Experimental Study for the Energy Levels of Europium by the Clinic LINAC

Abstract

It has been investigated the energy levels of ¹⁵⁰Eu and ¹⁵²Eu radioisotopes.  In this purpose, the Europium Oxide (99,9% purely) sample has been activated by the bremsstrahlung photon beam of 18 MeV end-point energies produced by the clinical electron linear accelerator (cLINAC) at Akdeniz University Nuclear Research and Application Center. The obtained experimental results are in good agreement with the NUDAT database. 

Keywords

• photonuclear reaction,cLINAC

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