Excitation function for deuteron induced nuclear reactions on natural ytterbium for production of high specific activity super(177g)Lu in no-carrier-added form for metabolic radiotherapy

Deuteron-induced nuclear reactions for generation of no-carrier-added Lu radionuclides were investigated using the stacked-foil activation technique on natural Yb targets at energies up to E sub(d)=18.18 MeV. Excitation functions of the reactions super(nat)Yb(d,xn) super(169,170,171,172,173,174g,174...

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Published inApplied radiation and isotopes Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 37 - 45
Main Authors Manenti, Simone, Groppi, Flavia, Gandini, Andrea, Gini, Luigi, Abbas, Kamel, Holzwarth, Uwe, Simonelli, Federica, Bonardi, Mauro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2011
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Summary:Deuteron-induced nuclear reactions for generation of no-carrier-added Lu radionuclides were investigated using the stacked-foil activation technique on natural Yb targets at energies up to E sub(d)=18.18 MeV. Excitation functions of the reactions super(nat)Yb(d,xn) super(169,170,171,172,173,174g,174m, 176m, 177g)Lu and super(nat)Yb(d,pxn) super(169,175,177)Yb have been measured, among them three ( super(169)Lu, super(174m)Lu and super(176m)Lu) are reported for the first time. The upper limit of the contamination from the long-lived metastable level super(177m)Lu was evaluated too. Thick-target yields for all investigated radionuclides are calculated.
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ISSN:0969-8043
DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.08.008