Activation cross-sections of longer lived products of deuteron induced nuclear reactions on ytterbium up to 40 MeV

Tm activation products abstract In the frame of a systematic study of the activation cross-sections of the deuteron induced nuclear reac- tions, excitation functions of the nat Yb(d,xn) 177,173,172mg,171mg,170,169 Lu, nat Yb(d,x) 175,169 Yb and nat Yb(d,x) 173,172,168,167,165 Tm reactions are studied up to 40 MeV, a few of them for the first time. Cross- sections were measured with the activation method using a stacked foil irradiation technique and high resolution c-ray spectrometry. The experimental data are analyzed and compared to the results of the theoretical model codes ALICE-IPPE, EMPIRE-II and TALYS. From the measured cross-section data integral production yields were calculated. Applications of the new cross-sections are discussed.