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1. Study of alternative locations for the SPS Beam Dump Facility

Author: Aberle, Oliver, Ahdida, Claudia, Arrutia, Pablo, Balazs, Kincso, Bernhard, Johannes, Brugger, Markus, Calviani, Marco, Dutheil, Yann, Ximenes, Rui Franqueira, Fraser, Matthew, Galleazzi, Frederic, Gilardoni, Simone, Grenard, Jean-Louis, Griesemer, Tina, Jacobsson, Richard, Kain, Verena, Lafarge, Damien, Marsh, Simon, Ruiz, Jose Maria Martin, Andrade, Ramiro Francisco Mena, Muttoni, Yvon, Cornago, Angel Navascues, Ninin, Pierre, Osborne, John, Ramjiawan, Rebecca, Diaz, Pablo Santos, Galan, Francisco Sanchez, Vincke, Heinz, and Vojtyla, Pavol
Subjects: Physics - Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: As part of the main focus of the BDF Working Group in 2021, this document reports on the study of alternative locations and possible optimisation that may accompany the reuse of existing facilities with the aim of significantly reducing the costs of the facility. Building on the BDF/SHiP Comprehensive Design Study (CDS), the assessment rests on the generic requirements and constraints that allow preserving the physics reach of the facility by making use of the $4\times 10^{19}$ protons per year at 400\,GeV that are currently not exploited at the SPS and for which no existing facility is compatible. The options considered involve the underground areas TCC4, TNC, and ECN3. Recent improvements of the BDF design at the current location (referred to as `TT90-TCC9-ECN4') are also mentioned together with ideas for yet further improvements. The assessments of the alternative locations compiled the large amount of information that is already available together with a set of conceptual studies that were performed during 2021. The document concludes with a qualitative comparison of the options, summarising the associated benefits and challenges of each option, such that a recommendation can be made about which location is to be pursued. The most critical location-specific studies required to specify the implementation and cost for each option are identified so that the detailed investigation of the retained option can be completed before the end of 2022.
Published: 2022

2. Design of the third-generation lead-based neutron spallation target for the neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN

Author: Esposito, Raffaele, Calviani, Marco, Aberle, Oliver, Barbagallo, Massimo, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Colonna, Nicola, Coiffet, Thibaut, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dragoni, Francesco, Ximenes, Rui Franqueira, Giordanino, Laurene, Grenier, Damien, Gunsing, Frank, Kershaw, Keith, Logé, Roland, Maire, Vincent, Moyret, Pierre, Fontenla, Ana Teresa Perez, Perillo-Marcone, Antonio, Pozzi, Fabio, Sgobba, Stefano, Timmins, Marc, and Vlachoudis, Vasilis
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) is a pulsed white-spectrum neutron spallation source producing neutrons for two experimental areas: the Experimental Area 1 (EAR1), located 185 m horizontally from the target, and the Experimental Area 2 (EAR2), located 20 m above the target. The target, based on pure lead, is impacted by a high-intensity 20-GeV/c pulsed proton beam. The facility was conceived to study neutron-nucleus interactions for neutron kinetic energies between a few meV to several GeV, with applications of interest for nuclear astrophysics, nuclear technology, and medical research. After the second-generation target reached the end of its lifetime, the facility underwent a major upgrade during CERN's Long Shutdown 2 (LS2, 2019-2021), which included the installation of the new third-generation neutron target. The first and second-generation targets were based on water-cooled massive lead blocks and were designed focusing on EAR1, since EAR2 was built later. The new target is cooled by nitrogen gas to avoid erosion-corrosion and contamination of cooling water with radioactive lead spallation products. Moreover, the new design is optimized also for the vertical flight path and EAR2. This paper presents an overview of the target design focused on both physics and thermo-mechanical performance, and includes a description of the nitrogen cooling circuit and radiation protection studies., Comment: 17 pages, 26 figures. Accepted for publication in Physical Review Accelerator and Beams
Published: 2021
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3. Characterization of bent crystals for beam collimation with 6.8 TeV proton beams at the LHC

Author: D’Andrea, Marco, Aberle, Oliver, Abramov, Andrey, Bandiera, Laura, Bruce, Roderik, Cai, Rongrong, Calviani, Marco, Demassieux, Quentin, Dewhurst, Kay Alana, Di Castro, Mario, Esposito, Luigi Salvatore, Gavrikov, Yury, Gilardoni, Simone, Guidi, Vincenzo, Hermes, Pascal Dominik, Ivanov, Yury, Lindström, Björn Hans Filip, Lechner, Anton, Mazzolari, Andrea, Matheson, Eloise, Mirarchi, Daniele, Potoine, Jean-Baptiste, Redaelli, Stefano, Ricci, Gianmarco, Romagnoni, Marco, Seidenbinder, Regis, Solis Paiva, Santiago, and Tamisari, Melissa
Published: 2024
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4. Development of a neutron imaging station at the n\_TOF facility of CERN and applications to beam intercepting devices

Author: Mingrone, Federica, Calviani, Marco, Martin, Claudio Torregrosa, Aberle, Oliver, Bacak, Michael, Chiaveri, Enrico, Fornasiere, Elvis, Perillo-Marcone, Antonio, and Vlachoudis, Vasilis
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: A neutron radiography testing station has been developed exploiting the neutron beam of CERN's n\_TOF Experimental Area 2, located at the shortest distance to the neutron producing-target. The characteristics of the n\_TOF neutron beam for the imaging setup are presented in this paper, together with the obtained experimental results. The possible developments of neutron imaging capabilities of the n\_TOF facility in terms of detection-systems and beam-line upgrades are as well outlined., Comment: 13 figures, 12 pages
Published: 2019
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5. Experimental setup of the 239Pu neutron capture and fission cross-section measurements at n_TOF, CERN

Author: Sanchez-Caballero Adrian, Alcayne Victor, Andrzejewski Józef, Cano-Ott Daniel, Cardinaels Thomas, Dries Peter, Gawlik-Ramiega Aleksandra, González-Romero Enrique, Heyse Jan, Leinders Gregory, Martínez Trinitario, Mendoza Emilio, Moens Andre, Pérez de Rada Alberto, Perkowski Jarosław, Plompen Arjan, Paradela Carlos, Schillebeeckx Peter, Sibbens Goedele, Van Hecke Karen, Vanaken Koen, Vanleeuw David, Verguts Ken, Verwerft Marc, Wynants Ruud, Aberle Oliver, Altieri Saverio, Amaducci Simone, Babiano-Suarez Victor, Bacak Michael, Balibrea Correa Javier, Beltrami Chiara, Bennett Samuel, Bernardes Ana-Paula, Berthoumieux Eric, Beyer Roland, Boromiza Marian, Bosnar Damir, Caamaño Manuel, Calviño Francisco, Calviani Marco, Casanovas Adria, Castelluccio Donato, Cerutti Francesco, Cescutti Gabriele, Chasapoglou Sotirios, Chiaveri Enrico, Colombetti Paolo, Colonna Nicola, Console Camprini Patrizio, Cortés Guillem, Cortés-Giraldo Miguel, Cosentino Luigi, Cristallo Sergio, Dellmann, Di Castro Mario, Di Maria Salvatore, Diakaki Maria, Dietz Mirco, Domingo-Pardo César, Dressler Rugard, Dupont Emmeric, Durán Ignacio, Eleme Zinovia, Fargier Sylvain, Fernández Begoña, Fernández-Domínguez Beatriz, Finocchiaro Paolo, Fiore Salvatore, Furman Valter, García-Infantes Francisco, Gervino Gianpiero, Gilardoni Simone, Guerrero Carlos, Gunsing Frank, Gustavino Carlo, Hillman William, Jenkins David, Jericha Erwin, Junghans Arnd, Kadi Yacine, Kaperoni Kalliopi, Kaur Gurpreet, Kimura Atsushi, Knapová Ingrid, Kokkoris Michael, Kopatch Yury, Krtička Milan, Kyritsis Nikolaos, Ladarescu Ion, Lederer-Woods Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco Jorge, Lerner Giuseppe, Manna Alice, Masi Alessandro, Massimi Cristian, Mastinu Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco Mario, Maugeri Emilio-Andrea, Mazzone Annamaria, Mengoni Alberto, Michalopoulou Veatriki, Milazzo Paolo, Mucciola Riccardo, Murtas Fabrizio, Musacchio-Gonzalez Elizabeth, Musumarra Agatino, Negret Alexandru, Pérez-Maroto Pablo, Patronis Nikolas, Pavón-Rodríguez José-Antonio, Pellegriti Maria, Petrone Cristina, Pirovano Elisa, Plaza del Olmo Julio, Pomp Stephan, Porras Ignacio, Praena Javier, Quesada José-Manuel, Reifarth René, Rochman Dimitri, Romanets Yuriy, Rubbia Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte Marta, Schumann Dorothea, Sekhar Adhitya, Smith Gavin, Sosnin Nikolay, Stamati Maria-Elisso, Sturniolo Alessandro, Tagliente Giuseppe, Tarifeño-Saldivia Ariel, Tarrío Diego, Torres-Sánchez Pablo, Vagena, Valenta Stanislav, Variale Vincenzo, Vaz Pedro, Vecchio Gianfranco, Vescovi Diego, Vlachoudis Vasilis, Vlastou Rosa, Wallner Anton, Woods Philip-John, Wright Tobias, Zarrella Roberto, and Žugec Petar
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The experimental setup of the new measurement of 239Pu fission and capture cross-section in the n_TOF time-of-flight facility at CERN is presented. The measurement aims to address the needs and demands of nuclear data users. The experiment incorporates an innovative fast Fission Fragment Detector and the n_TOF Total Absorption Calorimeter, enabling the implementation of the fission tagging technique. Preliminary results exhibit the robust performance of the detector systems, along with the high quality of the new 239Pu samples. These samples were exclusively produced for this measurement by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Geel.
Published: 2024
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6. Measurement of the prompt fission y -rays from slow neutron-induced fission of 235 U with STEFF

