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1. Connection between nuclear structure, dissipation, and time in fission data.

Author: Caamaño, M., Ramos, D., Fernández, D., Mantovani, G., Farget, F., Rodríguez-Tajes, C., Lemasson, A., Rejmund, M., Schmitt, C., Ackermann, D., Álvarez-Pol, H., Audouin, L., Benlliure, J., Biswas, S., Casarejos, E., Clement, E., Cortina, D., Delaune, O., Derkx, X., and Dijon, A.
Subjects: NUCLEAR structure, NUCLEAR fission, ENERGY dissipation, ATOMIC number, ATOMIC excitation
Abstract: Nuclear fission is still one of the most complex physical processes due to the interplay between macroscopic and microscopic nuclear properties that decide the output. An example of this coupling is the presence of nuclear dissipation as an important ingredient that contributes to drive the dynamics and has a clear impact on the time of the process. However, different theoretical interpretations and scarce experimental data make it poorly understood. At low excitation energy, the relative yields of fragments even and odd atomic numbers show a clear difference, which can be quantified with the so-called even-odd effect. This seemingly mundane property can be used to obtain information about the energy dissipated during the process and the role of structure in its dynamics. In this paper, the study of the even-odd effect for elasticand transfer-induced fission data is discussed. A clear connection with particular fragment shells and the dissipation energy is found, as detailed in Ref. [1]. In addition, preliminary results from quasi-fission data show the formation of a relatively large even-odd effect, which suggests a process with low dissipation mainly consisting in the exchange of nucleon pairs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2024
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2. Fragmentation-induced ﬁssion reactions of 236U in inverse kinematics to investigate the pre-fragment angular momentum parameterizations

Author: Rodríguez-Sánchez J.L., Feijoo M., Benlliure J., Chatillon A., Taïeb J., Audouin L., Alvarez-Pol H., Ayyad Y., Bélier G., Boutoux G., Caamaño M., Casarejos E., Cortina-Gil D., Farget F., Fernández-Domínguez B., Gorbinet T., Grente L., Heinz A., Johansson H.T., Jurado B., Kelić-Heil A., Körper D., Kurz N., Laurent B., Lindberg S., Löher B., Martin J.-F., Nociforo C., Paradela C., Pietri S., Ramos D., Rodríguez-Tajes C., Simon H., Törnqvist H.T., Voss B., Weick H., and Yan Y.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: In the last decades, measurements of spallation, fragmentation and Coulex induced ﬁssion reactions in inverse kinematics have provided valuable data to accurately investigate the ﬁssion dynamics and nuclear structure at large deformations of a large variety of stable and non-stable heavy nuclei. The collected data were used to constrain dynamic and nuclear structure parameters of diﬀerent de-excitation models, such as ABLA and GEF, but the data can also be used to constrain the parameterizations describing the pre-fragment properties after the nuclear collision, such as the angular momentum gained by the pre-fragment. In this work, the ﬁssioning system yields are compared to calculations assuming diﬀerent parameterizations for modeling the angular momentum gained by the compound nuclei. Our ﬁndings indicate that the parameterizations utilized by abrasion models clearly underestimate the angular momentum, resulting in the underestimation of the production of lighter ﬁssioning systems.
Published: 2023
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3. Study of (p,2p) fission reactions in inverse kinematics using the R3B set-up

Author: García-Jiménez G., Alvarez-Pol H., Graña-González A., Rodríguez-Sánchez J.L., Benlliure J., Cortina-Gil D., Atar L., Audouin L., Authelet G., Besteiro A., Blanchon G., Boretzky K., Borge M.J.G., Cabanelas P., Casarejos E., Cederkall J., Chatillon A., Corsi A., Feijoo M., De Filippo E., Galaviz D., Gasparic I., Geraci E., Gernhäuser R., Gnoffo B., Heil M., Heinz A., Hensel T., Holl M., Jelavic Malenica D., Jenegger T., Ji L., Johansson H.T., Kiselev O.A., Klenze P., Knyazev A., Körper D., Kröll T., Lithar I., Litvinov Y.A., Löher B., Martorana N. S., Morfouace P., Mücher D., Murillo-Morales S., Obertelli A., Panin V., Park J., Paschalis S., Perea A., Petri M., Pirrone S., Ponnath L., Revel A., Rhee H., Rose L., Rossi D.M., Russotto P., Simon H., Stott A., Sun Y., Sürder C., Taïeb J., Taniuchi R., Tengblad O., Törnqvist H.T., Trimarchi M., Velardita S., Vesic J., and Voss B.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: A new experimental fission approach is presented in the context of the R3B (Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams) collaboration, at the GSI/FAIR facility, in which knockout reactions in inverse kinematics are used to induce fission of 238U that will allow to characterise the excitation energy of the fission process and all the fission products. The CALIFA (CALorimeter for In-Flight detection of γ-rays and high energy charged pArticles) calorimeter, a key part of the R3B set-up, is used to reconstruct the momenta of the two protons from the (p, 2p) reactions. Preliminary results show that kinematic variables and first estimates for nucleon-removal cross sections are well reconstructed and in good agreement with other experimental measurements.
Published: 2023
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4. Fission studies in inverse kinematics with the R3B setup

Author: Graña-González A., Rodríguez-Sánchez J.L., Benlliure J., García-Jiménez G., Alvarez-Pol H., Cortina-Gil D., Atar L., Audouin L., Authelet G., Besteiro A., Blanchon G., Boretzky K., Borge M.J.G., Cabanelas P., Casarejos E., Cederkall J., Chatillon A., Corsi A., Feijoo M., De Filippo E., Galaviz D., Gasparic I., Geraci E., Gernhäuser R., Gnoffo B., Heil M., Heinz A., Hensel T., Holl M., Jelavic Malenica D., Jenegger T., Ji L., Johansson H., Kiselev O.A., Klenze P., Knyazev A., Körper D., Kröll T., Lihtar I., Litvinov Y., Löher B., Martorana N.S., Morfouace P., Mücher D., Murillo Morales S., Obertelli A., Panin V., Park J., Paschalis S., Perea A., Petri M., Pirrone S., Ponnath L., Revel A., Rhee H.-B., Rose L., Rossi D.M., Russotto P., Simon H., Stott A., Sun Y., Sürder C., Taïeb J., Taniuchi R., Tengblad O., Törnqvist H.T., Trimarchi M., Velardita S., Vesic J., and Voss B.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Nuclear fission is a complex dynamical process, whose description involves the coupling between intrinsic and collective degrees of freedom, as well as different quantum-mechanical phenomena. For this reason, to this day it still lacks a satisfactory and complete microscopic description. In addition to the importance of describing fission itself, studies of the r-process in astrophysics depend on fission observables to constrain the theoretical models that explain the isotopic abundances in the Universe. To improve on the existing data, fission reactions of heavy nuclei in inverse kinematics are produced in quasi-free (p,2p) scattering reactions, which induce fission through particle-hole excitations that can range from few to tens of MeV. In order to study the evolution of the fission yields with temperature, the excitation energy of the fissioning system must be reconstructed, which is possible by measuring the four-momenta of the two outgoing protons. Performing this kind of experiment requires a complex experimental setup, providing full isotopic identification of both fission fragments and an accurate measurement of the momenta of the two outgoing protons. This was realized recently at the GSI/FAIR facility and some of the results obtained for the charge distributions are presented in this work.
Published: 2023
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5. Experimental study of high-energy fission and quasi-fission with fusion- induced fission reactions at VAMOS++

Author: Fernández D., Caamaño M., Ramos D., Lemasson A., Rejmund M., Álvarez-Pol H., Audouin L., Frankland J. D., Fernández-Domínguez B., Galiana-Baldó E., Piot J., Schmitt C., Ackermann D., Biswas S., Clement E., Durand D., Farget F., Fregeau M. O., Galaviz D., Heinz A., Henriques A., Jacquot B., Jurado B., Kim Y. H., Morfouace P., Ralet D., Roger T., Teubig P., and Tsekhanovich I.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Over the past decade, inverse kinematics has been increasingly employed in experimental studies of fission. This approach has yielded a wealth of new observables that can be obtained in single measurements, enabling their analysis and correlations. One ongoing application of this technique involves a series of experiments performed at GANIL using the variable-mode, large-acceptance VAMOS++ spectrometer. A recent experiment focused on examining the survival of nuclear structure effects at high excitation energy in both fission and quasi-fission. The results of the study involved a full isotopic identification of fragments, as well as an analysis of the elemental yields their relation to fission dynamics. The results indicate that fission and quasi-fission involve different mechanisms, which could be exploited to distinguish between the two phenomena.
Published: 2023
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6. Measurement of the 241Am(n,γ) cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Oprea A., Gunsing F., Schillebeeckx P., Aberle O., Bacak M., Berthoumieux E., Cano-Ott D., Diakaki M., Dupont E., Geslot B., Glodariu† T., Heyse J., Mendoza E., Negret A., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bécares V., Babiano-Suarez V., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Bellia G., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero-Ontanaya L., Calviño F., Calviani M., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., Garg R., Gawlik-Ramięga A., Gilardoni S., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Harada H., Heinitz S., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler† F., Kaur G., Kadi Y., Kimura A., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Leeb H., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Piersanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Ramos-Doval D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schumann D., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Talip T., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section of 241Am is an important quantity for nuclear energy production and fuel cycle scenarios. Several measurements have been performed in recent years with the aim to reduce existing uncertainties in evaluated data. Two previous measurements, performed at the 185 m flight-path station EAR1 of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN, have permitted to substantially extend the resolved resonance region, but suffered in the near-thermal energy range from the unfavorable signal-to-background ratio resulting from the combination of the high radioactivity of 241Am and the rather low thermal neutron flux. The here presented 241Am(n,γ) measurement, performed with C6D6 liquid scintillator gamma detectors at the 20 m flight-path station EAR2 of the n_TOF facility, took advantage of the much higher neutron flux. The current status of the analysis of the data, focussed on the low-energy region, will be described here.
Published: 2023
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7. Results of the 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections measurements at EAR1 and EAR2 of the n_TOF facility

