Investigating High-Energy Proton Induced Reactions on Spherical Nuclei: Implications for the Pre-equilibrium Exciton Model

This repository contains all raw gamma-ray spectra, including detector calibrations, analyzed for this manuscript. Experiments were conducted at LBNL, LANL, and BNL.

Background: A number of accelerator-based isotope production facilities utilize 100- to 200-MeV proton beams due to the high production rates enabled by high-intensity beam capabilities and the greater diversity of isotope production brought on by the long range of high-energy protons. However, nuclear reaction modeling at these energies can be challenging because of the interplay between different reaction modes and a lack of existing guiding cross-section data.

Purpose: A Tri-lab collaboration has been formed among the Lawrence Berkeley, Los Alamos, and Brookhaven National Laboratories to address these complexities by characterizing charged-particle nuclear reactions relevant to the production of established and novel radioisotopes.