Measured Bremsstrahlung Photonuclear Production of 99Mo (99mTc) with 34 MeV to 1.7 GeV Electrons

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2015

Abstract

99Mo photonuclear yield was measured using high-energy electrons from Laser Plasma Accelerators and natural molybdenum. Spectroscopically resolved electron beams allow comparisons to Monte Carlo calculations using known 100Mo(γ,n)99Mo cross sections. Yields are consistent with published low-energy data, and higher energy data are well predicted from the calculations. The measured yield is (15±2)×10−5 atoms/electron (0.92±0.11 GBq/μA) for 25 mm targets at 33.7 MeV, rising to (1391±20)×10−5 atoms/electron (87±2 GBq/μA) for 54 mm/ 1.7 GeV, with peak power-normalized yield at 150 MeV.

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Publication Title

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

DOI

10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.11.008

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