Thick-target yield of ⁶⁵Cu(α,n)⁶⁸Ga near threshold and implications for nuclear medicine, deep underground detector backgrounds, and nucleosynthesis

Authors

• Zachary P. Meisel, Air Force Institute of TechnologyFollow
• Gula Hamad, University of Virginia
• Kristyn Brandenburg, Ohio University
• Carl R. Brune, Ohio University
• Donald E. Carter, Ohio University
• Joseph Derkin, Ohio University
• Yenuel Jones-Alberty, Ohio University
• Thomas N. Massey, Ohio University
• Doug Soltesz, Ohio University
• S. K. Subedi, Ohio University
• Alexander V. Voinov, Ohio University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2026

Comments

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The article was published online in October 2026 ahead of inclusion in volume 239 (issue date January 2027).

The Ohio University co-authors on this article were with the Institute of Nuclear & Particle Physics at that institution.

DOI

10.1016/j.apradiso.2026.112956

Source Publication

Applied Radiation and Isotopes (ISSN 0969-8043)

Recommended Citation

Meisel, Z., Hamad, G., Brandenburg, K., Brune, C. R., Carter, D. E., Derkin, J., Jones-Alberty, Y., Massey, T. N., Soltesz, D., Subedi, S. K., & Voinov, A. V. (2027). Thick-target yield of 65Cu(α,n)68Ga near threshold and implications for nuclear medicine, deep underground detector backgrounds, and nucleosynthesis. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 239, 112956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2026.112956