Excitation functions of proton-induced reactions on natural Nd in the 10–30 MeV energy range, and production of radionuclides relevant for double-β decay

O. Lebeda, V. Lozza, P. Schrock, J. Štursa, and K. Zuber
Phys. Rev. C 85, 014602 – Published 3 January 2012; Erratum Phys. Rev. C 89, 049905 (2014)

Abstract

A preferred candidate for neutrinoless double-β decay, 150Nd, is present in natural neodymium at an abundance level of 5.64%. However, neodymium could be activated by cosmic rays during the period it spends on the Earth's surface. Its activation by protons is therefore of interest when it comes to estimating the possible disturbance effects and increased background during neutrinoless double-β-decay experiments like Sudbury Neutrino Observatory plus liquid scintillator (SNO+). In most cases, we lack experimental data on proton-induced reactions on neodymium. Therefore, a measurement of cross sections has been performed for the formation of 141Pm, 143Pm, 144Pm, 146Pm, 148Pm, 148Pmm, 149Pm, 150Pm, 140Nd, 141Nd, 147Nd, 149Nd, 138Prm, 139Pr, 142Pr, and 139Ce by 10–30 MeV protons. Oxidation-protected metal foil targets of natural isotopic abundance were irradiated by the usual stacked-foil technique on the external proton beam of the isochronous cyclotron U-120M at the Nuclear Physics Institute at Řež near Prague. Special attention was paid to the excitation functions of long-lived radionuclides. The measured data were compared with TENDL-2010 library data (talys code).

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  • Received 13 July 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.014602

©2012 American Physical Society

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Authors & Affiliations

O. Lebeda1,*, V. Lozza2, P. Schrock2,†, J. Štursa1, and K. Zuber2

  • 1Nuclear Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
  • 2Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Kern-und Teilchenphysik, Dresden, Germany

  • *lebeda@ujf.cas.cz
  • Present address: Institut für Kernphysik, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.

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Vol. 85, Iss. 1 — January 2012

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