Author: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Wright, Tobias, Smith, Alastair, Sosnin, Nikolay Viktorovich, Bennett, Sam, Davies, Paul John, Popescu, Alexandra, Ryan, Joanne, Sekhar, Adhitya, Warren, Saskia, Aberle, Oliver, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Wright, Tobias, Smith, Alastair, Sosnin, Nikolay Viktorovich, Bennett, Sam, Davies, Paul John, Popescu, Alexandra, Ryan, Joanne, Sekhar, Adhitya, Warren, Saskia, Aberle, Oliver, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, and Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban
Abstract: The average energy and multiplicity of prompt y -rays from slow neutron-induced fission of 235 U have been measured using the STEFF spectrometer at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF. The individual responses from 11 NaI scintillators were corrected for multiple y -ray interactions, prompt fission neutrons and background counts before being deconvolved to estimate the emitted spectrum of prompt fission y -rays. The results give an average y -ray energy ¯Ey of 1.71(5) MeV and multiplicity ¯vy of 2.66(18) considering y -rays emitted within the energy range 0.8–6.8 MeV. The n_TOF data has a slightly larger ¯Ey and smaller ¯vy than other recent measurements, however the product of the two is in agreement within quoted uncertainties., This work was supported by the UK Nuclear Data Network, the BEIS Advanced Fuel Cycle programme, the SANDA Nuclear Data Euratom Project, and the funding agencies of the participating institutes., Article signat per 124 autors/es: T. Wright, A.G.Smith, N. V. Sosnin, S. A. Bennett, P.J.Davies, A. V. Popescu, J. A. Ryan, A. Sekhar, S. Warren, O. Aberle, S. Amaducci, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, M. Bacak, J. Balibrea, M. Barbagallo, F.Becvár, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, A.Brown, M. Caamaño, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Cardella, A. Casanovas, F. Cerutti, Y. H. Chen, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortés, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, L. Cosentino, L. A. Damone, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, E. Dupont, I. Durán, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. Ferrari, P. Ferreira, P. Finocchiaro, V. Furman, K. Göbel, A. R. García, A. Gawlik-Ramie ̨ga, S. Gilardoni, T. Glodariu, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, H. Harada, S. Heinitz, J. Heyse, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, A. Kalamara, P. Kavrigin, A. Kimura, N.Kivel, M. Kokkoris, M.Krtiˇcka, D. Kurtulgil, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Lederer-Woods, H. Leeb, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S.LoMeo, S. J. Lonsdale, D. Macina, A. Manna, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, A.Masi, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, E. A. Maugeri, A. Mazzone, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, A. Musumarra, A. Negret, R.Nolte, A. Oprea, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, I. Porras, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, D. Radeck, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, D. Schumann, P. Sedyshev, A. Stamatopoulos, G. Tagliente, J.L.Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, L. Tassan-Got, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P.Vaz, A. Ventura, V. Vlachoudis, R.Vlastou, A. Wallner, C. Weiss, P. J. Woods, P. Žugec., Postprint (published version)
Published: 2024

7. Characterization of bent crystals for beam collimation with 6.8 TeV proton beams at the LHC

Author: D’Andrea, Marco, primary, Aberle, Oliver, additional, Abramov, Andrey, additional, Bandiera, Laura, additional, Bruce, Roderik, additional, Cai, Rongrong, additional, Calviani, Marco, additional, Demassieux, Quentin, additional, Dewhurst, Kay Alana, additional, Di Castro, Mario, additional, Esposito, Luigi Salvatore, additional, Gavrikov, Yury, additional, Gilardoni, Simone, additional, Guidi, Vincenzo, additional, Hermes, Pascal Dominik, additional, Ivanov, Yury, additional, Lindström, Björn Hans Filip, additional, Lechner, Anton, additional, Mazzolari, Andrea, additional, Matheson, Eloise, additional, Mirarchi, Daniele, additional, Potoine, Jean-Baptiste, additional, Redaelli, Stefano, additional, Ricci, Gianmarco, additional, Romagnoni, Marco, additional, Seidenbinder, Regis, additional, Solis Paiva, Santiago, additional, and Tamisari, Melissa, additional
Published: 2023
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8. Design, testing, commissioning, and early operation of the third-generation n_TOF neutron spallation target at CERN

Author: Esposito Raffaele, Calviani Marco, and Aberle Oliver
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The n_TOF facility at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) is a top-class, high-brightness neutron spallation source dedicated to high-resolution neutron time-of-flight experiments. During CERN’s Long Shutdown 2 (LS2, 2019-2021), the facility’s neutron spallation target was upgraded and is now operating with its third-generation target. The target is based on a pure-Pb core cooled by gaseous nitrogen and has been designed to withstand the impact of a 20-GeV/c proton beam in bunches of 1013 protons with a bunch duration of 6-8 ns RMS. The produced neutrons span 11 orders of magnitude in kinetic energy (from thermal to GeV) and are delivered to two experimental areas and a neutron irradiation station near the target. This contribution includes a description of the physics and engineering design processes that brought the facility from its second-generation target to its current third-generation target, the planned autopsy of the second-generation target in 2023 to investigate its status after 10 years of operation, tests under beam irradiation carried out on target prototypes at CERN’s HiRadMat facility, and the commissioning with beam of the new target, as well as the challenges encountered during the first year of its operation.
Published: 2023
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9. Measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section relative to the 10B(n,α) reaction with Micromegas detectors at the CERN n_TOF facility: First results

