Activation cross-sections of proton induced reactions on natSm up to 65 MeV

• Proton induced reactions on natural samarium up to 65 MeV.
• Stacked foil irradiation technique.
• Comparison of experimental results with the ALICE, EMPIRE and TALYS theoretical model codes.
• Calculation and comparison of thick target integral yields.

Activation cross sections for proton induced reactions on Sm are presented for the first time for natSm(p,xn)154,152m2,152m1,152g,150m,150g,149,148,147,146,145Eu, natSm(p,x)153,145Sm, natSm(p,x)151,150,149,148g,148m,146,144,143Pm and natSm(p,x)141Nd up to 65 MeV. The cross sections were measured via activation method by using a stacked-foil irradiation technique and high resolution gamma ray spectroscopy. The results were compared with results of the nuclear reaction codes ALICE, EMPIRE and TALYS (results taken from TENDL libraries). Integral yields of the activation products were calculated from the excitation functions.