Production of the mercury-197 through proton induced reaction on gold.

The excitation function of the proton exchange reactions on gold was investigated in the energy range from threshold up to 20MeV. We presented our experimental results upto 14MeV stacked-foil technique was used, the target was of high purity gold foils (99.99%.) Reactions cross-sections and excitation functions were studied. Both isomeric level cross sections of (197)Hg were measured and calculated theoretically using the DDHMS routine of the EMPIRE-II (v2.19) code. Isomeric cross-section ratios for the pair (197m,g)Hg were calculated and presented as a function of proton energy.