Author: Michalopoulou Veatriki, Diakaki Maria, Vlastou Rosa, Kokkoris Michael, Stamatopoulos Athanasios, Tsinganis Andrea, Eleme Zinovia, Patronis Nikolas, Heyse Jan, Schillebeeckx Peter, Tassan-Got Laurent, Barbagallo Massimo, Colonna Nicola, Urlass Sebastian, Macina Daniela, Chiaveri Enrico, Aberle Oliver, Alcayne Victor, Amaducci Simone, Andrzejewski Józef, Audouin Laurent, Babiano-Suarez Victor, Bacak Michael, Bennett Samuel, Berthoumieux Eric, Billowes Jon, Bosnar Damir, Brown Adam, Busso Maurizio, Caamaño Manuel, Caballero-Ontanaya Luis, Calviño Francisco, Calviani Marco, Cano-Ott Daniel, Casanovas Adria, Cerutti Francesco, Cortés Guillem, Cortés-Giraldo Miguel, Cosentino Luigi, Cristallo Sergio, Damone Lucia-Anna, Davies Paul-John, Dietz Mirco, Domingo-Pardo César, Dressler Rugard, Ducasse Quentin, Dupont Emmeric, Durán Ignacio, Fernández-Domínguez Beatriz, Ferrari Alfredo, Finocchiaro Paolo, Göbel Kathrin, Garg Ruchi, Gawlik-Ramięga Aleksandra, Gilardoni Simone, Gonçalves Isabel, González-Romero Enrique, Guerrero Carlos, Gunsing Frank, Harada Hideo, Heinitz Stephan, Jenkins David, Junghans Arnd, Käppeler† Franz, Kadi Yacine, Kimura Atsushi, Knapová Ingrid, Krtička Milan, Kurtulgil Deniz, Ladarescu Ion, Lederer-Woods Claudia, Leeb Helmut, Lerendegui-Marco Jorge, Lonsdale Sarah-Jane, Manna Alice, Martínez Trinitario, Masi Alessandro, Massimi Cristian, Mastinu Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco Mario, Maugeri Emilio-Andrea, Mazzone Annamaria, Mendoza Emilio, Mengoni Alberto, Milazzo Paolo, Mingrone Federica, Moreno-Soto Javier, Musumarra Agatino, Negret Alexandru, Nolte Ralf, Ogállar Francisco, Oprea Andreea, Pavlik Andreas, Perkowski Jarosław, Piersanti Luciano, Petrone Cristina, Pirovano Elisa, Porras Ignacio, Praena Javier, Quesada José-Manuel, Ramos-Doval Diego, Rauscher Thomas, Reifarth René, Rochman Dimitri, Rubbia Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte Marta, Saxena Alok, Schumann Dorothea, Sekhar Adhitya, Smith Gavin, Sosnin Nikolay, Sprung Peter, Tagliente Giuseppe, Tain José, Tarifeño-Saldivia Ariel, Thomas Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez Pablo, Ulrich Jiri, Valenta Stanislav, Vannini Gianni, Variale Vincenzo, Vaz Pedro, Ventura Alberto, Vescovi Diego, Vlachoudis Vasilis, Wallner Anton, Woods Philip-John, Wright Tobias, and Žugec Petar
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Neutron cross section measurements are often made relative to a neutron cross section standard. Thus, the accuracy of the neutron standards determines the best possible accuracy of the neutron measurements. The 235U(n,f) cross section is widely used as reference, while it is considered a standard at thermal point and between 0.15 to 200 MeV. For this reason, additional cross section data for the 235U(n,f) reaction are useful in order to improve the accuracy and to extend the energy range of the standard. In this work, preliminary results of the measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross-section relative to the standard 10B(n,a) reaction are presented. The high accuracy measurement was performed at the experimental area EAR-1 of the n_TOF facility at CERN, aiming at covering the energy range from the thermal region up to approximately 100 keV. The samples were produced at JRC-Geel in Belgium, while the experimental setup was based on Micromegas detectors.
Published: 2023
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10. Measurement of the N 14 (n,p) C 14 cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility from subthermal energy to 800 keV

Author: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Torres Sanchez, Pablo, Praena Rodríguez, Javier, Porras Sánchez, Ignacio, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Lederer Woods, Claudia, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne Aicua, Víctor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Torres Sanchez, Pablo, Praena Rodríguez, Javier, Porras Sánchez, Ignacio, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Lederer Woods, Claudia, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne Aicua, Víctor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, and Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban
Abstract: Background: The 14N(n,p)14C reaction is of interest in neutron capture therapy, where nitrogen-related dose is the main component due to low-energy neutrons, and in astrophysics, where 14N acts as a neutron poison in the s process. Several discrepancies remain between the existing data obtained in partial energy ranges: thermal energy, keV region, and resonance region. Purpose: We aim to measure the 14N(n,p)14C cross section from thermal to the resonance region in a single measurement for the first time, including characterization of the first resonances, and provide calculations of Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACS). Method: We apply the time-of-flight technique at Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) of the neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN. 10B(n,a)7Li and 235U(n,f) reactions are used as references. Two detection systems are run simultaneously, one on beam and another off beam. Resonances are described with the R-matrix code sammy. Results: The cross section was measured from subthermal energy to 800 keV, resolving the first two resonances (at 492.7 and 644 keV). A thermal cross section was obtained (1.809±0.045 b) that is lower than the two most recent measurements by slightly more than one standard deviation, but in line with the ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 evaluations. A 1/v energy dependence of the cross section was confirmed up to tens of keV neutron energy. The low energy tail of the first resonance at 492.7 keV is lower than suggested by evaluated values, while the overall resonance strength agrees with evaluations. Conclusions: Our measurement has allowed determination of the 14N(n,p) cross section over a wide energy range for the first time. We have obtained cross sections with high accuracy (2.5%) from subthermal energy to 800 keV and used these data to calculate the MACS for kT=5 to kT=100 keV., We thank Mr. Wilhelmus Vollenberg for the preparation of the adenine samples. This work was partially supported by Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2020- 117969RB-I00), Junta de Andalucía (FEDER Andalucia 2014-2020) Projects No. P20-00665 and No. B-FQM-156- UGR20. This work was also supported by the UK Science and Facilities Council (ST/M006085/1, ST/P004008/1), by the European Research Council ERC-2015-StG No. 677497, and by the funding agencies of the n_TOF participating in- stitutes. P.T. acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities under the FPU Grant No. FPU17/02305., Article signat per 132 autors/es: Pablo Torres-Sánchez, Javier Praena, Ignacio Porras, Marta Sabaté-Gilarte, Claudia Lederer-Woods, Oliver Aberle, Victor Alcayne, Simone Amaducci, Józef Andrzejewski, Laurent Audouin, Vicente Bécares, Victor Babiano-Suarez, Michael Bacak, Massimo Barbagallo, František Beˇcváˇr, Giorgio Bellia, Eric Berthoumieux, Jon Billowes, Damir Bosnar, Adam Brown, Maurizio Busso, Manuel Caamaño, Luis Caballero, Francisco Calviño, Marco Calviani, Daniel Cano-Ott, Adria Casanovas, Francesco Cerutti, Yonghao Chen, Enrico Chiaveri, Nicola Colonna, Guillem Cortés, Miguel Cortés-Giraldo, Luigi Cosentino, Sergio Cristallo, Lucia-Anna Damone, Maria Diakaki, Mirco Dietz, César Domingo-Pardo, Rugard Dressler, Emmeric Dupont, Ignacio Durán, Zinovia Eleme, Beatriz Fernández-Domínguez, Alfredo Ferrari, Francisco Javier Ferrer, Paolo Finocchiaro, Valter Furman, Kathrin Göbel, Ruchi Garg, Aleksandra Gawlik-Ramiega, Benoit Geslot, Simone Gilardoni, Tudor Glodariu, Isabel Gonçalves, Enrique González-Romero, Carlos Guerrero, Frank Gunsing, Hideo Harada, Stephan Heinitz, Jan Heyse, David Jenkins, Erwin Jericha, Franz Käppeler, Yacine Kadi, Atsushi Kimura, Niko Kivel, Michael Kokkoris, Yury Kopatch, Milan Krtiˇcka, Deniz Kurtulgil, Ion Ladarescu, Helmut Leeb, Jorge Lerendegui-Marco, Sergio Lo Meo, Sarah-Jane Lonsdale, Daniela Macina, Alice Manna, Trinitario Martínez, Alessandro Masi, Cristian Massimi, Pierfrancesco Mastinu, Mario Mastromarco, Francesca Matteucci, Emilio-Andrea Maugeri, Annamaria Mazzone, Emilio Mendoza, Alberto Mengoni, Veatriki Michalopoulou, Paolo Maria Milazzo, Federica Mingrone, Agatino Musumarra, Alexandru Negret, Ralf Nolte, Francisco Ogállar, Andreea Oprea, Nikolas Patronis, Andreas Pavlik, Jarosław Perkowski, Luciano Persanti, José-Manuel Quesada, Désirée Radeck, Diego Ramos-Doval, Thomas Rauscher, René Reifarth, Dimitri Rochman, Carlo Rubbia, Alok Saxena, Peter Schillebeeckx, Dorothea Schumann, Gavin Smith, Nikolay Sosnin, Athanasios Stamat, Postprint (published version)
Published: 2023

11. New perspectives for neutron capture measurements in the upgraded CERN-n_TOF Facility

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Union (UE), Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Casanovas, A., Alcayne, V., Aberle, Oliver, Altieri, S., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, J., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Union (UE), Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Casanovas, A., Alcayne, V., Aberle, Oliver, Altieri, S., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, J., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., and n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal)
Abstract: The n_TOF facility has just undergone in 2021 a major upgrade with the installation of its third generation spallation target that has been designed to optimize the performance of the two n_TOF time-of-flight lines. This contribution describes the key features and limitations for capture measurements in the two beam lines prior to the target upgrade and presents first results of (n,gamma) measurements carried out as part of the commissioning of the upgraded facility. In particular, the energy resolution, a key factor for both increasing the signal-to background ratio and obtaining accurate resonance parameters, has been clearly improved for the 20 m long vertical beam-line with the new target design while keeping the remarkably high resolution of the long beamline n_TOF-EAR1. The improvements in the n_TOF neutron beam-lines need to be accompanied by improvements in the instrumentation. A review is given on recent detector R&D projects aimed at tackling the existing challenges and further improving the capabilities of this facility.
Published: 2023

