rebeles
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hermanne
mesh_terms: D003903:Deuterium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D016499:Radioimmunotherapy; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D009532:Nickel; D003903:Deuterium