Abstract:
Experiment has been performed to study the activity produced in the irradiation of Terbium-159 material with Oxygen-16 heavy
ion beams using thin layer activation technique. The yields of reaction products 172,171,170Ta, 171,170Hf and 171,170,169Lu populated
via various reaction channels have been measured in the Coulomb barrier to the well above it. A pre-calibrated high purity
germanium detector has been used for γ-counting of material. The yield curves obtained from the study of intensity of
characteristics γ-lines at different energies of heavy ion beam have been further used to determine the calibration curves of the
obtained reaction products. An attempt has been made to study surface wear in terbium by applying heavy ion thin layer
activation technique with increased sensitivity
