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

• Experimental excitation function of deuteron induced reactions on natural ytterbium up to 40 MeV.
• Model code calculations with EMPIRE-D, ALICE-D and TALYS (TENDL-2011 and 2012).
• Physical yield calculation.
• Tabulated experimental results.
• Discussion of medical and industrial applications.

In the frame of a systematic study of the activation cross-sections of the deuteron induced nuclear reactions, excitation functions of the natYb(d,xn)177,173,172mg,171mg,170,169Lu, natYb(d,x)175,169Yb and natYb(d,x)173,172,168,167,165Tm 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 γ-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.