Author: Alcayne V., Mendoza E., Cano-Ott D., Kimura A., Aberle O., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bécares V., Bečvář F., Bellia G., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Piersanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Ramos Doval D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Talip Z., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Tassan-Got L., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Accurate neutron capture cross section data for minor actinides (MAs) are required to estimate the production and transmutation rates of MAs in light water reactors, critical fast reactors like Gen-IV systems, and other innovative reactor systems such as accelerator driven systems (ADS). In particular, 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm play a role in the transport, storage and transmutation of the nuclear waste of the current nuclear reactors, due to the contribution of these isotopes to the radiotoxicity, neutron emission, and decay heat in the spent nuclear fuel. Also, capture reactions in these Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier elements. In this work, the results of the capture cross section measurement on 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm performed at the CERN n_TOF facility are presented. It is important to notice that the Cm samples used in the experiment at n_TOF have been used previously in an experiment at J-PARC, this experiment and the previous one done in the 70s with a nuclear explosion were the only previous capture experiments for these isotopes. At n_TOF, the capture cross section measurements of 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm were performed at the 20 m vertical flight path (EAR2) with three C6D6 total energy detectors. In addition, the cross section of 244Cm was measured at the 185 m flight path (EAR1) with a Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). The combination of measurements in EAR1 and EAR2 has contributed to controlling and reducing the systematic uncertainties in the results. The compatibility of the different measurements performed and the techniques to obtain the results are presented in this paper as well as the procedure to obtain the resonance parameters.
Published: 2023
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8. The Stellar 72Ge(n, γ) Cross Section for weak s-process: A First Measurement at n_TOF

Author: Dietz M., Lederer-Woods C., Tattersall A., Battino U., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Lerendegui-Marco J., Krtička M., Reifarth R., Valenta S., Aberle O., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bacak M., Balibrea J., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Cardella R., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Göbel K., García A. R., Gawlik-Ramie˛ga A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu† T., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Harada H., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler† F., Kadi Y., Kahl D., Kalamara A., Kavrigin P., Kimura A., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Kurtulgil D., Leal-Cidoncha E., Leeb H., Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Marganiec J., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Rauscher T., Rubbia C., Ryan J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Warren S., Weiss C., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The slow neutron capture process (s-process) is responsible for producing about half of the elemental abundances heavier than iron in the universe. Neutron capture cross sections on stable isotopes are a key nuclear physics input for s-process studies. The 72Ge(n, γ) Maxwellian-Averaged Cross Section (MACS) has an important influence on the production of isotopes between Ge and Zr in the weak s-process in massive stars and so far only theoretical estimations are available. An experiment was carried out at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN to measure the 72Ge(n, γ) reaction for the first time at stellar neutron energies. The capture measurement was performed using an enriched 72GeO2 sample at a flight path length of 184 m, which provided high neutron energy resolution. The prompt gamma rays produced after neutron capture were detected with a set of liquid scintillation detectors (C6D6). The neutron capture yield is derived from the counting spectra taking into account the neutron flux and the gamma-ray detection efficiency using the Pulse Height Weighting Technique. Over 70 new neutron resonances were identified, providing an improved resolved reaction cross section to calculate experimental MACS values for the first time. The experiment, data analysis and the new MACS results will be presented including their impact on stellar nucleosynthesis, which was investigated using the post-processing nucleosynthesis code mppnp for a 25 solar mass model.
Published: 2023
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9. Indirect measurements of neutron-induced reaction cross sections at heavy-ion storage rings

Author: Sguazzin M., Jurado B., Pibernat J., Swartz J. A., Grieser M., Glorius J., Litvinov Yu. A., Reifarth R., Blaum K., Alfaurt P., Ascher P., Audouin L., Berthelot C., Blank B., Bruckner B., Dellmann S., Dillmann I., Domingo-Pardo C., Dupuis M., Erbacher P., Flayol M., Forstner O., Freire-Fernández D., Gerbaux M., Giovinazzo J., Grévy S., Griffin C. J., Gumberidze A., Heil S., Heinz A., Kurtulgil D., Leckenby G., Litvinov S., Lorentz B., Méot V., Michaud J., Perard S., Petridis N., Popp U., Ramos D., Roche M., Sanjari M.S., Sidhu R.S., Spillmann U., Steck M., Stöhlker Th., Thomas B., Thulliez L., and Versteegen M.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Neutron-induced reaction cross sections of unstable nuclei are essential for understanding the synthesis of heavy elements in stars and for applications in nuclear technology. However, their measurement is very complicated due to the radioactivity of the targets involved. We propose to circumvent this problem by using the surrogate reaction method in inverse kinematics, where the nucleus formed in the neutron- induced reaction of interest is produced by a reaction involving a radioactive heavy-ion beam and a stable, light target nucleus. The probabilities as a function of the compound-nucleus excitation energy for γ-ray emission, neutron emission and fission, which can be measured with the surrogate reaction, are particularly useful to constrain model parameters and to obtain more accurate predictions of the neutron-induced reaction cross sections of interest. Yet, the full development of the surrogate method is hampered by numerous long- standing target issues, which can be solved by combining surrogate reactions with the unique and largely unexplored possibilities at heavy-ion storage rings. In this contribution, we describe the developments we are carrying out to measure for the first time simultaneously γ-ray emission, neutron emission and fission probabilities at the storage rings of the GSI/FAIR facility. In particular, we will present the first results of the proof of principle experiment, which we performed in June 2022 at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) of GSI/FAIR.
Published: 2023
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10. Fission-fragment yields measured in Coulomb-induced fission of 234,235,236,238U and 237,238Np with the R3B/SOFIA setup

Author: Chatillon A., Boutoux G., Gorbinet T., Grente L., Martin J.-F., Pellereau E., Taieb J., Alvarez-Pol H., Audouin L., Ayyad Y., Bélier G., Benlliure J., Caamaño M., Casarejos E., Cortina-Gil D., Ebran A., Farget F., Fernández-Domínguez B., Heinz A., Johansson H. T., Jurado B., Kelić-Heil A., Kurz N., Laurent B., Loeher B., Nociforo C., Paradela C., Pietri S., Prochazka A., Ramos D., Rodríguez-Sànchez J. L., Rodriguez C., Rossi D., Simon H., Tassan-Got L., Toernqvist H., Vargas J., Voss B., and Weick H.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Low energy fission of 234,235,236,238U and 237,238Np radioactive beams, provided by the GSI/FRS facility, has been studied using the R3B/SOFIA setup. The latter allows, on an event-by-event basis, to simultaneously identify, in terms of their mass and atomic numbers, the fissioning nucleus in coincidence with both fission fragments after prompt-neutron emission. This presentation reports on new results on elemental, isobaric and isotopic yields.
Published: 2023
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11. Experimental study of high-energy fission and quasi-fission dynamics with fusion-induced fission reactions at VAMOS++

Author: Fernández D., Caamaño M., Ramos D., Lemasson A., Rejmund M., Álvarez-Pol H., Audouin L., Frankland J. D., Fernández-Domínguez B., Galiana-Baldó E., Piot J., Schmitt C., Ackermann D., Biswas S., Clement E., Durand D., Farget F., Fregeau M. O., Galaviz D., Heinz A., Henriques A., Jacquot B., Jurado B., Kim Y. H., Morfouace P., Ralet D., Roger T., Teubig P., and Tsekhanovich I.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: During the last decade, the use of inverse kinematics in the experimental study of fission is bringing a wealth of new observables obtained in single measurements, allowing their analysis and their correlations. An ongoing application of this technique is the basis of a series of experiments performed with the variable-mode, large-acceptance VAMOS++ spectrometer at GANIL. A recent experiment has been focused on the survival of the nuclear structure effects at high excitation energy in fission and quasi-fission. The full isotopic identification of fragments, the fission dynamics and the ratio between the production of fragments with even and odd atomic numbers, the so-called proton even-odd effect, are shown. The latter shows a different mechanism for fission and quasi-fission that could be used to separate fission from quasi-fission.
Published: 2023
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12. High resolution 80Se(n,γ) cross section measurement at CERN n_TOF

Author: Babiano-Suarez V., Balibrea-Correa J., Caballero-Ontanaya L., Domingo-Pardo C., Ladarescu I., Lerendegui-Marco J., Tain J. L., Calviño F., Casanovas A., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Guerrero C., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Busso M., Caamaño M., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Davies P. J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., Garg R., Gawlik-Ramięga A., Gilardoni S., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Junghans A., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Lederer-Woods C., Leeb H., Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Persanti L., Petrone C., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Ramos-Doval D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Romanets Y., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tassan-Got L., Thomas Th., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Neutron capture cross section measurements of isotopes close to s-process branching-points are of fundamental importance for the understanding of this nucleosynthesis mechanism through which about 50% of the elements heavier than iron are produced. We present in this contribution the results corresponding to the high resolution measurement, for first time ever, of the 80Se(n, γ) cross section, in which 98 resonances never measured before have been reported. As a consequence, ten times more precise values for the MACS have been obtained compared to previous accepted value adopted in the astrophysical KADoNiS data base.
Published: 2023
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13. Indirect measurements of neutron-induced reaction cross sections at storage rings

