1. A heavy-ion production channel of 149 Tb via 63 Cu bombardment of 89 Y.
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Wilkinson JT, Barrett KE, Ferran SJ, McGuinness SR, McIntosh LA, McCarthy M, Yennello SJ, Engle JW, Lapi SE, and Peaslee GF
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- Half-Life, Spectrometry, Gamma, Copper chemistry, Radioisotopes chemistry, Terbium chemistry, Yttrium Isotopes chemistry
- Abstract
The radionuclide
149 Tb (t1/2 = 4.1 h) is a potential theranostic isotope which can simultaneously be used for targeted-alpha-particle therapy and positron-emission tomography. Feasibility experiments were performed to test a near-symmetric heavy-ion reaction of63 Cu bombardment on monoisotopic89 Y. The indirect reaction was studied to avoid isomer production. Offline gamma spectroscopy was used to quantify thick-target physical yields and experimental results show modest agreement to the fusion-evaporation code PACE4. A near-symmetric fission yield was also observed., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2021
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