Experimental cross-sections for proton induced reactions on natural molybdenum

Abstract The experimental cross-sections of the n a t Mo(p,xn) 93 m + g , 94 g , 95 m , 95 g , 96 m + g Tc, 100Mo(p,x)99Mo and 100Mo(p,2n) 99 m Tc nuclear reactions were measured up to 18.3 MeV, by the stacked-foil activation technique at the superconducting linear accelerator of the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. And the proton beam current was monitored by the independent n a t Cu(p,x)65Zn and n a t Ti(p,x)48V reactions. The experimental results were compared with the literature data taken from EXFOR database, evaluation data of the charged-particle cross section database and theoretical values by using TALYS-1.95 code with six level density models. The obtained results for most of the radionuclides show good agreement with the available literature data. Besides, the theoretical calculations predicted by the TALYS-1.95 code demonstrate similar trends with experimental data. Although in some cases, cross-sections results are sensitive to the nuclear level densities. Evaluated nuclear values of the charged-particle cross section database correspond well with our measurements for 96 m + g , 99 m Tc and 99Mo.