Author: Sguazzin M., Jurado B., Pibernat J., Swartz J. A., Grieser M., Glorius J., Litvinov Y. A., Reifarth R., Blaum K., Alfaurt P., Ascher P., Audouin L., Berthelot C., Blank B., Bruckner B., Dellmann S., Dillmann I., Domingo-Pardo C., Dupuis M., Erbacher P., Flayol M., Forstner O., Freire-Fernández D., Gerbaux M., Giovinazzo J., Grévy S., Griffin C. J., Gumberidze A., Heil S., Heinz A., Kurtulgil D., Leckenby G., Litvinov S., Lorentz B., Méot V., Michaud J., Perard S., Petridis N., Popp U., Ramos D., Roche M., Sanjari M.S., Sidhu R.S., Spillmann U., Steck M., Stöhlker Th., Thomas B., Thulliez L., and Versteegen M.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Neutron-induced reaction cross sections of unstable nuclei are essential for understanding the synthesis of heavy elements in stars. However, their measurement is very difficult due to the radioactivity of the targets involved. We propose to circumvent this problem by using for the first time the surrogate reaction method in inverse kinematics at heavy-ion storage rings. In this contribution, we describe the developments we have done to perform surrogate-reaction studies at the storage rings of GSI/FAIR. In particular, we present the first results of the proof of principle experiment, which we conducted recently at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR).
Published: 2023
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14. First 80Se(n,γ) cross section measurement with high resolution in the full stellar energy range 1 eV - 100 keV and its astrophysical implications for the s-process

Author: Babiano-Suarez V., Balibrea-Correa J., Caballero-Ontanaya L., Domingo-Pardo C., Ladarescu I., Lerendegui-Marco J., Tain J. L., Calviño F., Casanovas A., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Guerrero C., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Busso M., Caamaño M., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., CortésGiraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Davies P. J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., Garg R., Gawlik-Ramięga A., Gilardoni S., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Junghans A., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Lederer-Woods C., Leeb H., Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Persanti L., Petrone C., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Ramos-Doval D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Romanets Y., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tassan-Got L., Thomas Th., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Most elements heavier than iron have been generated in the stellar media by means of neutron capture reactions, approximately half are produced by the slow neutron capture or s-process. Radiative neutron capture cross section measurements are of fundamental importance for the study of this mechanism. In this contribution we present a brief summary on the measurement and results for the 80Se(n,γ) cross-section. The experiment was carried out at CERN n_TOF EAR1 via the time of flight (ToF) technique, using four C6D6 scintillation detectors with very fast response. More than a hundred new resonances have been analyzed for the first time with a high accuracy. The MACS obtained at kT = 8 keV is 36% smaller than the recommended value in KADo-NiS. Some of the astrophysical implications of this result are elucidated in this contribution.
Published: 2022
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15. Fragmentation-induced ﬁssion reactions of 236U in inverse kinematics to investigate the pre-fragment angular momentum parameterizations.

Author: Rodríguez-Sánchez, J.L., Feijoo, M., Benlliure, J., Chatillon, A., Taïeb, J., Audouin, L., Alvarez-Pol, H., Ayyad, Y., Bélier, G., Boutoux, G., Caamaño, M., Casarejos, E., Cortina-Gil, D., Farget, F., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Gorbinet, T., Grente, L., Heinz, A., Johansson, H.T., and Jurado, B.
Subjects: FISSION neutrons, ANGULAR momentum (Mechanics), NUCLEAR energy, COLLISIONS (Nuclear physics), HEAVY nuclei
Abstract: In the last decades, measurements of spallation, fragmentation and Coulex induced ﬁssion reactions in inverse kinematics have provided valuable data to accurately investigate the ﬁssion dynamics and nuclear structure at large deformations of a large variety of stable and non-stable heavy nuclei. The collected data were used to constrain dynamic and nuclear structure parameters of diﬀerent de-excitation models, such as ABLA and GEF, but the data can also be used to constrain the parameterizations describing the pre-fragment properties after the nuclear collision, such as the angular momentum gained by the pre-fragment. In this work, the ﬁssioning system yields are compared to calculations assuming diﬀerent parameterizations for modeling the angular momentum gained by the compound nuclei. Our ﬁndings indicate that the parameterizations utilized by abrasion models clearly underestimate the angular momentum, resulting in the underestimation of the production of lighter ﬁssioning systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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16. Fission studies in inverse kinematics with the R3B setup.

Author: Graña-González, J.A., Rodríguez-Sánchez, J.L., Benlliure, J., García-Jiménez, G., Alvarez-Pol, H., Cortina-Gil, D., Atar, L., Audouin, L., Authelet, G., Besteiro, A., Blanchon, G., Boretzky, K., Borge, M.J.G., Cabanelas, P., Casarejos, E., Cederkall, J., Chatillon, A., Corsi, A., Feijoo, M., and De Filippo, E.
Subjects: NUCLEAR fission, KINEMATICS, EXCITATION (Physiology), ASTROPHYSICS, ASTRONOMY
Abstract: Nuclear fission is a complex dynamical process, whose description involves the coupling between intrinsic and collective degrees of freedom, as well as different quantum-mechanical phenomena. For this reason, to this day it still lacks a satisfactory and complete microscopic description. In addition to the importance of describing fission itself, studies of the r-process in astrophysics depend on fission observables to constrain the theoretical models that explain the isotopic abundances in the Universe. To improve on the existing data, fission reactions of heavy nuclei in inverse kinematics are produced in quasi-free (p,2p) scattering reactions, which induce fission through particle-hole excitations that can range from few to tens of MeV. In order to study the evolution of the fission yields with temperature, the excitation energy of the fissioning system must be reconstructed, which is possible by measuring the four-momenta of the two outgoing protons. Performing this kind of experiment requires a complex experimental setup, providing full isotopic identification of both fission fragments and an accurate measurement of the momenta of the two outgoing protons. This was realized recently at the GSI/FAIR facility and some of the results obtained for the charge distributions are presented in this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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17. Characterization of a detector setup for the measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section relative to n-p scattering up to 500 MeV at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Manna, A., primary, Pirovano, E., additional, Colonna, N., additional, Castelluccio, D., additional, Console Camprini, P., additional, Cosentino, L., additional, Dietz, M., additional, Ducasse, Q., additional, Finocchiaro, P., additional, Le Naour, C., additional, Massimi, C., additional, Mengoni, A., additional, Nolte, R., additional, Tassan-Got, L., additional, Terranova, N., additional, Vannini, G., additional, Ventura, A., additional, Aberle, O., additional, Alcayne, V., additional, Amaducci, S., additional, Andrzejewski, J., additional, Audouin, L., additional, Babiano-Suarez, V., additional, Bacak, M., additional, Barbagallo, M., additional, Bennett, S., additional, Berthoumieux, E., additional, Billowes, J., additional, Bosnar, D., additional, Brown, A., additional, Busso, M., additional, Caamaño, M., additional, Caballero-Ontanaya, L., additional, Calviño, F., additional, Calviani, M., additional, Cano-Ott, D., additional, Casanovas, A., additional, Cerutti, F., additional, Chiaveri, E., additional, Cortés, G., additional, Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., additional, Cristallo, S., additional, Damone, L. A., additional, Davies, P. J., additional, Diakaki, M., additional, Domingo-Pardo, C., additional, Dressler, R., additional, Dupont, E., additional, Durán, I., additional, Eleme, Z., additional, Fernández-Domínguez, B., additional, Ferrari, A., additional, Göbel, K., additional, Garg, R., additional, Gawlik-Ramiega, R. A., additional, Gilardoni, S., additional, Gonçalves, I. F., additional, González-Romero, E., additional, Guerrero, C., additional, Gunsing, F., additional, Harada, H., additional, Heinitz, S., additional, Heyse, J., additional, Jenkins, D. G., additional, Junghans, A., additional, Käppeler, F., additional, Kadi, Y., additional, Kimura, A., additional, Knapová, I., additional, Kokkoris, M., additional, Krtička, M., additional, Kurtulgil, D., additional, Ladarescu, I., additional, Lederer-Woods, C., additional, Leeb, H., additional, Lerendegui-Marco, J., additional, Lonsdale, S. J., additional, Macina, D., additional, Martínez, T., additional, Masi, A., additional, Mastinu, P., additional, Mastromarco, M., additional, Maugeri, E. A., additional, Mazzone, A., additional, Mendoza, E., additional, Michalopoulou, V., additional, Milazzo, P. M., additional, Mingrone, F., additional, Moreno-Soto, J., additional, Musumarra, A., additional, Negret, A., additional, Ogállar, F., additional, Oprea, A., additional, Patronis, N., additional, Pavlik, A., additional, Perkowski, J., additional, Piersanti, L., additional, Petrone, C., additional, Porras, I., additional, Praena, J., additional, Quesada, J. M., additional, Ramos-Doval, D., additional, Rauscher, T., additional, Reifarth, R., additional, Rochman, D., additional, Rubbia, C., additional, Sabaté-Gilarte, M., additional, Saxena, A., additional, Schillebeeckx, P., additional, Schumann, D., additional, Sekhar, A., additional, Smith, A. G., additional, Sosnin, N. V., additional, Sprung, P., additional, Stamatopoulos, A., additional, Tagliente, G., additional, Tain, J. L., additional, Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., additional, Thomas, Th., additional, Torres-Sánchez, P., additional, Tsinganis, A., additional, Ulrich, J., additional, Urlass, S., additional, Valenta, S., additional, Variale, V., additional, Vaz, P., additional, Vescovi, D., additional, Vlachoudis, V., additional, Vlastou, R., additional, Wallner, A., additional, Woods, P. J., additional, Wright, T., additional, and Žugec, P., additional
Published: 2023
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18. Detector set up for the measurements of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 235U relative to n-p scattering up to 150 MeV at CERN-n_TOF

