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Measurement of the cross-sections of the 106m,gAg, 105gAg, and 104m,gAg from the natAg(n, x) reactions induced by neutrons with the energies of 14–37 MeV

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The natAg(n, xn)106m,g,104m,g,105gAg reaction cross-sections within the neutron energies of 14–37 MeV were determined by using an activation and off-line γ-ray spectrometric technique. The quasi-mono energetic neutron beams were produced from the 9Be(p, xn)9B reaction by using the proton beams of 25, 35, and 45 MeV at the Korean Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Korea. Monte Carlo simulation code MCNPX was used to simulate the neutron energy spectra, whereas the theoretical cross-sections were calculated using the TALYS 1.8 code. The experimental and theoretical reaction cross-sections show similar trends from lower to higher neutron energy. The isomeric cross-section ratios of 104m,gAg and 106m,gAg for the natAg(n, xn) reactions were also obtained from the experimental values of present work and compared with the literature data.

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The authors express their sincere thanks to the staff of the MC-50 Cyclotron Laboratory in the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Korea for the excellent operation and their support during the experiment. This research was partly supported by the Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Science (NRF 50496-2017) and by the Institutional Activity Program of Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) in 2017.

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    Muhammad Nadeem, Guinyun Kim, Kwangsoo Kim, Muhammad Zaman & Nguyen Thi Hien

  2. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India

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Nadeem, M., Kim, G., Kim, K. et al. Measurement of the cross-sections of the 106m,gAg, 105gAg, and 104m,gAg from the natAg(n, x) reactions induced by neutrons with the energies of 14–37 MeV. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 313, 47–57 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5295-x

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