Reference Cross Sections for Charged-particle Monitor Reactions

• Published in: Nuclear data sheets Vol. 148; no. C; pp. 338 - 382
• Main Authors: Hermanne, A., Ignatyuk, A.V., Capote, R., Carlson, B.V., Engle, J.W., Kellett, M.A., Kibédi, T., Kim, G., Kondev, F.G., Hussain, M., Lebeda, O., Luca, A., Nagai, Y., Naik, H., Nichols, A.L., Nortier, F.M., Suryanarayana, S.V., Takács, S., Tárkányi, F.T., Verpelli, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2018; Elsevier
• Subjects: Nuclear Experiment; OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; Physics; 4He; accelerator; deuterons 3He; primary activity measurement; decay data measurement; protons; metrology; ionizing radiation; radioactivity
• ISSN: 0090-3752; 1095-9904
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nds.2018.02.009

Evaluated cross sections of beam-monitor reactions are expected to become the de-facto standard for cross-section measurements that are performed over a very broad energy range in accelerators in order to produce particular radionuclides for industrial and medical applications. The requirements for such data need to be addressed in a timely manner, and therefore an IAEA coordinated research project was launched in December 2012 to establish or improve the nuclear data required to characterise charged-particle monitor reactions. An international team was assembled to recommend more accurate cross-section data over a wide range of targets and projectiles, undertaken in conjunction with a limited number of measurements and more extensive evaluations of the decay data of specific radionuclides. Least-square evaluations of monitor-reaction cross sections including uncertainty quantification have been undertaken for charged-particle beams of protons, deuterons, 3He- and 4He-particles. Recommended beam monitor reaction data with their uncertainties are available at the IAEA-NDS medical portal www-nds.iaea.org/medical/monitor_reactions.html.