Author: Pirovano, E., primary, Manna, A., additional, Colonna, N., additional, Console Camprini, P., additional, Cosentino, L., additional, Dietz, M., additional, Ducasse, Q., additional, Finocchiaro, P., additional, Massimi, C., additional, Mengoni, A., additional, Nolte, R., additional, Radeck, D., additional, Tassan-Got, L., additional, Terranova, N., additional, Ventura, A., additional, Aberle, O., additional, Alcayne, V., additional, Amaducci, S., additional, Andrzejewski, J., additional, Audouin, L., additional, Babiano-Suarez, V., additional, Bacak, M., additional, Barbagallo, M., additional, Bennett, S., additional, Berthoumieux, E., additional, Billowes, J., additional, Bosnar, D., additional, Brown, A., additional, Busso, M., additional, Caamaño, M., additional, Caballero-Ontanaya, L., additional, Calviño, F., additional, Calviani, M., additional, Cano-Ott, D., additional, Casanovas, A., additional, Cerutti, F., additional, Chiaveri, E., additional, Cortés, G., additional, Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., additional, Cristallo, S., additional, Damone, L. A., additional, Davies, P. J., additional, Diakaki, M., additional, Domingo-Pardo, C., additional, Dressler, R., additional, Dupont, E., additional, Durán, I., additional, Eleme, Z., additional, Fernández-Domínguez, B., additional, Ferrari, A., additional, Göbel, K., additional, Garg, R., additional, Gawlik-Ramie˛ga, A., additional, Gilardoni, S., additional, Gonçalves, I. F., additional, González-Romero, E., additional, Guerrero, C., additional, Gunsing, F., additional, Harada, H., additional, Heinitz, S., additional, Heyse, J., additional, Jenkins, D. G., additional, Junghans, A., additional, Käppeler†, F., additional, Kadi, Y., additional, Kimura, A., additional, Knapová, I., additional, Kokkoris, M., additional, Krtička, M., additional, Kurtulgil, D., additional, Ladarescu, I., additional, Lederer-Woods, C., additional, Leeb, H., additional, Lerendegui-Marco, J., additional, Lonsdale, S. J., additional, Macina, D., additional, Martínez, T., additional, Masi, A., additional, Mastinu, P., additional, Mastromarco, M., additional, Maugeri, E. A., additional, Mazzone, A., additional, Mendoza, E., additional, Michalopoulou, V., additional, Milazzo, P. M., additional, Mingrone, F., additional, Moreno-Soto, J., additional, Musumarra, A., additional, Negret, A., additional, Ogállar, F., additional, Oprea, A., additional, Patronis, N., additional, Pavlik, A., additional, Perkowski, J., additional, Piersanti, L., additional, Petrone, C., additional, Porras, I., additional, Praena, J., additional, Quesada, J. M., additional, Ramos-Doval, D., additional, Rauscher, T., additional, Reifarth, R., additional, Rochman, D., additional, Rubbia, C., additional, Sabaté-Gilarte, M., additional, Saxena, A., additional, Schillebeeckx, P., additional, Schumann, D., additional, Sekhar, A., additional, Smith, A. G., additional, Sosnin, N. V., additional, Sprung, P., additional, Stamatopoulos, A., additional, Tagliente, G., additional, Tain, J. L., additional, Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., additional, Thomas, Th., additional, Torres-Sánchez, P., additional, Tsinganis, A., additional, Ulrich, J., additional, Urlass, S., additional, Valenta, S., additional, Vannini, G., additional, Variale, V., additional, Vaz, P., additional, Vescovi, D., additional, Vlachoudis, V., additional, Vlastou, R., additional, Wallner, A., additional, Woods, P. J., additional, Wright, T., additional, and Žugec, P., additional
Published: 2023
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19. Measurement of the energy-differential cross-section of the 12C(n,p)12B and 12C(n,d)11B reactions at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Barbagallo M., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Davies P. J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Jiri U., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Millán-Callado M. A., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Ramos Doval D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté- Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Tassan-Got L, Thomas B., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Although the 12C(n,p)12B and 12C(n,d)11B reactions are of interest in several fields of basic and applied Nuclear Physics the present knowledge of these two cross-sections is far from being accurate and reliable, with both evaluations and data showing sizable discrepancies. As part of the challenging n_TOF program on (n,cp) nuclear reactions study, the energy differential cross-sections of the 12C(n,p)12B and 12C(n,d)11 B reactions have been measured at CERN from the reaction thresholds up to 30 MeV neutron energy. Both measurements have been recently performed at the long flight-path (185 m) experimental area of the n_TOF facility at CERN using a pure (99.95%) rigid graphite target and two silicon telescopes. In this paper an overview of the experiment is presented together with a few preliminary results.
Published: 2020
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20. Measurement and analysis of 155,157Gd(n,γ) from thermal energy to 1 keV

Author: Massimi C., Aberle O., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bacak M., Balibrea J., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D, Cardella R., Casanovas A., Castelluccio D. M., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Clai G., Colonna N., Console Camprini P., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., García A. R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Guglielmelli A., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Kalamara A., Kavrigin P., Kimura A., Kivel N., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Leal-Cidoncha E, Lederer C., Leeb H., Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Marganiec J., Martínez T., Masi A., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Mucciola R., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rocchi F., Rubbia C., Ryan J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sedyshev P., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L, Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L, Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Warren S., Weiss C., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: We have measured the capture cross section of the 155Gd and 157Gd isotopes between 0.025 eV and 1 keV. The capture events were recorded by an array of 4 C6D6 detectors, and the capture yield was deduced exploiting the total energy detection system in combination with the Pulse Height Weighting Techniques. Because of the large cross section around thermal neutron energy, 4 metallic samples of different thickness were used to prevent problems related to self-shielding. The samples were isotopically enriched, with a cross contamination of the other isotope of less than 1.14%. The capture yield was analyzed with an R-Matrix code to describe the cross section in terms of resonance parameters. Near thermal energies, the results are significantly different from evaluations and from previous time-of-flight experiments. The data from the present measurement at n_TOF are publicly available in the experimental nuclear reaction database EXFOR.
Published: 2020
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21. First results of the 241Am(n,f) cross section measurement at the Experimental Area 2 of the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Eleme Z., Patronis N., Stamatopoulos A., Tsinganis A., Kokkoris M., Michalopoulou V., Diakaki M., Vlastou R., Tassan-Got L, Colonna N., Heyse J., Barbagallo M., Mastromarco M., Macina D., Chiaveri E., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Davies P. J., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Jiri U., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kopatch Y., Krticˇka M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale S. J., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Millán-Callado M. A., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Ramos Doval D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Thomas B., Torres-Sánchez P., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Feasibility, design and sensitivity studies on innovative nuclear reactors that could address the issue of nuclear waste transmutation using fuels enriched in minor actinides, require high accuracy cross section data for a variety of neutron-induced reactions from thermal energies to several tens of MeV. The isotope 241Am (T1/2= 433 years) is present in high-level nuclear waste (HLW), representing about 1.8 % of the actinide mass in spent PWR UOx fuel. Its importance increases with cooling time due to additional production from the β-decay of 241Pu with a half-life of 14.3 years. The production rate of 241 Am in conventional reactors, including its further accumulation through the decay of 241Pu and its destruction through transmutation/incineration are very important parameters for the design of any recycling solution. In the present work, the 241 Am(n,f) reaction cross-section was measured using Micromegas detectors at the Experimental Area 2 of the n_TOF facility at CERN. For the measurement, the 235U(n,f) and 238U(n,f) reference reactions were used for the determination of the neutron flux. In the present work an overview of the experimental setup and the adopted data analysis techniques is given along with preliminary results.
Published: 2020
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22. Accurate measurement of the standard 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy

Author: Amaducci S., Aberle O., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bacak M., Balibrea J., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D, Cardella R., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Girardo M. A., Cosentino L., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., García A. R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Kalamara A., Kavrigin P., Kimura A., Kivel N., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Leal-Cidoncha E, Lederer C., Leeb H., Lerendegui-Marco J, Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Marganiec J., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rubbia C., Ryan J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sedyshev P., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L, Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Warren S., Weiss C., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: An accurate measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV of neutron energy has recently been performed at n_TOF facility at CERN using 6Li(n,t)4He and 10B(n,α)7Li as references. This measurement has been carried out in order to investigate a possible overestimation of the 235U fission cross section evaluation provided by most recent libraries between 10 and 30 keV. A custom experimental apparatus based on in-beam silicon detectors has been used, and a Monte Carlo simulation in GEANT4 has been employed to characterize the setup and calculate detectors efficiency. The results evidenced the presence of an overestimation in the interval between 9 and 18 keV and the new data may be used to decrease the uncertainty of 235U(n,f) cross section in the keV region.
Published: 2020
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23. Status and perspectives of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN

Author: Chiaveri E., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Bosnar D., Brown A.S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Colonna N., Cortés G.P., Cortés-Giraldo M.A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L.A., Davies P.J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D.G., Jericha E., Jiri U., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P.F., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P.M., Millán-Callado M.A., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J., Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J.M., Ramos Doval D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A.G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A.E., Tassan-Got L., Thomas B., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P.J., Wright T.J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Since the start of its operation in 2001, based on an idea of Prof. Carlo Rubbia [1], the neutron time of-flight facility of CERN, n_TOF, has become one of the most forefront neutron facilities in the world for wide-energy spectrum neutron cross section measurements. Thanks to the combination of excellent neutron energy resolution and high instantaneous neutron flux available in the two experimental areas, the second of which has been constructed in 2014, n_TOF is providing a wealth of new data on neutron-induced reactions of interest for nuclear astrophysics, advanced nuclear technologies and medical applications. The unique features of the facility will continue to be exploited in the future, to perform challenging new measurements addressing the still open issues and long-standing quests in the field of neutron physics. In this document the main characteristics of the n_TOF facility and their relevance for neutron studies in the different areas of research will be outlined, addressing the possible future contribution of n_TOF in the fields of nuclear astrophysics, nuclear technologies and medical applications. In addition, the future perspectives of the facility will be described including the upgrade of the spallation target, the setup of an imaging installation and the construction of a new irradiation area.
Published: 2020
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24. Study of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 237Np at CERN's n_TOF facility over a wide energy range

