{"title":"Systematic study of effect of theoretical models on cross sections for natCa(α, x)47,46,44g,44m,43Sc reactions","authors":"A. Saha","doi":"10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.111938","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cross section of medically important <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>47</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>46</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>44</mn><mi>g</mi><mo>,</mo><mn>44</mn><mi>m</mi><mo>,</mo><mn>43</mn></mrow></msup></math></span>Sc radionuclides produced via alpha induced reactions on natural Calcium are estimated theoretically using statistical model calculations employing TALYS (version 1.96) code up to 30 MeV incident alpha particle energy. The most suitable level density model, alpha optical model potential and pre-equilibrium model for theoretical estimation of production cross section of each of the Sc isotopes have been investigated and effect of their simultaneous application have also been studied. The theoretical results have been compared to the experimental data taken from literature and the latest evaluations of TENDL-2023 libraries. Such systematic studies are extremely important for understanding the influence of different theoretical models on the production cross section of different radioisotopes and for validation of different nuclear model codes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8096,"journal":{"name":"Applied Radiation and Isotopes","volume":"225 ","pages":"Article 111938"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied Radiation and Isotopes","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804325002830","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Cross section of medically important Sc radionuclides produced via alpha induced reactions on natural Calcium are estimated theoretically using statistical model calculations employing TALYS (version 1.96) code up to 30 MeV incident alpha particle energy. The most suitable level density model, alpha optical model potential and pre-equilibrium model for theoretical estimation of production cross section of each of the Sc isotopes have been investigated and effect of their simultaneous application have also been studied. The theoretical results have been compared to the experimental data taken from literature and the latest evaluations of TENDL-2023 libraries. Such systematic studies are extremely important for understanding the influence of different theoretical models on the production cross section of different radioisotopes and for validation of different nuclear model codes.
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