Calculation of induced reactions of 3He-particles on natSb in 10-34Â MeV energy range

Calculations for the excitation functions of the 121Sb(3He, xn) 121,122,123I, and 123Sb(3He xn) 122,123,124,125I reactions have been carried out using statistical and pre-equilibrium nuclear reaction models in 10−34 MeV energy range. These excitation functions have been used to derive the excitation functions of the natSb(3He, xn)121,123,124I reactions and compared with reported measurements. For studying the improvement with measurements two values of the diffuseness parameter aw equal to 0.9 and 0.7 fm have been used in the calculations. The dependence of pre-equilibrium calculations on the initial exciton numbers has also been considered.