12. Neutron-induced cross section measurements

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Massimi, C., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, J., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Massimi, C., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, J., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., and n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal)
Abstract: Neutron-induced cross sections represent the main nuclear input to models of stellar and Big-Bang nucleosynthesis. While (n, gamma) reactions are relevant for the formation of elements heavier than iron, (n,p) and (n,alpha) reactions can play an important role in specific cases. The time-of-flight method is routinely used at n_TOF to experimentally determine the cross section data. In addition, recent upgrades of the facility will allow the use of activation techniques as well, possibly opening the way to a systematic study of neutron interaction with radioactive isotopes. In the last 20 years n_TOF has provided a large amount of experimental data for Nuclear Astrophysics. Our plan is to carry on challenging measurements and produce nuclear data in the next decades as well.
Published: 2023

13. The neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF at CERN: Recent facility upgrades and detector developments

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Union (UE), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España, Domingo Pardo, C., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, J., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Union (UE), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España, Domingo Pardo, C., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, J., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., and n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal)
Abstract: Based on an idea by Carlo Rubbia, the n TOF facility at CERN has been operating for over 20 years. It is a neutron spallation source, driven by the 20 GeV/c proton beam from the CERN PS accelerator. Neutrons in a very wide energy range (from GeV, down to sub-eV kinetic energy) are generated by a massive Lead spallation target feeding two experimental areas. EAR1, horizonal with respect to the proton beam direction is set at 185 meters from the spallation target. EAR2, on the vertical line from the spallation source, is placed at 20 m. Neutron energies for experiments are selected by the time-of-flight technique (hence the name n TOF), while the long flight paths ensure a very good energy resolution. Over one hundred experiments have been performed by the n TOF Collaboration at CERN, with applications ranging from nuclear astrophysics (synthesis of the heavy elements in stars, big bang nucleosynthesis, nuclear cosmo-chronology), to advanced nuclear technologies (nuclear data for applications, nuclear safety), as well as for basic nuclear science (reaction mechanisms, structure and decay of highly excited compound states). During the planned shutdown of the CERN accelerator complex between 2019 and 2021, the facility went through a substantial upgrade with a new target-moderator assembly, refurbishing of the neutron beam lines and experimental areas. An additional measuring and irradiation station (the NEAR Station) has been envisaged and its capabilities for performing material test studies and new physics opportunities are presently explored. An overview of the facility and of the activities performed at CERN is presented in this contribution, with a particular emphasis on the most relevant experiments for nuclear astrophysics.
Published: 2023

14. Overview of the dissemination of n_TOF experimental data and resonance parameters

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Dupont, E., Otuka, Naohiko, Rochman, D., Noguere, G., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Dupont, E., Otuka, Naohiko, Rochman, D., Noguere, G., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., and n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal)
Abstract: The n_TOF neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN is used for nuclear data measurements. The n_TOF Collaboration works closely with the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) network to disseminate the experimental data through the international EXFOR library. In addition, the Collaboration helps integrate the results in the evaluated library projects. The present contribution describes the dissemination status of n_TOF results, their impact on evaluated libraries and ongoing efforts to provide n_TOF resonance parameters in ENDF-6 format for further use by evaluation projects.
Published: 2023

15. First high resolution measurement of neutron capture resonances in Yb-176 at the n TOF CERN facility

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España, Junta de Andalucía, García Infantes, F., Praena, Julia, Casanovas, A., Mastromarco, Mario, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España, Junta de Andalucía, García Infantes, F., Praena, Julia, Casanovas, A., Mastromarco, Mario, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Pérez Maroto, Pablo, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Zugec, P., and n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal)
Abstract: Several international agencies recommend the study of new routes and new facilities for producing radioisotopes with application to nuclear medicine. Lu-177 is a versatile radioisotope used for therapy and diagnosis (theranostics) of cancer with good success in neuroendocrine tumours that is being studied to be applied to a wider range of tumours. Lu-177 is produced in few nuclear reactors mainly by the neutron capture on Lu-176. However, it could be produced at high -intensity accelerator-based neutron facilities. The energy of the neutrons in accelerator-based neutron facilities is higher than in thermal reactors. Thus, experimental data on the Yb-176(n,(sic)) cross-section in the eV and keV region are mandatory to calculate accurately the production of Yb-177, which beta decays to 177Lu. At present, there are not experimental data available from thermal to 3 keV of the Yb-176(n,(sic)) cross-section. In addition, there is no data in the resolved resonance region (RRR). This contribution shows the first results of the Yb-176 capture measurement performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN.
Published: 2023

16. Measurement of the <math><mrow><mmultiscripts><mi mathvariant='normal'>N</mi><mprescripts/><none/><mn>14</mn></mmultiscripts><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>)</mo><mmultiscripts><mi mathvariant='normal'>C</mi><mprescripts/><none/><mn>14</mn></mmultiscripts></mrow></math> cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility from subthermal energy to 800 keV

Author: Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Praena, Javier, Porras, Ignacio, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Bécares, Vicente, Babiano-Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bečvář, František, Bellia, Giorgio, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jon, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero, Luis, Calviño, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas, Adria, Cerutti, Francesco, Chen, Yonghao, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés, Guillem, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia-Anna, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández-Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Ferrer, Francisco Javier, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Göbel, Kathrin, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik-Ramięga, Aleksandra, Geslot, Benoit, Gilardoni, Simone, Glodariu, Tudor, Gonçalves, Isabel, González-Romero, Enrique, Guerrero, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Käppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Kimura, Atsushi, Kivel, Niko, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yury, Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Leeb, Helmut, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Meo, Sergio Lo, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martínez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Matteucci, Francesca, Maugeri, Emilio-Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Mingrone, Federica, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Ogállar, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Persanti, Luciano, Quesada, José-Manuel, Radeck, Désirée, Ramos-Doval, Diego, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Smith, Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Tain, José, Talip, Zeynep, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Tsinganis, Andrea, Ulrich, Jiri, Urlass, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias, Žugec, Petar, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), and n_TOF
Subjects: [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract: International audience; Background: The N14(n,p)C14 reaction is of interest in neutron capture therapy, where nitrogen-related dose is the main component due to low-energy neutrons, and in astrophysics, where N14 acts as a neutron poison in the s process. Several discrepancies remain between the existing data obtained in partial energy ranges: thermal energy, keV region, and resonance region.Purpose: We aim to measure the N14(n,p)C14 cross section from thermal to the resonance region in a single measurement for the first time, including characterization of the first resonances, and provide calculations of Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACS).Method: We apply the time-of-flight technique at Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) of the neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN. B10(n,α)Li7 and U235(n,f) reactions are used as references. Two detection systems are run simultaneously, one on beam and another off beam. Resonances are described with the R-matrix code sammy.Results: The cross section was measured from subthermal energy to 800 keV, resolving the first two resonances (at 492.7 and 644 keV). A thermal cross section was obtained (1.809±0.045 b) that is lower than the two most recent measurements by slightly more than one standard deviation, but in line with the ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 evaluations. A 1/v energy dependence of the cross section was confirmed up to tens of keV neutron energy. The low energy tail of the first resonance at 492.7 keV is lower than suggested by evaluated values, while the overall resonance strength agrees with evaluations.Conclusions: Our measurement has allowed determination of the N14(n,p) cross section over a wide energy range for the first time. We have obtained cross sections with high accuracy (2.5%) from subthermal energy to 800 keV and used these data to calculate the MACS for kT=5 to kT=100 keV.
Published: 2023
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17. Beam feasibility study of a collimator with in-jaw beam position monitors

Author: Wollmann, Daniel, Nosych, Andriy A., Valentino, Gianluca, Aberle, Oliver, Aßmann, Ralph W., Bertarelli, Alessandro, Boccard, Christian, Bruce, Roderik, Burkart, Florian, Calvo, Eva, Cauchi, Marija, Dallocchio, Alessandro, Deboy, Daniel, Gasior, Marek, Jones, Rhodri, Kain, Verena, Lari, Luisella, Redaelli, Stefano, and Rossi, Adriana
Published: 2014
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18. Measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section relative to the 10B(n,α) reaction with Micromegas detectors at the CERN n_TOF facility: First results.

