New calculation of excitation functions of proton-induced reactions in some medical isotopes of Cu, Zn and Ga

The new calculations on the excitation functions of 61Ni(p,n)61Cu, 62Ni(p,n)62Cu, 64Ni(p,n)64Cu, 63Cu(p,2n)62Zn, 63Cu(p,n)63Zn, 65Cu(p,n)65Zn, 66Zn(p,n)66Ga, 67Zn(p,2n)66Ga, 67Zn(p,n)67Ga and 68Zn(p,n)68Ga reactions have been carried out in the 5–30 MeV proton energy range. The calculations involve the cascade exciton model, preequilibrium nuclear reaction model and exciton model. The calculated results are compared with the experimental data taken from the literature.