title: Evaluation of excitation functions of 3He- and α-particle induced reactions on antimony isotopes with special relevance to the production of iodine-124.
abstract: Cross section data were evaluated for the production of the medically important positron emitter (124)I (T(1/2)=4.18d) via (3)He- and α-particle induced reactions on Sb isotopes. The consistency in the measured data available in the literature was checked against the cross section calculations of three nuclear model codes (i.e. STAPRE, EMPIRE and TALYS). The recommended excitation functions obtained by a statistical procedure were used to derive the integral yields. An assessment of the (124)I yields and associated radioisotopic impurities suggests that the (123)Sb(α,3n)(124)I process over the energy range of E(α)=45 → 32 MeV could be of potential interest for the production of (124)I.
authors: Department of Physics, Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
authors: M N
authors: MN
authors: Aslam
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sudár
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hussain
authors: A A
authors: AA
authors: Malik
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Qaim
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D000965:Antimony / Q000737:chemistry*; D006371:Helium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D006371:Helium; D000965:Antimony