Author: Stamatopoulos A., Tsinganis A., Diakaki M., Colonna N., Kokkoris M., Vlastou R., Kalamara A., Schillebeeckx P., Tassan-Got L, Žugec P., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Patronis N., Eleme Z., Heyse J., Aberle O., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bacak M., Balibrea J., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D, Cardella R., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Damone L. A., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán, Femandez-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., García A. R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu† T., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heinitz S., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Kavrigin P., Kimura A., Kivel N., Knapova I., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Leal-Cidoncha E, Lederer C., Leeb H., Lerendegui-Marco J, Meo S. Lo, Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Marganiec J., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Oprea A., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rubbia C., Ryan J. A., Saxena A., Schumann D., Sedyshev P., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Wallner A., Warren S., Weiss C., Woods P. J., and Wright T.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Neutron-induced fission cross sections of isotopes involved in the nuclear fuel cycle are vital for the design and safe operation of advanced nuclear systems. Such experimental data can also provide additional constraints for the adjustment of nuclear model parameters used in the evaluation process, resulting in the further development of fission models. In the present work, the 237Np(n,f) cross section was studied at the EAR2 vertical beam-line at CERN's n_TOF facility, over a wide range of neutron energies, from meV to MeV, using the time-of-flight technique and a set-up based on Micromegas detectors, in an attempt to provide accurate experimental data. Preliminary results in the 200 keV – 14 MeV neutron energy range as well as the experimental procedure, including a description of the facility and the data handling and analysis, will be presented.
Published: 2020
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25. The 154Gd neutron capture cross section measured at the n_TOF facility and its astrophysical implications

Author: Mastromarco M., Mazzone A., Massimi C., Cristallo S., Colonna N., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Damone L. A., Davies P. J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Jiri U., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Mastinu P. F., Maugeri E., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Millán-Callado M. A., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Doval D. Ramos, Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Tassan-Got L, Thomas B., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The (n, γ) cross sections of the gadolinium isotopes play an important role in the study of the stellar nucleosynthesis. In particular, among the isotopes heavier than Fe, 154Gd together with 152Gd have the peculiarity to be mainly produced by the slow capture process, the so-called s-process, since they are shielded against the β-decay chains from the r-process region by their stable samarium isobars. Such a quasi pure s-process origin makes them crucial for testing the robustness of stellar models in galactic chemical evolution (GCE). According to recent models, the 154Gd and 152Gd abundances are expected to be 15-20% lower than the reference un-branched s-process 150Sm isotope. The close correlation between stellar abundances and neutron capture cross sections prompted for an accurate measurement of 154Gd cross section in order to reduce the uncertainty attributable to nuclear physics input and eventually rule out one of the possible causes of present discrepancies between observation and model predictions. To this end, the neutron capture cross section of 154Gd was measured in a wide neutron energy range (from thermal up to some keV) with high resolution in the first experimental area of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF (EAR1) at CERN. In this contribution, after a brief description of the motivation and of the experimental setup used in the measurement, the preliminary results of the 154Gd neutron capture reaction as well as their astrophysical implications are presented.
Published: 2020
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26. Preliminary results on the 233U α-ratio measurement at n_TOF

Author: Bacak M., Aïche M., Bélier G., Berthoumieux E., Diakaki M., Dupont E., Gunsing F., Heyse J., Kopecky S., Krtička M., Laurent B., Leeb H., Mathieu L., Schillebeeckx P., Serot O., Taieb J., Valenta S., Vlachoudis V., Aberle O., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Balibrea J., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani, Cano-Ott D, Cardella R., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna, Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Damone L. A., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Durán I., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., García A. R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Harada H., Heinitz S., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Kalamara A., Kavrigin P., Kimura A., Kivel N., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Kurtulgil D., Leal-Cidoncha E, Lederer C., Lerendegui-Marco J, Meo S. Lo, Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Marganiec J., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rubbia C., Ryan J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schumann D., Sedyshev P., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L, Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Warren S., Weiss C., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: 233U is the fissile nuclei in the Th-U fuel cycle with a particularily small neutron capture cross setion which is on average about one order of magnitude lower than its fission cross section. Hence, the measurement of the 233U(n, γ) cross section relies on a method to accurately distinguish between capture and fission γ-rays. A measurement of the 233U α-ratio has been performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN using a so-called fission tagging setup, coupling n_TOF 's Total Absorption Calorimeter with a novel fission chamber to tag the fission γ-rays. The experimental setup is described and essential parts of the analysis are discussed. Finally, a preliminary 233U α-ratio is presented.
Published: 2020
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27. Setup for the measurement of the 235U(n, f) cross section relative to n-p scattering up to 1 GeV

Author: Manna A., Aberle O., Alcayne V, Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano V-Suarez, Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calvi Fño, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Coséntino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Davies P. J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Goncalves I, Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F, Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Jiri U., Junghans A., Kadi Y, Käppeler F, Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtiička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Martínez T, Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F, Mastromarco M., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V, Milazzo P. M., Millán-Callado M. A., Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogállar F, Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J.M., Ramos D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A.G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeno-Saldivia A. E., Tassan-Got L, Thomas B., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The neutron induced fission of 235U is extensively used as a reference for neutron fluence measurements in various applications, ranging from the investigation of the biological effectiveness of high energy neutrons, to the measurement of high energy neutron cross sections of relevance for accelerator driven nuclear systems. Despite its widespread use, no data exist on neutron induced fission of 235U above 200 MeV. The neutron facility n_TOF offers the possibility to improve the situation. The measurement of 235U(n,f) relative to the differential n-p scattering cross-section, was carried out in September 2018 with the aim of providing accurate and precise cross section data in the energy range from 10 MeV up to 1 GeV. In such measurements, Recoil Proton Telescopes (RPTs) are used to measure the neutron flux while the fission events are detected and counted with dedicated detectors. In this paper the measurement campaign and the experimental set-up are illustrated.
Published: 2020
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28. Neutron capture cross section measurements of 241Am at the n_TOF facility

Author: Oprea A., Gunsing F., Schillebeeckx P., Aberle O., Bacak M., Berthoumieux E., Cano-Ott D, Diakaki M., Dupont E., Geslot B., Glodariu T., Heyse J., Mendoza E., Negret A., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bécares V., Babiano-Suarez V, Barbagallo M., Becčvář F., Bellia G., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero-Ontanaya L, Calviño F., Calviani M., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Durán I., Eleme Z., Femández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Goncalves I. F., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Harada H., Heinitz S., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Kimura A., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Meo S. Lo, Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Persanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Ramos-Doval D, Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schumann D., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Talip T., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L, Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Neutron capture on 241Am plays an important role in the nuclear energy production and also provides valuable information for the improvement of nuclear models and the statistical interpretation of the nuclear properties. A new experiment to measure the 241Am(n, γ) cross section in the thermal region and the first few resonances below 10 eV has been carried out at EAR2 of the n_TOF facility at CERN. Three neutron-insensitive C6D6 detectors have been used to measure the neutron-capture gamma cascade as a function of the neutron time of flight, and then deduce the neutron capture yield. Preliminary results will be presented and compared with previously obtained results at the same facility in EAR1. In EAR1 the gamma-ray background at thermal energies was about 90% of the signal while in EAR2 is up to a 25 factor much more favorable signal to noise ratio. We also extended the low energy limit down to subthermal energies. This measurement will allow a comparison with neutron capture measurements conducted at reactors and using a different experimental technique.
Published: 2020
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29. New reaction rates for the destruction of 7Be during big bang nucleosynthesis measured at CERN/n_TOF and their implications on the cosmological lithium problem

Author: Mengoni A., Damone L.A., Barbagallo M., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Bosnar D., Brown A.S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G.P., Cortés-Giraldo M.A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Davies P.J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D.G., Jericha E., Jiri U., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P.F., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P.M., Millán-Callado M.A., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J.M., Doval D. Ramos, Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A.G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A.E., Tassan-Got L, Thomas B., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P.J., Wright T.J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: New measurements of the 7Be(n,α)4He and 7Be(n,p)7Li reaction cross sections from thermal to keV neutron energies have been recently performed at CERN/n_TOF. Based on the new experimental results, astrophysical reaction rates have been derived for both reactions, including a proper evaluation of their uncertainties in the thermal energy range of interest for big bang nucleosynthesis studies. The new estimate of the 7Be destruction rate, based on these new results, yields a decrease of the predicted cosmological 7Li abundance insufficient to provide a viable solution to the cosmological lithium problem.
Published: 2020
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30. Measurement of the 244Cm capture cross sections at both CERN n_TOF experimental areas

Author: Alcayne V., Mendoza E., Cano-Ott D, Kimura A., Aberle O., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bécares V., Bečvář F., Bellia G., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Piersanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Ramos Doval D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Talip Z., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Tassan-Got L, Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Accurate neutron capture cross section data for minor actinides (MAs) are required to estimate the production and transmutation rates of MAs in light water reactors with a high burnup, critical fast reactors like Gen-IV systems and other innovative reactor systems such as accelerator driven systems (ADS). Capture reactions of 244Cm open the path for the formation of heavier Cm isotopes and of heavier elements such as Bk and Cf. In addition, 244Cm shares nearly 50% of the total actinide decay heat in irradiated reactor fuels with a high burnup, even after three years of cooling. Experimental data for this isotope are very scarce due to the difficulties of providing isotopically enriched samples and because the high intrinsic activity of the samples requires the use of neutron facilities with high instantaneous flux. The only two previous experimental data sets for this neutron capture cross section have been obtained in 1969 using a nuclear explosion and, more recently, at J-PARC in 2010. The neutron capture cross sections have been measured at n_TOF with the same samples that the previous experiments in J-PARC. The samples were measured at n_TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) with three C6D6 detectors and also in Experimental Area 1 (EAR-1) with the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). Preliminary results assessing the quality and limitations of these new experimental datasets are presented for the experiments in both areas. Preliminary yields of both measurements will be compared with evaluated libraries for the first time.
Published: 2020
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31. Measurement of the 242Pu(n, γ) cross section from thermal to 500 keV at the Budapest research reactor and CERN n_TOF-EAR1 facilities

