%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of Excitation Functions of Reactions Used in Production of Some Medical Radioisotopes
%A Idris Ahmad
%A Yahya Ibrahim Yola
%A Fatima Salman Koki
%J International Journal of Medical Physics,Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology
%P 290-303
%@ 2168-5444
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ijmpcero.2017.63026
%X In this work, reaction cross-sections w</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ere</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> calculate</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">d</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and Excitation Functions were
evaluated for productions of </span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">208</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Bi, </span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">212,211,210</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">At, </span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">211,210</span></sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Po
isotopes using EXIFON code in the energy range from 0 MeV to 30 MeV. The code
is based on an analytical model for statistical multistep direct and multistep
compound reactions (SMD/SMC model)</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">This work also investigate</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the shell structure effect on the reaction cross-section, the results
obtained show that the cross-se</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">c</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">tio</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ns</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> of (a, na) reaction for both with shell correction and without shell
correction are zeros at energies range considered, this shows that the energy
of the incident particle is below the threshold of this reaction due to the
present of coulomb repulsive force between the projectile and target nucleus.
%K Nuclear Reaction
%K Cross-Section
%K Excitation Function
%K Radioisotope
%K Nuclear Model
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=78518