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Measurement of alpha-induced reaction cross-sections on \(^{nat}\)Mo with detailed covariance analysis

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In the present study we have measured the excitation functions for the nuclear reactions \(^{nat}\)Mo(\(\alpha \),x)\(^{103}\)Ru, \(^{nat}\)Mo(\(\alpha \),x)\(^{97}\)Ru, \(^{nat}\)Mo(\(\alpha \),x)\(^{95}\)Ru, \(^{nat}\)Mo(\(\alpha \),x)\(^{96g}\)Tc, \(^{nat}\)Mo(\(\alpha \),x)\(^{95g}\)Tc and \(^{nat}\)Mo(\(\alpha \),x)\(^{94g}\)Tc in the energy range 9–32 MeV. We have used the stacked foil activation technique followed by the offline gamma-ray spectroscopy technique to measure the excitation functions. In this study we have also documented detailed uncertainty analysis for these nuclear reactions and their corresponding covariance matrix are also presented. The excitation functions are compared with the available experimental data from EXFOR data library and the theoretical prediction from TALYS nuclear reaction code.

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Acknowledgements

The author (Mahesh Choudhary) gratefully thanks to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, for financial support in the form of Senior Research Fellowship. (File No 09/013(882)/2019-EMR-1). Also, one of the authors (A. Kumar) would like to thank the SERB, DST, Government of India [Grant No. CRG/2019/000360], and Institutions of Eminence (IoE) BHU [Grant No. 6031]. We acknowledge the kind support provided by Prof. A. K. Tyagi, Director, Chemistry Group, BARC, Mumbai and Prof. Chandana Bhattacharya, Head, Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, VECC, Kolkata towards the successful execution of the experiment. We would also like to thank the Cyclotron (K-130) staff, VECC, Kolkata for providing us high quality of the beam during the experiment.

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  1. Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

    Mahesh Choudhary, A. Gandhi, Aman Sharma, Namrata Singh, Punit Dubey, Mahima Upadhyay & A. Kumar

  2. Analytical Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, Kolkata, 700064, India

    S. Dasgupta & J. Datta

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Choudhary, M., Gandhi, A., Sharma, A. et al. Measurement of alpha-induced reaction cross-sections on \(^{nat}\)Mo with detailed covariance analysis. Eur. Phys. J. A 58, 95 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00741-7

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