title: Activation cross-sections of proton induced reactions on natural Ni up to 65MeV.
abstract: Production cross-sections of the (nat)Ni(p,x)(60,61)Cu, (56,57)Ni, (55,56,57,58)Co nuclear reactions were measured in five experiments up to 65MeV by using a stacked foil activation technique. The results were compared with the available literature values, predictions of the nuclear reaction model codes ALICE-IPPE, TALYS-1.4, and extracted data from the TENDL-2012 library. Spline fits were made on the basis of selected data, from which physical yields were calculated and compared with the literature values. The applicability of the (nat)Ni(p,x)(57)Ni, (57)Co reactions for thin layer activation (TLA) was investigated. The production rate for (55)Co was compared for proton and deuteron induced reactions on Ni.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan; Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), 4026 Debrecen, Hungary. Electronic address: noumanamjad@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amjed
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), 4026 Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tárkányi
authors.affiliation: Cyclotron Laboratory, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hermanne
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), 4026 Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ditrói
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), 4026 Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takács
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hussain
keywords: (60,)(61)Cu, (56,)(57)Ni and (55,)(56,)(57,)(58)Co excitation functions; Natural nickel targets; Physical yields; Proton irradiation; Spline fit; Thin layer activation