Investigation of production cross sections, using stacked targets at the 88" Cyclotron with focus on $^{\rm nat}{\rm Fe}(\rm p,x)^{51}{\rm Mn}$

Abstract

With the investigation of the production cross section of $\ ^{51}\rm Mn$ off of $\ ^{\rm nat}\rm Fe$ in mind, two stacked target experiments were conducted at the Berkeley Lab 88-Inch Cyclotron. Proton beams with energies of $25$ and $55\,\rm MeV$ result in a total of 14 data points for various reactions. Gamma spectra of the activated foils were taken and analyzed, then cross sections calculated.