Author: Lerendegui-Marco J, Guerrero C., Mendoza E., Quesada J. M., Eberhardt K., Junghans A., Krtiička M., Belgya T., Maróti B., Aberle O., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bécares V., Bacak M., Balibrea J., Barbagallo M., Barros S., Bečvář F., Beinrucker C., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brugger M., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D, Cardella R., Casanovas A., Castelluccio D. M., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., García A. R., Gawlik A., Glodariu T., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Goverdovski A., Griesmayer E., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heftrich T., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Katabuchi T., Kavrigin P., Ketlerov V., Khryachkov V., Kimura A., Kivel N., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Leal-Cidoncha E, Lederer C., Leeb H., Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S. J., Losito R., Macina D., Marganiec J., Martínez T., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E. A., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Mirea M., Montesano S., Musumarra A., Nolte R., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Porras J. I., Praena J., Rajeev K., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Riego-Perez A, Rout P. C., Rubbia C., Ryan J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schmidt S., Schumann D., Sedyshev P., Smith A. G., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L, Tsinganis A., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Warren S., Weigand M., Weiss C., Wolf C., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The design and operation of innovative nuclear systems requires a better knowledge of the capture and fission cross sections of the Pu isotopes. For the case of capture on 242Pu, a reduction of the uncertainty in the fast region down to 8-12% is required. Moreover, aiming at improving the evaluation of the fast energy range in terms of average parameters, the OECD NEA High Priority Request List (HPRL) requests high-resolution capture measurements with improved accuracy below 2 keV. The current uncertainties also affect the thermal point, where previous experiments deviate from each other by 20%. A fruitful collaboration betwen JGU Mainz and HZ Dresden-Rossendorf within the EC CHANDA project resulted in a 242Pu sample consisting of a stack of seven fission-like targets making a total of 95(4) mg of 242Pu electrodeposited on thin (11.5 μm) aluminum backings. This contribution presents the results of a set of measurements of the 242Pu(n, γ) cross section from thermal to 500 keV combining different neutron beams and techniques. The thermal point was determined at the Budapest Research Reactor by means of Neutron Activation Analysis and Prompt Gamma Analysis, and the resolved (1 eV - 4 keV) and unresolved (1 - 500 keV) resonance regions were measured using a set of four Total Energy detectors at the CERN n_TOF-EAR1.
Published: 2020
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32. Study of photon strength functions of 241Pu and 245Cm from neutron capture measurements

Author: Mendoza E., Alcayne V., Cano-Ott D, Kimura A., Skarbeli A. V., Aberle O., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bécares V., Bečvář F., Bellia G., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Meo S. Lo, Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Piersanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Doval D. Ramos, Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Talip Z., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Tassan-Got L, Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: We have measured the γ-rays following neutron capture on 240Pu and 244 Cm at the n_TOF facility at CERN with the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) and with C6D6 organic scintillators. The TAC is made of 40 BaF2 crystals operating in coincidence and covering almost the entire solid angle. This allows to obtain information concerning the energy spectra and the multiplicity of the measured capture γ-ray cascades. Additional information is also obtained from the C6D6 detectors. We have analyzed the measured data in order to draw conclusions about the Photon Strength Functions (PSFs) of 241Pu and 245Cm below their neutron separation energies. The analysis has been performed by fitting the PSFs to the experimental results, using the differential evolution method, in order to find neutron capture cascades capable of reproducing at the same time a great variety of deposited energy spectra.
Published: 2020
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33. Monte Carlo simulations and n-p differential scattering data measured with Proton Recoil Telescopes

Author: Terranova N., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Davies P. J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Jiri U., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Millán-Callado M. A., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Doval D. Ramos, Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Tassan-Got L, Thomas B., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross section of 235U, a standard at thermal energy and between 0.15 MeV and 200 MeV, plays a crucial role in nuclear technology applications. The long-standing need of improving cross section data above 20 MeV and the lack of experimental data above 200 MeV motivated a new experimental campaign at the n_TOF facility at CERN. The measurement has been performed in 2018 at the experimental area 1 (EAR1), located at 185 m from the neutron-producing target (the experiment is presented by A. Manna et al. in a contribution to this conference). The 235U(n,f) cross section from 20 MeV up to about 1 GeV has been measured relative to the 1H(n,n)1H reaction, which is considered the primary reference in this energy region. The neutron flux impinging on the 235U sample (a key quantity for determining the fission events) has been obtained by detecting recoil protons originating from n-p scattering in a C2H4 sample. Two Proton Recoil Telescopes (PRT), consisting of several layers of solid-state detectors and fast plastic scintillators, have been located at proton scattering angles of 25.07° and 20.32°, out of the neutron beam. The PRTs exploit the ΔE-E technique for particle identification, a basic requirement for the rejection of charged particles from neutron-induced reactions in carbon. Extensive Monte Carlo simulations were performed to characterize proton transport through the different slabs of silicon and scintillation detectors, to optimize the experimental set-up and to deduce the efficiency of the whole PRT detector. In this work we compare measured data collected with the PRTs with a full Monte Carlo simulation based on the Geant-4 toolkit.
Published: 2020
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34. First results of the 230Th(n,f) cross section measurements at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: Michalopoulou V., Stamatopoulos A., Vlastou R., Kokkoris M., Tsinganis A., Diakaki M., Eleme Z., Patronis N., Heyse J., Schillebeeckx P., Tassan-Got L, Barbagallo M., Colonna N., Urlass S., Macina D., Chiaveri E., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Davies P. J., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Femández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Jiri U., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kopatch Y., Krtiička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale S.-J., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Millán-Callado M. A., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Ramos Doval D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Thomas B., Torres-Sánchez P., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The study of neutron-induced reactions on actinides is of considerable importance for the design of advanced nuclear systems and alternative fuel cycles. Specifically, 230Th is produced from the α-decay of 234U as a byproduct of the 232Th/233U fuel cycle, thus the accurate knowledge of its fission cross section is strongly required. However, few experimental datasets exist in literature with large deviations among them, covering the energy range between 0.2 to 25 MeV. In addition, the study of the 230Th(n,f) cross-section is of great interest in the research on the fission process related to the structure of the fission barriers. Previous measurements have revealed a large resonance at En=715 keV and additional fine structures, but with high discrepancies among the cross-section values of these measurements. This contribution presents preliminary results of the 230Th(n,f) cross-section measurements at the CERN n_TOF facility. The high purity targets of the natural, but very rare isotope 230Th, were produced at JRC-Geel in Belgium. The measurements were performed at both experimental areas (EAR-1 and EAR-2) of the n_TOF facility, covering a very broad energy range from thermal up to at least 100 MeV. The experimental setup was based on Micromegas detectors with the 235U(n,f) and 238U(n,f) reaction cross-sections used as reference.
Published: 2020
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35. Comprehensive investigation of ﬁssion yields by using spallation- and (p,2p)- induced ﬁssion reactions in inverse kinematics.

Author: Rodríguez-Sánchez, J. L., Graña-González, A., Benlliure, J., Chatillon, A., García-Jiménez, G., Taïeb, J., Alvarez-Pol, H., Atar, L., Audouin, L., Authelet, G., Besteiro, A., Blanchon, G., Boretzky, K., Cabanelas, P., Casarejos, E., Cederkall, J., Cortina-Gil, D., Corsi, A., De Filippo, E., and Feijoo, M.
Subjects: NUCLEAR fission, KINEMATICS, SPALLATION (Nuclear physics), NUCLEAR structure, NUCLEAR deformation
Abstract: In the last decades, measurements of spallation, fragmentation and Coulex induced ﬁssion reactions in inverse kinematics have provided valuable data to accurately investigate the ﬁssion dynamics and nuclear structure at large deformations of a large variety of stable and non-stable heavy nuclei. To go a step further, we propose now to induce ﬁssion by the use of quasi-free (p,2p) scattering reactions in inverse kinematics, which allows us to reconstruct the excitation energy of the compound ﬁssioning system by using the four-momenta of the two outgoing protons. Therefore, this new approach might permit to correlate the excitation energy with the charge and mass distributions of the ﬁssion fragments and with the ﬁssion probabilities, given for the ﬁrst time direct access to the simultaneous measurement of the ﬁssion yield dependence on temperature and ﬁssion barrier heights of exotic heavy nuclei, respectively. The ﬁrst experiment based on this methodology was realized recently at the GSI/FAIR facility and a detailed description of the experimental setup is given here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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36. Detector set up for the measurements of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 235U relative to n-p scattering up to 150 MeV at CERN-n_TOF.

