Discipline: Physics
Subcategory: Physics (not Nanoscience)
Session: 2
Room: Tyler
Funmilola Risalah Noiki - North Carolina Central University
Co-Author(s): Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439 Tom Brossard Ravi Gampa Peter Kozak Robin de Kruijff Jerry Nolen David Rotsch Jeongseog Song NCCU and TUNL 1801 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC 27707 Mohammad W. Ahmed Benjamin Crowe Noiki Funmilola James Sherman Ramon Sierra. Sosa, Duke and TUNL 413 Science Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 Calvin R. Howell, Krishichayan, UNC-Chapel Hill 120 E. Cameron Ave., Phillips Hall CB3255, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Robert V. F. Janssens Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Xiquenge Cao 413 Science Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
We report on measurements of photo-nuclear cross-sections which lead to the production of isotopes which are of interest in medical diagnosis and treatment sciences. Precise measurements of the cross sections of 48Ti (γ, p), 48Ti (γ, n), 48Ti (γ, pn), 48Ti (γ, 2n), 48Ti (γ,alpha), 197Au (γ, n) and 197Au (γ, pn) were made at gamma ray energies between 22 -27 MeV. The High Intensity Gamma Ray Source (HIγS) of Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL), a Compton γ-ray facility employing a high intensity Free-Electron Laser (FEL) produced the gamma ray beams for the study. The activity of the reaction products was measured at TUNL’s low-background counting facility using High Purity Germanium detectors (HPGe). Lifetime data were fitted to obtain the isotope yields. Cross-section data are compared to calculations and other known available measurements, such as photo-nuclear cross sections of gold (Au) isotopes. This study reports on the techniques, methods, and results obtained from this measurement.
Funder Acknowledgement(s): This research is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Isotope Program, managed by the Office of Science for Nuclear Physics under grants DE-SC0018325 (NCCU), DE-SC0018112, DE-FG02-97ER41033 (Duke U), and DE-FG02-97ER41 (UNC-Chapel Hill).
Faculty Advisor: Mohammed W. Ahmed, mahmed2@nccu.edu
Role: I was involved in the experimental setup, counting process (all elements), data analysis(Titanium and Gold) and data interpretation.