The Excitation Functions for Some Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides

Measurement of reaction cross sections is one of the main aims of many experimentalists due to the need of proven cross section data for the reactions. Moreover, the lack and discrepancies among the available data are still existing. Our concern is focused on targets that can produce radionuclides of main use in nuclear medicine and thin layer activation techniques. Excitation functions of some Molybdenum and Gadolinium isotopes were measured using the gamma spectra from the (p,x) reactions of high purity natural targets. These reactions could be produced by means of relatively low projectile energies.

Dr. Mohsen Challan is an associate professor at the Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he serves as Head of Physics Department, College of Education. He is an expert in environmental radiology, experimental nuclear physics, and computational physics, which are the subjects he teaches and researches at MU.