Excitation functions of 3He-particle-induced nuclear reactions on 103Rh: Experimental and theoretical investigations

. The excitation function for 3 He-induced reactions on 103 Rh, as another pathway for the production of medically used 103 Pd, was studied by the stacked foil technique. Excitation functions of the 103 Rh( 3 He, x ) 103 Pd, 103, 104, 104m, 105 Ag and 100, 101, 101m, 102, 102m Rh reactions were determined up to 27 MeV by detecting the characteristic γ -rays obtained from the decay of residual nuclei. The experimental results were compared with the theoretical ones obtained from the EMPIRE-3.2 code and the TENDL nuclear data library. From the measured cross-section data, integral production yields were calculated.