title: New activation cross section data on longer lived radio-nuclei produced in proton induced nuclear reaction on zirconium.
abstract: The excitation functions of (96)Nb, (95m)Nb, (95g)Nb, (92m)Nb, (91m)Nb, (90)Nb, (95)Zr, (89)Zr, (88)Zr, (86)Zr, (88)Y, (87m)Y, (87g)Y, (86)Y were measured up to 70MeV proton energy by using the stacked foil technique and the activation method. The new data were compared with the critically analyzed experimental data in the literature and with the TALYS based model results in TENDL-2013 library. The possible role of the investigated reactions in the production of medically relevant (90)Nb, (95m)Nb, (89)Zr, and (88)Y radionuclides is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tárkányi
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary. Electronic address: ditroi@atomki.hu.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ditrói
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takács
authors.affiliation: Cyclotron Laboratory, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hermanne
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Cyclotron Facility, Nuclear Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo 13759, Egypt.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Abyad
authors.affiliation: Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center (CYRIC), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.affiliation: Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center (CYRIC), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.affiliation: Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center (CYRIC), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
keywords: Cross section measurement; Nb; Proton activation; Yield calculation; Zr and Y radioisotopes