Author: Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Diakaki, Maria, Vlastou, Rosa, Kokkoris, Michael, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tsinganis, Andrea, Eleme, Zinovia, Patronis, Nikolas, Heyse, Jan, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Barbagallo, Massimo, Colonna, Nicola, Urlass, Sebastian, Macina, Daniela, Chiaveri, Enrico, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, and Andrzejewski, Józef
Subjects: NUCLEAR cross sections, GAS detectors, NUCLEAR reactions, NEUTRON measurement, NUCLEAR energy
Abstract: Neutron cross section measurements are often made relative to a neutron cross section standard. Thus, the accuracy of the neutron standards determines the best possible accuracy of the neutron measurements. The 235U(n,f) cross section is widely used as reference, while it is considered a standard at thermal point and between 0.15 to 200 MeV. For this reason, additional cross section data for the 235U(n,f) reaction are useful in order to improve the accuracy and to extend the energy range of the standard. In this work, preliminary results of the measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross-section relative to the standard 10B(n,a) reaction are presented. The high accuracy measurement was performed at the experimental area EAR-1 of the n_TOF facility at CERN, aiming at covering the energy range from the thermal region up to approximately 100 keV. The samples were produced at JRC-Geel in Belgium, while the experimental setup was based on Micromegas detectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2023
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19. NEAR: A New Station to Study Neutron-Induced Reactions of Astrophysical Interest at CERN-n_TOF

Author: Gervino, Gianpiero, primary, Aberle, Oliver, additional, Bernardes, Ana-Paula, additional, Colonna, Nicola, additional, Cristallo, Sergio, additional, Diakaki, Maria, additional, Fiore, Salvatore, additional, Manna, Alice, additional, Massimi, Cristian, additional, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, additional, Mengoni, Alberto, additional, Mucciola, Riccardo, additional, Musacchio González, Elizabeth, additional, Patronis, Nikolas, additional, Stamati, Elisso, additional, Vaz, Pedro, additional, and Vlastou, Rosa, additional
Published: 2022
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20. Measurement of the $^{14}$N(n,p)$^{14}$C cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility from sub-thermal energy to 800 keV

Author: Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Praena, Javier, Porras, Ignacio, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Bécares, Vicente, Babiano-Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bečvář, František, Bellia, Giorgio, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jon, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero, Luis, Calviño, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas, Adria, Cerutti, Francesco, Chen, Yonghao, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés, Guillem, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia-Anna, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández-Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Ferrer, Francisco Javier, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Göbel, Kathrin, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik-Ramięga, Aleksandra, Geslot, Benoit, Gilardoni, Simone, Glodariu, Tudor, Gonçalves, Isabel, González-Romero, Enrique, Guerrero, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Käppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Kimura, Atsushi, Kivel, Niko, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yury, Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Leeb, Helmut, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Meo, Sergio Lo, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martínez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Matteucci, Francesca, Maugeri, Emilio-Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Mingrone, Federica, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Ogállar, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Persanti, Luciano, Quesada, José-Manuel, Radeck, Désirée, Ramos-Doval, Diego, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Smith, Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Tain, José, Talip, Zeynep, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Tsinganis, Andrea, Ulrich, Jiri, Urlass, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, PhilipJohn, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias, Žugec, Petar, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), n_TOF, European Project: 677497,H2020,ERC-2015-STG,DoRES(2016), HEP, INSPIRE, and Direct measurements of key nuclear Reactions for the creation of Elements in Stars - DoRES - - H20202016-06-01 - 2021-05-31 - 677497 - VALID
Subjects: [PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), nucl-ex, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Background: The $^{14}$N(n,p)$^{14}$C reaction is of interest in neutron capture therapy, where nitrogen-related dose is the main component due to low-energy neutrons, and in astrophysics, where 14N acts as a neutron poison in the s-process. Several discrepancies remain between the existing data obtained in partial energy ranges: thermal energy, keV region and resonance region. Purpose: Measuring the 14N(n,p)14C cross section from thermal to the resonance region in a single measurement for the first time, including characterization of the first resonances, and providing calculations of Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACS). Method: Time-of-flight technique. Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) of the neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN. $^{10}$B(n,${\alpha}$)$^7$Li and $^{235}$U(n,f) reactions as references. Two detection systems running simultaneously, one on-beam and another off-beam. Description of the resonances with the R-matrix code sammy. Results: The cross section has been measured from sub-thermal energy to 800 keV resolving the two first resonances (at 492.7 and 644 keV). A thermal cross-section (1.809$\pm$0.045 b) lower than the two most recent measurements by slightly more than one standard deviation, but in line with the ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 evaluations has been obtained. A 1/v energy dependence of the cross section has been confirmed up to tens of keV neutron energy. The low energy tail of the first resonance at 492.7 keV is lower than suggested by evaluated values, while the overall resonance strength agrees with evaluations. Conclusions: Our measurement has allowed to determine the $^{14}$N(n,p) cross-section over a wide energy range for the first time. We have obtained cross-sections with high accuracy (2.5 %) from sub-thermal energy to 800 keV and used these data to calculate the MACS for kT = 5 to kT = 100 keV., Comment: 18 pages, 15 figures, 4 tables
Published: 2022
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21. Destruction of the cosmic γ-ray emitter 26Al in massive stars: study of the key 26Al(n,p) reaction

Author: Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Woods, Philip John, Davinson, Thomas, Kahl, David, Lonsdale, Sarah Jane, Aberle, Oliver, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Bacak, Michael, Balibrea-Correa, Javier, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bečvář, František, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jon, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Caamaño, Manuel, Calviño, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Cardella, Roberto, Casanovas, Adria, Cerutti, Francesco, Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés, Guillem, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Diakaki, Maria, Domingo-Pardo, Cesar, Dressler, Rugard, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Fernández-Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Ferreira, Paulo, Ferrer, Francesc J., Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Göbel, Kathrin, García, Aczel Regino, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Glodariu, Tudor, Gonçalves, Isabel F., González-Romero, Enrique, Griesmayer, Erich, Guerrero, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David G., Jericha, Erwin, Käppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Kalamara, Antigoni, Kavrigin, Pavel, Kimura, Atsushi, Kivel, Nikolai, Kokkoris, Michael, Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Deniz, Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leeb, Helmut, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lo Meo, Sergio, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Marganiec, Justyna, Martínez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio-Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Milazzo, Paolo M., Mingrone, Federica, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Porras, Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada, José-Manuel, Radeck, Desiree, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rubbia, Carlo, Ryan, James A., Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sedyshev, Pavel V., Smith, Alastair G., Sosnin, Nikolay V., Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Tain, José L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Warren, Stuart, Weß, Christina, Wright, Tobias, Žugec, Petar, and n_TOF Collaboration
Subjects: ddc:530
Abstract: The 26Al(n,p)26Mg reaction is the key reaction impacting on the abundances of the cosmic γ-ray emitter 26Al produced in massive stars and impacts on the potential pollution of the early solar system with 26Al by asymptotic giant branch stars. We performed a measurement of the 26Al(n,p)26Mg cross section at the high-flux beam line EAR-2 at the n_TOF facility (CERN). We report resonance strengths for eleven resonances, nine being measured for the first time, while there is only one previous measurement for the other two. Our resonance strengths are significantly lower than the only previous values available. Our cross-section data range to 150 keV neutron energy, which is sufficient for a reliable determination of astrophysical reactivities up to 0.5 GK stellar temperature.
Published: 2021