Author: Pirovano, E., Manna, A., Colonna, N., Console Camprini, P., Cosentino, L., Dietz, M., Ducasse, Q., Finocchiaro, P., Massimi, C., Mengoni, A., Nolte, R., Radeck, D., Tassan-Got, L., Terranova, N., Ventura, A., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., and Audouin, L.
Subjects: NUCLEAR fission, NUCLEAR cross sections, URANIUM isotopes, TIME-of-flight measurements, NEUTRON temperature
Abstract: A new measurement of the 235U(n,f) fission cross section was carried out at n_TOF. The experiment covered the neutron energy range from 10 MeV up to 500 MeV, and it used the 1H(n,n) cross section as normalization for the neutron fluence measurement. In this contribution, the measurements and the characterization of the detectors covering the incident energy range up to 150 MeV are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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37. Fission-fragment yields measured in Coulomb-induced fission of 234,235,236,238U and 237,238Np with the R3B/SOFIA setup.

Author: Chatillon, A., Boutoux, G., Gorbinet, T., Grente, L., Martin, J.-F., Pellereau, E., Taieb, J., Alvarez-Pol, H., Audouin, L., Ayyad, Y., Bélier, G., Benlliure, J., Caamaño, M., Casarejos, E., Cortina-Gil, D., Ebran, A., Farget, F., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Heinz, A., and Johansson, H. T.
Subjects: NUCLEAR fission, RADIOISOTOPES, RADIOACTIVE nuclear beams, NEUTRON emission, NUCLEAR structure
Abstract: Low energy fission of 234,235,236,238U and 237,238Np radioactive beams, provided by the GSI/FRS facility, has been studied using the R3B/SOFIA setup. The latter allows, on an event-by-event basis, to simultaneously identify, in terms of their mass and atomic numbers, the fissioning nucleus in coincidence with both fission fragments after prompt-neutron emission. This presentation reports on new results on elemental, isobaric and isotopic yields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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38. Measurement of the 241Am(n,γ) cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN.

Author: Oprea, A., Gunsing, F., Schillebeeckx, P., Aberle, O., Bacak, M., Berthoumieux, E., Cano-Ott, D., Diakaki, M., Dupont, E., Geslot, B., Glodariu†, T., Heyse, J., Mendoza, E., Negret, A., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., and Babiano-Suarez, V.
Subjects: NUCLEAR cross sections, TIME-of-flight mass spectrometry, NEUTRON capture, NUCLEAR energy, FUEL cycle
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section of 241Am is an important quantity for nuclear energy production and fuel cycle scenarios. Several measurements have been performed in recent years with the aim to reduce existing uncertainties in evaluated data. Two previous measurements, performed at the 185 m flight-path station EAR1 of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN, have permitted to substantially extend the resolved resonance region, but suffered in the near-thermal energy range from the unfavorable signal-to-background ratio resulting from the combination of the high radioactivity of 241Am and the rather low thermal neutron flux. The here presented 241Am(n,γ) measurement, performed with C6D6 liquid scintillator gamma detectors at the 20 m flight-path station EAR2 of the n_TOF facility, took advantage of the much higher neutron flux. The current status of the analysis of the data, focussed on the low-energy region, will be described here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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39. The Stellar 72Ge(n, γ) Cross Section for weak s-process: A First Measurement at n_TOF.

Author: Dietz, M., Lederer-Woods, C., Tattersall, A., Battino, U., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Krtička, M., Reifarth, R., Valenta, S., Aberle, O., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., and Billowes, J.
Subjects: NUCLEAR cross sections, WEAK interactions (Nuclear physics), TIME-of-flight mass spectrometry, NUCLEAR physics, NEUTRON temperature
Abstract: The slow neutron capture process (s-process) is responsible for producing about half of the elemental abundances heavier than iron in the universe. Neutron capture cross sections on stable isotopes are a key nuclear physics input for s-process studies. The 72Ge(n, γ) Maxwellian-Averaged Cross Section (MACS) has an important influence on the production of isotopes between Ge and Zr in the weak s-process in massive stars and so far only theoretical estimations are available. An experiment was carried out at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN to measure the 72Ge(n, γ) reaction for the first time at stellar neutron energies. The capture measurement was performed using an enriched 72GeO2 sample at a flight path length of 184 m, which provided high neutron energy resolution. The prompt gamma rays produced after neutron capture were detected with a set of liquid scintillation detectors (C6D6). The neutron capture yield is derived from the counting spectra taking into account the neutron flux and the gamma-ray detection efficiency using the Pulse Height Weighting Technique. Over 70 new neutron resonances were identified, providing an improved resolved reaction cross section to calculate experimental MACS values for the first time. The experiment, data analysis and the new MACS results will be presented including their impact on stellar nucleosynthesis, which was investigated using the post-processing nucleosynthesis code mppnp for a 25 solar mass model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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40. High resolution 80Se(n,γ) cross section measurement at CERN n_TOF.

Author: Babiano-Suarez, V., Balibrea-Correa, J., Caballero-Ontanaya, L., Domingo-Pardo, C., Ladarescu, I., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Tain, J. L., Calviño, F., Casanovas, A., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Guerrero, C., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Bennett, S., and Berthoumieux, E.
Subjects: NEUTRON capture, NUCLEAR cross sections, NUCLEOSYNTHESIS, BRANCHING ratios, ISOTOPES
Abstract: Neutron capture cross section measurements of isotopes close to s-process branching-points are of fundamental importance for the understanding of this nucleosynthesis mechanism through which about 50% of the elements heavier than iron are produced. We present in this contribution the results corresponding to the high resolution measurement, for first time ever, of the 80Se(n, γ) cross section, in which 98 resonances never measured before have been reported. As a consequence, ten times more precise values for the MACS have been obtained compared to previous accepted value adopted in the astrophysical KADoNiS data base. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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41. Results of the 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections measurements at EAR1 and EAR2 of the n_TOF facility.

Author: Alcayne, V., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Kimura, A., Aberle, O., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Bellia, G., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A. S., Busso, M., and Caamaño, M.
Subjects: NUCLEAR cross sections, NUCLEAR reactors, TRANSMUTATION (Chemistry), NEUTRON emission, HEAVY elements
Abstract: Accurate neutron capture cross section data for minor actinides (MAs) are required to estimate the production and transmutation rates of MAs in light water reactors, critical fast reactors like Gen-IV systems, and other innovative reactor systems such as accelerator driven systems (ADS). In particular, 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm play a role in the transport, storage and transmutation of the nuclear waste of the current nuclear reactors, due to the contribution of these isotopes to the radiotoxicity, neutron emission, and decay heat in the spent nuclear fuel. Also, capture reactions in these Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier elements. In this work, the results of the capture cross section measurement on 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm performed at the CERN n_TOF facility are presented. It is important to notice that the Cm samples used in the experiment at n_TOF have been used previously in an experiment at J-PARC, this experiment and the previous one done in the 70s with a nuclear explosion were the only previous capture experiments for these isotopes. At n_TOF, the capture cross section measurements of 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm were performed at the 20 m vertical flight path (EAR2) with three C6D6 total energy detectors. In addition, the cross section of 244Cm was measured at the 185 m flight path (EAR1) with a Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). The combination of measurements in EAR1 and EAR2 has contributed to controlling and reducing the systematic uncertainties in the results. The compatibility of the different measurements performed and the techniques to obtain the results are presented in this paper as well as the procedure to obtain the resonance parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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42. Study of the photon strength functions and level density in the gamma decay of the n + 234U reaction

Author: Moreno-Soto J., Berthoumieux E, Dupont E, Gunsing F, Serot O, Litaize O, Diakaki M, Chebboubi A, Dridi W, Valenta S, Krtiˇcka M., Aberle O, Alcayne V, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Bécares V., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M, Barbagallo M, Benedikt Th, Bennett S, Billowes J, Bosnar D, Brown A, Busso M, Caamaño M., Caballero-Ontanaya L., Calviño F., Calviani M, Cano-Ott D., Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Colonna N, Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Damone L. A, Davies P. J, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Durán I., Eleme Z, Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Göbel K., Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Guerrero C, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins D. G, Junghans A, Käppeler F., Kadi Y, Kimura A, Knapova I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C., Lonsdale S. J, Macina D, Manna A, Martínez T., Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu P, Mastromarco M, Maugeri E. A, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo P. M, Mingrone F, Musumarra A, Negret A, Ogállar F., Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Persanti L, Petrone C, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada J. M, Ramos-Doval D., Rauscher T, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Simone S, Smith A. G, Sosnin N. V, Sprung P, Stamatopoulos A, Tagliente G, Tain J. L, Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Tsinganis A, Ulrich J, Urlass S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods P. J, Wright T, and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The accurate calculations of neutron-induced reaction cross sections are relevant for many nuclear applications. The photon strength functions and nuclear level densities are essential inputs for such calculations. These quantities for 235U are studied using the measurement of the gamma de-excitation cascades in radiative capture on 234U with the Total Absorption Calorimeter at n_TOF at CERN. This segmented 4π gamma calorimeter is designed to detect gamma rays emitted from the nucleus with high efficiency. This experiment provides information on gamma multiplicity and gamma spectra that can be compared with numerical simulations. The code DICEBOXC is used to simulate the gamma cascades while GEANT4 is used for the simulation of the interaction of these gammas with the TAC materials. Available models and their parameters are being tested using the present data. Some preliminary results of this ongoing study are presented and discussed.
Published: 2019
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43. Preliminary results on the 233U capture cross section and alpha ratio measured at n_TOF (CERN) with the fission tagging technique

