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V. O. Zheltonozhsky, D. E. Myznikov, A. M. Savrasov^*, V. I. Slisenko, N. V. Kulich

Institute for Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

^*Corresponding author. E-mail address: asavrasov@kinr.kiev.ua

Abstract: For the first time, the flux-weighted average yield of the (γ, p)-reaction on ⁶⁸Zn was measured at a bremsstrahlung end-point energy of 19 MeV. The obtained value is 624(56) μb. The obtained yield was calculated within the framework of the TALYS-1.96 code. A significant contribution of the non-statistical mechanism for the ⁶⁸Zn(γ, p)⁶⁷Cu reaction is noted at a bremsstrahlung end-point energy of 19 MeV. High economic efficiency of ⁶⁷Cu production is shown on zinc enriched with the ⁶⁸Zn isotope at electron energy values in the region of 20 MeV.

Keywords: ⁶⁷Cu, photoactivation method, flux-weighted average yield, TALYS-1.96.

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