22. First results of the 140Ce(n,γ)141Ce cross-section measurement at n_TOF

Author: n_TOF Collaboration, Amaducci, Simone, Colonna, Nicola, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Krtička, Milan, Massimi, Cristian, Mastromarco, Mario, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mengoni, Alberto, Valenta, Stanislav, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano-Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jon, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero-Ontanaya, Luis, Calviño, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas, Adria, Cerutti, Francesco, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés, Guillem, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel, Damone, Lucia-Anna, Davies, Paul-John, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, Cesar, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández-Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Furman, Valter, Göbel, Kathrin, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Gonçalves, Isabel, González-Romero, Enrique, Guerrero, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Junghans, Arnd, Käppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapova, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri, Kurtulgil, Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Leeb, Helmut, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martínez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Maugeri, Emilio-Andrea, Mendoza, Emilio, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Ogállar, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Piersanti, Luciano, Petrone, Cristina, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras, Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada, José-Manuel, Ramos-Doval, Diego, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sekhar, Adhitya, Smith, Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay, Sprung, Peter, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Tain, José, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Ulrich, Jiri, Urlass, Sebastian, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, PhilipJohn, Wright, Tobias, Žugec, Petar, n_TOF Collaboration, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Física de Partículas, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, n_TOF, ITA, FRA, DEU, ESP, GRC, Amaducci S., Colonna N., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Finocchiaro P., Krticka M., Massimi C., Mastromarco M., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Valenta S., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Busso M., Caamano M., Caballero-Ontanaya L., Calvino F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Cortes G., Cortes-Giraldo M., Damone L.-A., Davies P.-J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Duran I., Eleme Z., Fernandez-Dominguez B., Ferrari A., Furman V., Gobel K., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Goncalves I., Gonzalez-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D., Junghans A., Kappeler F., Kadi Y., Kimura A., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Leeb H., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martinez T., Masi A., Mastinu P., Maugeri E.-A., Mendoza E., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J., Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogallar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Piersanti L., Petrone C., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J.-M., Ramos-Doval D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabate-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J., Tarifeno-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Thomas B., Torres-Sanchez P., 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., Zugec P., and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: cross-section, Cerium oxide, Capture, General Physics and Astronomy, QC793-793.5, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Ce, chemistry.chemical_compound, neutron, $^{140}$Ce, n_TOF, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Deuterated benzene, Elementary particle physics, nucleosynthesis, Cerium, cerium, Cosmic electrodynamics, Atomic physics, Nucleosynthesis, neutron capture, Cross-section, chemistry.chemical_element, Neutron, Scintillator, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, capture, Nucleosynthesi, Ones electromagnètiques, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Electromagnetic waves, Nuclear data, 140Ce, TheoryofComputation_MATHEMATICALLOGICANDFORMALLANGUAGES, chemistry, 13. Climate action, s-process, MACS, Electrodinàmica còsmica
Abstract: The cerium oxide material for this measurement was provided by T. Katabuchi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology., An accurate measurement of the 140Ce(n,g) energy-dependent cross-section was performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN. This cross-section is of great importance because it represents a bottleneck for the s-process nucleosynthesis and determines to a large extent the cerium abundance in stars. The measurement was motivated by the significant difference between the cerium abundance measured in globular clusters and the value predicted by theoretical stellar models. This discrepancy can be ascribed to an overestimation of the 140Ce capture cross-section due to a lack of accurate nuclear data. For this measurement, we used a sample of cerium oxide enriched in 140Ce to 99.4%. The experimental apparatus consisted of four deuterated benzene liquid scintillator detectors, which allowed us to overcome the difficulties present in the previous measurements, thanks to their very low neutron sensitivity. The accurate analysis of the p-wave resonances and the calculation of their average parameters are fundamental to improve the evaluation of the 140Ce Maxwellian-averaged cross-section.
Published: 2021
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23. First Results of the 140Ce(n,γ)141Ce Cross-Section Measurement at n_TOF

Author: Amaducci, Simone, primary, Colonna, Nicola, additional, Cosentino, Luigi, additional, Cristallo, Sergio, additional, Finocchiaro, Paolo, additional, Krtička, Milan, additional, Massimi, Cristian, additional, Mastromarco, Mario, additional, Mazzone, Annamaria, additional, Mengoni, Alberto, additional, Valenta, Stanislav, additional, Aberle, Oliver, additional, Alcayne, Victor, additional, Andrzejewski, Józef, additional, Audouin, Laurent, additional, Babiano-Suarez, Victor, additional, Bacak, Michael, additional, Barbagallo, Massimo, additional, Bennett, Samuel, additional, Berthoumieux, Eric, additional, Billowes, Jon, additional, Bosnar, Damir, additional, Brown, Adam, additional, Busso, Maurizio, additional, Caamaño, Manuel, additional, Caballero-Ontanaya, Luis, additional, Calviño, Francisco, additional, Calviani, Marco, additional, Cano-Ott, Daniel, additional, Casanovas, Adria, additional, Cerutti, Francesco, additional, Chiaveri, Enrico, additional, Cortés, Guillem, additional, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel, additional, Damone, Lucia-Anna, additional, Davies, Paul-John, additional, Diakaki, Maria, additional, Dietz, Mirco, additional, Domingo-Pardo, Cesar, additional, Dressler, Rugard, additional, Ducasse, Quentin, additional, Dupont, Emmeric, additional, Durán, Ignacio, additional, Eleme, Zinovia, additional, Fernández-Domínguez, Beatriz, additional, Ferrari, Alfredo, additional, Furman, Valter, additional, Göbel, Kathrin, additional, Garg, Ruchi, additional, Gawlik, Aleksandra, additional, Gilardoni, Simone, additional, Gonçalves, Isabel, additional, González-Romero, Enrique, additional, Guerrero, Carlos, additional, Gunsing, Frank, additional, Harada, Hideo, additional, Heinitz, Stephan, additional, Heyse, Jan, additional, Jenkins, David, additional, Junghans, Arnd, additional, Käppeler, Franz, additional, Kadi, Yacine, additional, Kimura, Atsushi, additional, Knapova, Ingrid, additional, Kokkoris, Michael, additional, Kopatch, Yuri, additional, Kurtulgil, Deniz, additional, Ladarescu, Ion, additional, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, additional, Leeb, Helmut, additional, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, additional, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, additional, Macina, Daniela, additional, Manna, Alice, additional, Martínez, Trinitario, additional, Masi, Alessandro, additional, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, additional, Maugeri, Emilio-Andrea, additional, Mendoza, Emilio, additional, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, additional, Milazzo, Paolo, additional, Mingrone, Federica, additional, Moreno-Soto, Javier, additional, Musumarra, Agatino, additional, Negret, Alexandru, additional, Ogállar, Francisco, additional, Oprea, Andreea, additional, Patronis, Nikolas, additional, Pavlik, Andreas, additional, Perkowski, Jarosław, additional, Piersanti, Luciano, additional, Petrone, Cristina, additional, Pirovano, Elisa, additional, Porras, Ignacio, additional, Praena, Javier, additional, Quesada, José-Manuel, additional, Ramos-Doval, Diego, additional, Rauscher, Thomas, additional, Reifarth, René, additional, Rochman, Dimitri, additional, Rubbia, Carlo, additional, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, additional, Saxena, Alok, additional, Schillebeeckx, Peter, additional, Schumann, Dorothea, additional, Sekhar, Adhitya, additional, Smith, Gavin, additional, Sosnin, Nikolay, additional, Sprung, Peter, additional, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, additional, Tagliente, Giuseppe, additional, Tain, José, additional, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, additional, Tassan-Got, Laurent, additional, Thomas, Benedikt, additional, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, additional, Tsinganis, Andrea, additional, Ulrich, Jiri, additional, Urlass, Sebastian, additional, Vannini, Gianni, additional, Variale, Vincenzo, additional, Vaz, Pedro, additional, Ventura, Alberto, additional, Vescovi, Diego, additional, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, additional, Vlastou, Rosa, additional, Wallner, Anton, additional, Woods, PhilipJohn, additional, Wright, Tobias, additional, and Žugec, Petar, additional
Published: 2021
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24. First Results of the Ce-140(n,gamma)Ce-141 Cross-Section Measurement at n_TOF

Author: Amaducci, Simone, Colonna, Nicola, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Massimi, Cristian, Mastromarco, Mario, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mengoni, Alberto, Valenta, Stanislav, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Andrzejewski, Jozef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano-Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jon, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Busso, Maurizio, Caamano, Manuel, Caballero-Ontanaya, Luis, Calvino, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas, Adria, Cerutti, Francesco, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortes, Guillem, Cortes-Giraldo, Miguel, Damone, Lucia-Anna, Davies, Paul-John, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, Cesar, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Duran, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernandez-Dominguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Furman, Valter, Goebel, Kathrin, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Goncalves, Isabel, Gonzalez-Romero, Enrique, Guerrero, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Junghans, Arnd, Kaeppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapova, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri, Kurtulgil, Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Leeb, Helmut, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martinez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Maugeri, Emilio-Andrea, Mendoza, Emilio, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Ogallar, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Piersanti, Luciano, Petrone, Cristina, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras, Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada, Jose-Manuel, Ramos-Doval, Diego, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, Rene, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabate-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sekhar, Adhitya, Smith, Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay, Sprung, Peter, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Tain, Jose, Tarifeno-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sanchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Ulrich, Jiri, Urlass, Sebastian, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, PhilipJohn, Wright, Tobias, and Zugec, Petar
Abstract: An accurate measurement of the Ce-140(n,gamma) energy-dependent cross-section was performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN. This cross-section is of great importance because it represents a bottleneck for the s-process nucleosynthesis and determines to a large extent the cerium abundance in stars. The measurement was motivated by the significant difference between the cerium abundance measured in globular clusters and the value predicted by theoretical stellar models. This discrepancy can be ascribed to an overestimation of the Ce-140 capture cross-section due to a lack of accurate nuclear data. For this measurement, we used a sample of cerium oxide enriched in Ce-140 to 99.4%. The experimental apparatus consisted of four deuterated benzene liquid scintillator detectors, which allowed us to overcome the difficulties present in the previous measurements, thanks to their very low neutron sensitivity. The accurate analysis of the p-wave resonances and the calculation of their average parameters are fundamental to improve the evaluation of the Ce-140 Maxwellian-averaged cross-section.
Published: 2021
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25. Visit to the crystal primary collimators (TCPCs) assembly workshop

