Investigation of activation cross-section data of proton induced nuclear reactions on rhenium

•Proton induced reactions on natural rhenium up to 70 MeV.•Stacked foil irradiation at different energies and accelerators.•Comparison of experimental results with the ALICE, EMPIRE and TALYS theoretical codes.•Calculation and comparison of thick target integral yields.

In the frame of systematic investigations of activation cross-section data for different applications the excitation functions of natRe(p,x)185Os, 183mOs, 183gOs, 182Os, 181mOs, 186gRe, 184mRe, 184gRe, 183Re, 182mRe, 182gRe and 181gRe reactions were measured up to 70 MeV. The data for the natRe(p,x) 183mOs, 183gOs, 182Os, 181gOs,186gRe, 184mRe,182mRe, 182gRe, and 181Re reactions are reported for the first time. The activation method, the stacked foil irradiation technique and γ-spectroscopy for activity detection were used. The experimental data were compared with predictions of three theoretical codes. From the measured cross-section thick target integral yields were also calculated and presented.