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Cross sections for the production of radionuclides induced in W targets by high energy carbon ions and protons

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This work reports the production cross-section data for twenty-five radionuclides produced by 80.5MeV/u carbon ions impinging on the tungsten target. The data were obtained by using the off-line gamma spectroscopy method. We calculated the cross sections for the production of residual nuclides using the PHITS Monte-Carlo code and compared them with measured results. We also studied the calculated results of the tungsten target bombarded by 250MeV protons. Generally, the PHITS calculations give a good tendency of isobaric yield for both heavy ions and protons. The experimental data will be useful for understanding the reaction mechanism and benchmarking Monte-Carlo particle transport models.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 12075296).

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  1. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Yongqin Ju, Xueying Zhang, Honglin Ge, Fei Ma, Liang Chen, Yanbin Zhang, Hongbin Zhang, Zhichao Gao & Yaoxuan Cui

  2. School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xueying Zhang, Zhichao Gao & Yaoxuan Cui

  3. Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, China

    Quanzhi Yu & Bin Zhou

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Ju, Y., Zhang, X., Ge, H. et al. Cross sections for the production of radionuclides induced in W targets by high energy carbon ions and protons. Eur. Phys. J. A 60, 98 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01320-8

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