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A. Hermanne, R. Adam-Rebeles<br />
Cyclotron Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1090 Brussels, Belgium<br />
F. Tarkanyi, S. Takacs, J. Csikai<br />
Institute of Nuclear research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H4026 Debrecen, Hungary<br />
M.P. Takacs<br />
Institute of Physics, Debrecen University, H4026 Debrecen, Hungary<br />
A. Ignatyuk<br />
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russian Federation<br />
In the frame of our systematic investigation of excitation functions of light charged particle induced nuclear<br />
threshold reactions we recently studied deuteron reactions (up to 50 MeV incident energy) on rare earth<br />
targets. In nine stacked foil experiments, using the external 50 MeV deuteron beam of the CGR-960<br />
cyclotron of the UCL (Louvain la Neuve, Belgium), the activation products of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd,<br />
Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu were investigated. The production of radioisotopes with half-life longer<br />
than a couple of hours was assessed non-destructively (no chemical separation) by repeated high resolution<br />
gamma-spectrometry. Cross sections were calculated based on the general activation formula and with the<br />
irradiation data, target characteristics and measured activities as input parameters. All results are relative<br />
to recommended cross section values for monitor reactions on Al or Ti. Results for more than 100 residual<br />
activation products are obtained, including some medically or technically relevant radionuclides as 177Lu,<br />
169Yb, 167Tm, 166Ho, 153Sm, 139Ce, 152,154Eu. Examples will be discussed and comparisons with the<br />
scarce literature data will be made. Most of the reactions are studied for the first time, especially in the<br />
higher energy domain. The experimental results are also compared with cross sections values predicted<br />
in blind calculation by theoretical codes. Apart from the on-line library TENDL-2011, based on the 1.4<br />
version of the TALYS codes family, also the results obtained with the updated versions ALICE-D and<br />
EMPIRE-D (adapted for deuteron induced reactions) are presented. Although calculations can describe<br />
rather well now (d,xn) reactions, pathways where charged particles or clusters are emitted still show large<br />
discrepancies. This research is supported by FWO-Vlaanderen and the Hungarian Academy of Science.<br />
PB 4 4:40 PM<br />
Carbon Fragmentation Measurements and Validation of the Geant4 Nuclear Reaction<br />
Models for Hadrontherapy<br />
M. De Napoli, INFN-Sezione di Catania, 64, Via S. Sofia, I-95123 Catania, Italy. C. Agodi, A. A.<br />
Blancato, G.A.P. Cirrone, G. Cuttone, D. Nicolosi, F. Romano, D. Sardina, V. Scuderi, S. Tropea,<br />
INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, 64, Via S. Sofia, I-95123 Catania, Italy. G. Battistoni,<br />
INFN-Sezione di Milano, 16, Via Celoria I-20133 Milano, Italy. F. Giacoppo, <strong>Laboratory</strong> for High<br />
Energy Physics, Siderstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. M.C. Morone, INFN - Sezione di Roma Tor<br />
Vergata, Italy. L. Pandola, INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, SS 17 bis km 18+910, I-67100<br />
Assergi (AQ), Italy. V. Patera, A. Sarti, A. Sciubba, Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate per<br />
l’Ingegneria, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. G. Raciti, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia,<br />
Università degli Studi di Catania, 64, Via S. Sofia, I-95123 Catania, Italy.. E. Rapisarda, Nuclear and<br />
Radiation Physics Section, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200d - box 24183001 Heverlee,<br />
Belgium. C. Sfienti, Institut für Kernphysik Johannes Gutenberg, Universität Mainz Johann,<br />
Joachim-Becher Weg 45. D-55099 Mainz, Germany.<br />
The use of heavy-ion beams in hadrontherapy is motivated by the highly localized dose distribution they<br />
provide at the end of the radiation range, i.e. the Bragg peak, and by the enhanced relative biological<br />
effectiveness with respect to photon or proton irradiation [1]. Thanks to these advantages, carbon beams<br />
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