Excitation Functions Of Some Deuteron-Induced Nuclear Reactions On Al

Excitation functions of the reactions Al-27(d,alpha p)Na-24, Al-27(d,2p)Mg-27 and Al-27(d,p)Al-28 were measured by the activation technique up to deuteron energies of 37 MeV. The available experimental databases of the reaction products Mg-27 and Al-28 were extended and compared with the nuclear model calculations based on the code TALYS-1.8. Our measured data are reproduced well by the model calculations after adjustment of a few free input parameters. The cross-section ratio of the (d,alpha p) to (d,2p) process as a function of projectile energy was deduced from the measured data, and the result is interpreted in terms of competition between a proton and an alpha-particle emission.