Author: Redaelli, Stefano, Calviani, Marco, and Aberle, Oliver
Subjects: Open
Abstract: On 2 September, Oliver Brüning, HL-LHC Project Leader, was invited by Stefano Redaelli, WP5 leader, to visit the workshop where the crystal primary collimators (TCPCs) are being assembled. The purpose of the visit was to inspect the TCPC assemblies before mounting the bent crystals in them, and before closing their vacuum tanks, prior to the installation in the LHC tunnel.
Published: 2021

26. CERN BDF Prototype Target Operation, Removal and Autopsy Steps

Author: Franqueira Ximenes, Rui, Aberle, Oliver, Ahdida, Claudia, Avigni, Pietro, Battistin, Michele, Bianchi, Laura, Buonocore, Luca Rosario, Burger, Stephane, Busom, Josep, Calviani, Marco, Canhoto Espadanal, Joao Pedro, Casolino, Mirkoantonio, Di Castro, Mario, Fraser, Matthew, Gilardoni, Simone, Girod, Sylvain, Grenard, Jean-Louis, Grenier, Damien, Guinchard, Michael, Jacobsson, Richard, Lamont, Mike, Lopez Sola, Edmundo, Ortega Rolo, Adrian, Perillo-Marcone, Antonio, Pira, Yann, Riffaud, Benoit, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, and Zuccalli, Laurent
Subjects: MC7: Accelerator Technology, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Accelerator Physics
Abstract: The Beam Dump Facility (BDF), currently in the study phase, is a proposed general-purpose fixed target facility at CERN. Initially will host the Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) experiment, intended to investigate the origin of dark matter and other weakly interacting particles. The BDF particle production target is located at the core of the facility and is employed to fully absorb the high intensity (400 GeV/c) Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) beam. To validate the design of the production target, a downscaled prototype was tested with the beam at CERN in 2018 in the North Area primary area in a dedicated test at 35 kW average beam power. This contribution details the BDF prototype target operation, fully remote removal intervention, and foreseen post-irradiation examination plans., Proceedings of the 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC2021, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Published: 2021

27. Third-Generation CERN n_TOF Spallation Target: Final Design and Examinations of Irradiated Prototype

Author: Esposito, Raffaele, Aberle, Oliver, Calviani, Marco, Coiffet, Thibaut, Crouvizier, Mickaël, Franqueira Ximenes, Rui, Maire, Vincent, Perez Fontenla, Ana Teresa, and Timmins, Marc
Subjects: MC7: Accelerator Technology, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Nuclear Experiment, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Accelerator Physics
Abstract: The new neutron spallation target for the CERN neutron Time-Of-Flight (n_TOF) facility is based on a nitrogen-cooled Pb core impacted by short high-intensity proton beam pulses. An extensive material characterization campaign has been carried out to define the constitutive behavior of lead and assess its response under pulsed proton beam irradiation. The activities carried out include a beam irradiation test in the CERN HiRadMat facility. The tests and inspections performed show a robust behavior of the core material during operation and prominent static hardening recovery already at room temperature., Proceedings of the 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC2021, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Published: 2021

28. Mobilität und soziale Exklusion

Author: Stephan Daubitz, Christoph Aberle, Oliver Schwedes, Carsten Gertz and Stephan Daubitz, Christoph Aberle, Oliver Schwedes, Carsten Gertz
Abstract: Dieser Band beschreibt, wie der Mobilitätsalltag von Einkommensarmen aussieht. Präsentiert werden Ergebnisse des von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft geförderten Projekts MobileInclusion. Auf Grundlage von 40 qualitativen Interviews mit „Hartz IV“-Beziehenden und einer räumlichen Analyse wird die Verbindung zwischen subjektiver Wahrnehmung und objektivierter Erreichbarkeit in Berlin und Hamburg hergestellt. Das ÖPNV-Angebot ist überdurchschnittlich, wird allerdings in dicht bewohnten Gebieten durch große Nachfrage (über-)kompensiert. Wesentliches Hemmnis für Befragte ist nicht die Taktdichte, sondern der Fahrpreis. Zentral ist außerdem ihr Möglichkeitsraum, also vorstellbare Mobilität. Einige können keine Wunschziele außerhalb des Aktionsraums (mehr) benennen, andere nennen Ziele weit jenseits des Alltäglichen. Letztere leiden am meisten unter eingeschränkter Mobilität. Aus den Ergebnissen werden drei politische Strategien entwickelt, um Möglichkeitsräume für Betroffene zu erweitern.
Published: 2023

29. 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: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Barbagallo, M., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Jozeph, Audouin, Laurent, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, Žugec, P., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Barbagallo, M., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Jozeph, Audouin, Laurent, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, and Žugec, P.
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

30. Measurement of the 244Cm capture cross sections at both CERN n_TOF experimental areas

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Alcayne, V., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Kimura, A., Aberle, Oliver, Amaducci, Simone, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, Žugec, P., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Alcayne, V., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Kimura, A., Aberle, Oliver, Amaducci, Simone, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, and Žugec, P.
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

31. 80Se(n,?) cross-section measurement at CERN n TOF

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Research Council (ERC) 681740, Babiano Suárez, V., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Jozeph, Audouin, Laurent, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, Žugec, Petar Č., Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Research Council (ERC) 681740, Babiano Suárez, V., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Jozeph, Audouin, Laurent, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, Žugec, Petar Č., and Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos
Abstract: Radiative neutron capture cross section measurements are of fundamental importance for the study of the slow neutron capture (s-) process of nucleosynthesis. This mechanism is responsible for the formation of most elements heavier than iron in the Universe. Particularly relevant are branching nuclei along the s-process path, which are sensitive to the physical conditions of the stellar environment. One such example is the branching at 79Se (3.27 × 105 y), which shows a thermally dependent ß-decay rate. However, an astrophysically consistent interpretation requires also the knowledge of the closest neighbour isotopes involved. In particular, the 80Se(n,?) cross section directly affects the stellar yield of the "cold"branch leading to the formation of the s-only 82Kr. Experimentally, there exists only one previous measurement on 80Se using the time of flight (TOF) technique. However, the latter suffers from some limitations that are described in this presentation. These drawbacks have been significantly improved in a recent measurement at CERN n TOF. This contribution presents a summary of the latter measurement and the status of the data analysis.
Published: 2020

32. Setup for the measurement of the 235U(n, f) cross section relative to n-p scattering up to 1 GeV

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Manna, A., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, Laurent, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, Žugec, P., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Manna, A., Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, Laurent, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, and Žugec, P.
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

33. Status and perspectives of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Chiaveri, Enrico, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Jozeph, Audouin, Laurent, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, Žugec, P., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Chiaveri, Enrico, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, V., Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Jozeph, Audouin, Laurent, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, and Žugec, P.
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

34. 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: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Barbagallo, Massimo, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Davies, Paul John, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Jiri, U., Junghans, Arnd Rudolf, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Petrone, Cristina, Piersanti, Luciano, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté- Gilarte, M., Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sekhar, Adhitya, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Sprung, Peter, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., Žugec, Petar, International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Barbagallo, Massimo, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Davies, Paul John, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Jiri, U., Junghans, Arnd Rudolf, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Petrone, Cristina, Piersanti, Luciano, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté- Gilarte, M., Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sekhar, Adhitya, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Sprung, Peter, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., and Žugec, Petar
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

35. Measurement of the 244Cm capture cross sections at both CERN n_TOF experimental areas

Author: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Alcayne, Victor, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Kimura, Atsushi, Aberle, Oliver, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bécares, Vicente, Bečvář, František, Bellia, Giorgio, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jonathan, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chen, Yonghao, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Glodariu, Tudor, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kivel, Nikolay, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lo Meo, Sergio, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Matteucci, Francesca, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Mingrone, Federica, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Piersanti, Luciano, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Radeck, Désirée, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Talip, Zeynep, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Ulrich, Jiri, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., Žugec, Petar, International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Alcayne, Victor, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Kimura, Atsushi, Aberle, Oliver, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bécares, Vicente, Bečvář, František, Bellia, Giorgio, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jonathan, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chen, Yonghao, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Glodariu, Tudor, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kivel, Nikolay, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lo Meo, Sergio, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Matteucci, Francesca, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Mingrone, Federica, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Piersanti, Luciano, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Radeck, Désirée, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Talip, Zeynep, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Ulrich, Jiri, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., and Žugec, Petar
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

36. Setup for the measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section relative to n-p scattering up to 1 GeV

