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Design a 10 kJ IS Mather Type Plasma Focus for Solid Target Activation to Produce Short-Lived Radioisotopes 12C(d,n)13N

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A 10 kJ (15 kV, 88 μF) IS (Iranian Sun) Mather type plasma focus device has been studied to determine the activity of a compound exogenous carbon solid target through 12C(d,n)13N nuclear reaction. The produced 13N is a short-lived radioisotope with a half-life of 9.97 min and threshold energy of 0.28 MeV. The results indicate that energetic deuterons impinging on the solid target can produce yield of \( \langle y\rangle \) = 6.7 × 10−5 with an activity of A = 6.8 × 104 Bq for one plasma focus shut and A ν  = 4 × 105 Bq for 6 shut per mint when the projectile maximum deuterons energy is E max = 3 MeV.

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  1. Nuclear Science Research School, Nuclear Science & Technology Research Institute (N.S.T.R), A.E.O.I., 14155-1339, Tehran, Iran

    S. M. Sadat Kiai, S. Adlparvar, S. Sheibani, M. Elahi, A. Safarien, S. Farhangi, S. Alhooie, M. M. Khalaj, A. R. Khanchi, A. A. Dabirzadeh, A. Kashani & F. Zahedi

  2. Lasers and Optics Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTR), A.E.O.I., 11365-8486, Tehran, Iran

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Sadat Kiai, S.M., Adlparvar, S., Sheibani, S. et al. Design a 10 kJ IS Mather Type Plasma Focus for Solid Target Activation to Produce Short-Lived Radioisotopes 12C(d,n)13N. J Fusion Energ 29, 421–426 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-010-9298-7

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