Production of ⁹⁷Ru and ¹⁰³Ru radionuclide from alpha-induced reaction on ^natMo

The excitation functions of \(^{nat}\) $_{}^{\mathit{nat}}$ Mo( \(\alpha\) $\alpha$ , x) \(^{97}\) $_{}^{97}$ Ru and \(^{nat}\) $_{}^{\mathit{nat}}$ Mo( \(\alpha\) $\alpha$ , x) \(^{103}\) $_{}^{103}$ Ru reactions in the energy range of 10–22 MeV are determined using the stacked foil activation technique and offline \(\gamma\) $\gamma$ -ray spectrometry. The correction for \(\gamma\) $\gamma$ -self attenuation is performed in the present measurement. The theoretical predictions of cross-section for \(^{nat}\) $_{}^{\mathit{nat}}$ Mo( \(\alpha\) $\alpha$ , x) \(^{97}\) $_{}^{97}$ Ru and \(^{nat}\) $_{}^{\mathit{nat}}$ Mo( \(\alpha\) $\alpha$ , x) \(^{103}\) $_{}^{103}$ Ru reactions are calculated by TALYS. The results of the experiment are compared with the existing cross-section data available in the EXFOR database and different level density models by TALYS code. The uncertainty propagation in the measured cross-sections and correlation matrix using covariance analysis has been studied in this work.