Bicer, AhmetManisa, KaanCalik, Abdullah EnginErdogan, MehmetSen, MurselBircan, HasanDapo, Haris2020-03-262020-03-2620182391-5471https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/phys-2018-0012https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/36483The photonuclear reactions, first extensively studied in the 1970's and performed using the gamma rays obtained via bremsstrahlung, are a standard nuclear physics experiment. In this study, a non-enriched Rubidium sample was irradiated with photons produced by a clinical linear electron accelerator (cLINACs) with energies up to 18 MeV with the aim of activating it through photonuclear reactions. The activated sample was measured with a high purity germanium detector (HPGe) with the aim of measuring the transition energies and half-lives. The spectroscopic analysis performed on the obtained data yielded high quality results for the transition energies with precision matching or surpassing the literature data. For the half-lives the results were consistent with the literature, most notably the half-life of Rb-84m decay was determined as 20.28(2) m. The results for both energies and half-lives further show that the clinical linear accelerators can be successfully used as an efficient tool in experimental nuclear research endeavors.en10.1515/phys-2018-0012info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRubidiumphotonuclear reactionhalf-lifeenergy transitionsArticle1616368Q3WOS:000428760100012Q3