EXCITATION FUNCTIONS FOR RADIOACTIVE NUCLIDES PRODUCED BY DEUTERON-INDUCED REACTIONS IN IRON

Cross sections were measured for the production of radioactive nuclides by deuteron-induced reactions in natural iron at bombarding energies below 40 MeV. Deuteron beams of the Oak Ridge isochronous cyclotron were used to bombard stacked iron foils. γ spectra of individual foils were measured with a Ge(Li) spectrometer. Radioactivities with half-lives greater than 20 min were measured. Excitation functions were obtained for Co55, Co56, Co57, Co58, Mn52, Mn54, Mnm54, and Cr51. Cross sections predicted by a compound-nucleus evaporation theory are in reasonable agreement with the experimental results. © 1969 The American Physical Society.