Author: Bacak M., Aiche M., Bélier G., Berthoumieux E., Diakaki M., Dupont E., Gunsing F., Heyse J., Kopecky S., Laurent B., Leeb H., Mathieu L., Schillebeeckx P., Serot O., Taieb J., Vlachoudis V., Aberle O., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Balibrea J., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Cardella R., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Damone L. A., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Durán I., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., García A. R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Harada H., Heinitz S., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Kalamara A., Kavrigin P., Kimura A., Kivel N., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Leal-Cidoncha E., Lederer C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Meo S. Lo, Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Marganiec J., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rubbia C., Ryan J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schumann D., Sedyshev P., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Warren S., Weiss C., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: 233U is of key importance among the fissile nuclei in the Th-U fuel cycle. A particularity of 233U is its small neutron capture cross-section, which is on average about one order of magnitude lower than the fission cross-section. The accuracy in the measurement of the 233U capture cross-section depends crucially on an efficient capture-fission discrimination, thus a combined set-up of fission and γ-detectors is needed. A measurement of the 233U capture cross-section and capture-to-fission ratio was performed at the CERN n_TOF facility. The Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) of n_TOF was employed as γ-detector coupled with a novel compact ionization chamber as fission detector. A brief description of the experimental set-up will be given, and essential parts of the analysis procedure as well as the preliminary response of the set-up to capture are presented and discussed.
Published: 2019
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44. High-resolution evaluation of the U5(n,f) cross section from 3 keV to 30 keV

Author: Duran I., Paradela C., Caamaño M., Cabanelas P., Tassan-Got L., and Audouin L.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: 235U neutron-induced fission cross-section is commonly used as reference for determining other isotope fission cross-section. However, below 150 keV this cross section is only included as Standard at the thermal point and recently its integral value between 7.8 eV and 11 eV [1]. The resolved resonance region, spanning up to 2.25 keV, has been reevaluated with high resolution in the last ENDF/B-VIII release [2] and a SAMMY resonance analysis was done by L. Leal et al. [3] including the CERN-nTOF experimental work of Paradela el al. [4] up to 10 keV, taken into account the IAEA Reference file. In this work the 235U(n,f) low-background and high-resolution experimental data obtained at the CERN-nTOF facility is combined with previous high-resolution experimental data, in order to produce a very fine grid dataset with normalisation to the IAEA Reference file. The extremelyhigh energy calibration required to reproduce the resonance sharp profiles is based on the nTOF DAQ system with a resolution below 0.1% with reference to the 8.78 eV resonance and to the sharp Al(n,g) capture dip at 5.904 keV. The comparison of the so-evaluated profile with the experimental data and with the evaluated ones will be discussed.
Published: 2019
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45. Measurement of the 244Cm and 246Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections at the n_TOF facility

Author: Alcayne V., Kimura A., Mendoza E., Cano-Ott D., Martínez T., Aberle O., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bécares V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Becčvář F., Bellia G., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero-Ontanaya L., Calviño F., Calviani M., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Katabuchi T., Kivel N., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Meo S. Lo, Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Persanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Ramos-Doval D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Simone S., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Talip T., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The neutron capture reactions of the 244Cm and 246Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier Cm isotopes and heavier elements such as Bk and Cf in a nuclear reactor. In addition, both isotopes belong to the minor actinides with a large contribution to the decay heat and to the neutron emission in irradiated fuels. There are only two previous 244Cm and 246Cm capture cross section measurements: one in 1969 using a nuclear explosion [1] and the most recent data measured at J-PARC in 2010 [2]. The data for both isotopes are very scarce due to the difficulties in performing the measurements: high intrinsic activity of the samples and limited facilities capable of providing isotopically enriched samples. We have measured both neutron capture cross sections at the n_TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) with three C6 D6 detectors and also at Area 1 (EAR-1) with the TAC. Preliminary results assessing the quality and limitations (back-ground subtraction, measurement technique and counting statistics) of this new experimental datasets are presented and discussed.
Published: 2019
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46. Fission program at n_TOF

Author: Tassan-Got L., Colonna N., Diakaki M., Eleme Z., Manna A., Sekhar A., Stamatopoulos A., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Davies P. J., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Durán I., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jiri U., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krticˇka M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Millán-Callado M. A., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J., Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Ramos Doval D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Thomas B., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Since its start in 2001 the n_TOF collaboration developed a measurement program on fission, in view of advanced fuels in new generation reactors. A special effort was made on measurement of cross sections of actinides, exploiting the peculiarity of the n_TOF neutron beam which spans a huge energy domain, from the thermal region up to GeV. Moreover fission fragment angular distributions have also been measured. An overview of the cross section results achieved with different detectors is presented, including a discussion of the 237Np case where discrepancies showed up between different detector systems. The results on the anisotropy of the fission fragments and its implication on the mechanism of neutron absorption, and in applications, are also shown.
Published: 2019
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47. Measurement of the radiative capture cross section of the s-process branching points 204Tl and 171Tm at the n_TOF facility (CERN)

Author: Casanovas A., Domingo-Pardo C., Guerrero C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Calviño F., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Dressler R., Heinitz S., Kivel N., Quesada J. M., Schumann D., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bécares V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Bellia G., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero-Ontanaya L., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Gunsing F., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Katabuchi T., Kimura A., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Meo S. Lo, Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Persanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Radeck D., Ramos D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Simone S., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Talip T., Tassan-Got L., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T., Žugec P., and Köster U
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section of some unstable nuclei is especially relevant for s-process nucleosynthesis studies. This magnitude is crucial to determine the local abundance pattern, which can yield valuable information of the s-process stellar environment. In this work we describe the neutron capture (n,γ) measurement on two of these nuclei of interest, 204Tl and 171Tm, from target production to the final measurement, performed successfully at the n_TOF facility at CERN in 2014 and 2015. Preliminary results on the ongoing experimental data analysis will also be shown. These results include the first ever experimental observation of capture resonances for these two nuclei.
Published: 2018
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48. First Measurement of 72Ge(n, γ) at n_TOF

Author: Dietz M., Lederer-Woods C., Aberle O., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bacak M., Balibrea J., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Cardella R., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A, Cosentino L., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Fernández-Dominguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., García A. R., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Goncalves I. F., González-Romero E., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Kahl D., Kalamara A., Kavrigin P., Kimura A., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Leal-Cidoncha E., Leeb H., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S. J, Macina D., Marganiec J., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A, Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M, Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M, Radeck D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rubbia C., Ryan J. A, Sabateé-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sedyshev P., Smith A. G, Sosnin N. V, Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L, Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Warren S., Weiss C., Woods P. J, Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The slow neutron capture process (s-process) is responsible for producing about half of the elemental abundances heavier than iron in the universe. Neutron capture cross sections on stable isotopes are a key nuclear physics input for s-process studies. The 72Ge(n, γ) cross section has an important influence on production of isotopes between Ge and Zr during s-process in massive stars and therefore experimental data are urgently required. 72Ge(n, γ) was measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF (CERN) for the first time at stellar energies. The measurement was performed using an enriched 72GeO2 sample at a flight path of 185m with a set of liquid scintillation detectors (C6D6). The motivation, experiment and current status of the data analysis are reported.
Published: 2018
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49. High-precision measurement of isotopic fission yields of 236U

Author: Audouin L., Taieb J., Chatillon A., Grente L., Boutoux G., Gorbinet T., Martin J.-F., Alvarez-Pol H., Ayyad Y., Bélier G., Benlliure J., Caamaño M., Casarejos E., Cortina-Gil D., Farget F., Fernández-Domínguez B., Heinz A., Johansson H., Jurado B., Kelić-Heil A., Kurz N., Laurent B., Lindberg S., Löher B., Nociforo C., Paradela C., Pietri S., Ramos D., Rodriguez-Sanchez J.-L., Rodrìguez-Tajes C., Rossi D., Schmidt K.-H., Simon H., Tassan-Got L., Törnqvist H., Voss B., Weick H., and Yan Y.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: We report on the second SOFIA experiment, dedicated to the fission yields of 236U*, analog to 235U(n,f). The measurement is based on the inverse kinematics method, using a relativistic, secondary beam of 236U. Both fission fragments are identified in mass and charge in the SOFIA recoil spectrometer. The obtained isotopic yields are compared with existing spectroscopy measurements and the elemental yields are used to discuss the treatment of the even-odd effect with energy in nuclear data libraries.
Published: 2018
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50. High precision measurement of the radiative capture cross section of 238U at the n_TOF CERN facility

Author: Mingrone F., Altstadt S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bécares V., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Belloni F., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Boccone V., Bosnar D., Brugger M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Carrapiço C., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Chin M., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M.A., Diakaki M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Durán I., Eleftheriadis C., Ferrari A., Fraval K., Furman V., Göbel K., Gómez-Hornillos M.B., Ganesan S., García A.R., Giubrone G., Gonçalves I.F., González E., Goverdovski A., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heftrich T., Hernández-Prieto A., Heyse J., Jenkins D.G., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Karadimos D., Katabuchi T., Ketlerov V., Khryachkov V., Kivel N., Koehler P., Kokkoris M., Kroll J., Krtička M., Lampoudis C., Langer C., Leal-Cidoncha E., Lederer C., Leeb H., Leong L.S., Lerendegui-Marco J., Losito R., Mallick A., Manousos A., Marganiec J., Martínez T., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P.M., Mirea M., Mondelaers W., Paradela C., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Plompen A.J.M., Praena J., Quesada J.M., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Riego-Perez A., Robles M., Rubbia C., Ryan J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Sarmento R., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schmidt S., Schumann D., Sedyshev P., Tagliente G., Tain J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tarrío D., Tassan-Got L., Tsinganis A., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vermeulen M.J., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Ware T., Weigand M., Weiss C., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The importance of improving the accuracy on the capture cross-section of 238U has been addressed by the Nuclear Energy Agency, since its uncertainty significantly affects the uncertainties of key design parameters for both fast and thermal nuclear reactors. Within the 7th framework programme ANDES of the European Commission three different measurements have been carried out with the aim of providing the 238U(n,γ) cross-section with an accuracy which varies from 1 to 5%, depending on the energy range. Hereby the final results of the measurement performed at the n_TOF CERN facility in a wide energy range from 1 eV to 700 keV will be presented.
Published: 2017
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