Landolt-Brnstein Group I
: Elementary Particles, Nuclei and Atoms
Volume 5 

Q-Values and Excitation Functions of Nuclear Reactions 
Subvolume C Estimation of Unknown Excitation Functions and Thick Target Yields for p, d, He-3 and Alpha-Reactions 
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Estimation of unknown excitation functions and thick target yields for p, d, He-3 and 1 
3.1

Introduction 1 
3.2

Excitation functions 1 
3.3

Thick target yields 6 
3.4

Accuracy 8 
3.5

How to obtain excitation functions and thick target yields 11 
3.6

Tables 17 
3.6.1

Table 5: Parameter kappa 17 
3.6.2

Table 6: Threshold energy 48 
3.6.3

Table 7: Correction factor 80 
3.7

Figures 81 
3.7.1

Effective Coloumb barrier vs. Z 81 
3.7.2

Mean threshold energy vs. Z 82 
3.7.3

Maximum cross section vs. kappa 86 
3.7.4

Position of maximum vs. kappa 90 
3.7.5

Correction factor vs. mean projectile energy and Z 94 
3.7.6

Maximum cross section and position of maximum vs. effective Coloumb barrier 96 
3.7.7

Reference excitation functions 98 
3.7.8

Reference curves for thick target yields 178 



Introductory material 
Q-values for nuclear reactions Excitation functions for charged-particle induced nuclear reactions alpha reactions 