Author: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Manna, Alice, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Davies, Paul John, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Jiri, U., Junghans, Arnd Rudolf, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Petrone, Cristina, Piersanti, Luciano, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sekhar, Adhitya, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Sprung, Peter, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeno-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., Žugec, Petar, International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Manna, Alice, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Davies, Paul John, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Jiri, U., Junghans, Arnd Rudolf, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Petrone, Cristina, Piersanti, Luciano, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sekhar, Adhitya, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Sprung, Peter, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeno-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., and Žugec, Petar
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

37. Study of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 237Np at CERN’s n_TOF facility over a wide energy range

Author: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tsinganis, Andrea, Diakaki, Maria, Colonna, Nicola, Kokkoris, Michael, Vlastou, Rosa, Kalamara, Antigoni, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Žugec, Petar, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Patronis, Nikolas, Eleme, Zinovia, Heyse, Jan, Aberle, Oliver, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Bacak, Michael, Balibrea Correa, Javier, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bečvář, František, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jonathan, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Caamaño, Manuel, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Cardella, Roberto, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chen, Yonghao, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Damone, Lucia Anna, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Ferreira, Pedro G., Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Göbel, Kathrin, García Ríos, Aczel Regino, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Glodariu, Tudor, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Griesmayer, Erich, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Käppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Kavrigin, Pavel, Kimura, Atsushi, Kivel, Nikolay, Knapová, Ingrid, Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Leal Cidoncha, Esther, Lederer, Claudia, Leeb, Helmut, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lo Meo, Sergio, Lonsdale, Sarah Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Marganiec, Justyna, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Mingrone, Federica, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Oprea, Andreea, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Radeck, Désirée, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rubbia, Carlo, Ryan, James A., Saxena, Alok, Schumann, Dorothea, Sedyshev, Pavel V., Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Wallner, Anton, Warren, Stephen J., Weiß, Christina, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias, International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tsinganis, Andrea, Diakaki, Maria, Colonna, Nicola, Kokkoris, Michael, Vlastou, Rosa, Kalamara, Antigoni, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Žugec, Petar, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Patronis, Nikolas, Eleme, Zinovia, Heyse, Jan, Aberle, Oliver, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Bacak, Michael, Balibrea Correa, Javier, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bečvář, František, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jonathan, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Caamaño, Manuel, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Cardella, Roberto, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chen, Yonghao, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Damone, Lucia Anna, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Ferreira, Pedro G., Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Göbel, Kathrin, García Ríos, Aczel Regino, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Glodariu, Tudor, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Griesmayer, Erich, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Käppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Kavrigin, Pavel, Kimura, Atsushi, Kivel, Nikolay, Knapová, Ingrid, Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Leal Cidoncha, Esther, Lederer, Claudia, Leeb, Helmut, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lo Meo, Sergio, Lonsdale, Sarah Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Marganiec, Justyna, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Mingrone, Federica, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Oprea, Andreea, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Radeck, Désirée, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rubbia, Carlo, Ryan, James A., Saxena, Alok, Schumann, Dorothea, Sedyshev, Pavel V., Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Wallner, Anton, Warren, Stephen J., Weiß, Christina, Woods, Philip John, and Wright, Tobias
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

38. Status and perspectives of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN

Author: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Chiaveri, Enrico, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Davies, Paul John, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Jiri, U., Junghans, Arnd Rudolf, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Petrone, Cristina, Piersanti, Luciano, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sekhar, Adhitya, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Sprung, Peter, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., Žugec, Petar, International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (2019 : Peking), Chiaveri, Enrico, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Davies, Paul John, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jericha, Erwin, Jiri, U., Junghans, Arnd Rudolf, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Petrone, Cristina, Piersanti, Luciano, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sekhar, Adhitya, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Sprung, Peter, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., and Žugec, Petar
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

39. Erratum to: Cross section measurements of 155, 157 Gd(n, γ) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons (The European Physical Journal A, (2019), 55, 1, (9), 10.1140/epja/i2019-12692-7)

Author: Mastromarco, M., Manna, A., Aberle, Oliver, Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, Laurent, Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Subjects: GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries)
Abstract: After publication of the paper, the authors noticed some errors in the list of authors and in the list of affiliations. Their correct version is given in this erratum
Published: 2019

40. Cross section measurements of 155,157Gd(n, γ) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons

Author: Mastromarco, Mario, Manna, A., Aberle, Oliver, Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Saxena, Avadh, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España
Abstract: Neutron capture cross section measurements on 155Gd and 157Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n_TOF facility at CERN on isotopically enriched samples. The measurements were carried out in the n_TOF experimental area EAR1, at 185 m from the neutron source, with an array of 4 C6D6 liquid scintillation detectors. At a neutron kinetic energy of 0.0253 eV, capture cross sections of 62.2(2.2) and 239.8(8.4) kilobarn have been derived for 155Gd and 157Gd, respectively, with up to 6% deviation relative to values presently reported in nuclear data libraries, but consistent with those values within 1.6 standard deviations. A resonance shape analysis has been performed in the resolved resonance region up to 181 eV and 307 eV, respectively for 155Gd and 157Gd, where on average, resonance parameters have been found in good agreement with evaluations. Above these energies and up to 1 keV, the observed resonance-like structure of the cross section has been analysed and characterised. From a statistical analysis of the observed neutron resonances we deduced: neutron strength function of 2. 01 (28) × 10 - 4 and 2. 17 (41) × 10 - 4; average total radiative width of 106.8(14) meV and 101.1(20) meV and s-wave resonance spacing 1.6(2) eV and 4.8(5) eV for n + 155Gd and n + 157Gd systems, respectively. European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) 605203 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad FPA2014-52823-C2-1-P
Published: 2019

41. Erratum to: Cross section measurements of 155, 157 Gd(n, γ) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons (The European Physical Journal A, (2019), 55, 1, (9), 10.1140/epja/i2019-12692-7)

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Mastromarco, M., Manna, A., Aberle, Oliver, Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, Laurent, Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Mastromarco, M., Manna, A., Aberle, Oliver, Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, Laurent, Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, and Sabaté Gilarte, Marta
Abstract: After publication of the paper, the authors noticed some errors in the list of authors and in the list of affiliations. Their correct version is given in this erratum
Published: 2019

42. Measurement of the 244Cm and 246Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections at the n_TOF facility

Author: Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Alcayne, V., Kimura, A., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Martínez, T., Aberle, Oliver, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, Žugec, P., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Alcayne, V., Kimura, A., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Martínez, T., Aberle, Oliver, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Sabaté Gilarte, Marta, and Žugec, P.
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

43. Fission program at n_TOF

Author: International Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor Applications (5. : 2018 : Aix-en-Provence), Tassan-Got, Laurent, Colonna, Nicola, Diakaki, Maria, Eleme, Zinovia, Manna, Alice, Sekhar, Adhitya, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Davies, Paul John, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jiri, U., Junghans, Arnd Rudolf, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Martinez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Petrone, Cristina, Piersanti, Luciano, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Sprung, Peter, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., Žugec, Petar, International Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor Applications (5. : 2018 : Aix-en-Provence), Tassan-Got, Laurent, Colonna, Nicola, Diakaki, Maria, Eleme, Zinovia, Manna, Alice, Sekhar, Adhitya, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Amaducci, Simone, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam S., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviani, Marco, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Davies, Paul John, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Göbel, Kathrin, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Jiri, U., Junghans, Arnd Rudolf, Kadi, Yacine, Käppeler, Franz, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Martinez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Petrone, Cristina, Piersanti, Luciano, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Ramos Doval, Diego, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Sprung, Peter, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias J., and Žugec, Petar
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

44. Measurement of the 244Cm and 246Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections at the n_TOF facility

Author: International Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor Applications (5. : 2018 : Aix-en-Provence), Alcayne, Victor, Kimura, Atsushi, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Aberle, Oliver, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Bécares, Vicente, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bečvář, František, Bellia, Giorgio, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jonathan, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chen, Yonghao, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Göbel, Kathrin, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Glodariu, Tudor, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Käppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Katabuchi, Tatsuya, Kivel, Nikolay, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lo Meo, Sergio, Lonsdale, Sarah Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Matteucci, Francesca, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Mingrone, Federica, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Piersanti, Luciano, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Radeck, Désirée, Ramos Doval, Diego, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Simone, S., Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Talip, T., Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Tsinganis, Andrea, Ulrich, Jiri, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias, Žugec, Petar, International Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor Applications (5. : 2018 : Aix-en-Provence), Alcayne, Victor, Kimura, Atsushi, Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Martı́nez, Trinitario, Aberle, Oliver, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Bécares, Vicente, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bečvář, František, Bellia, Giorgio, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jonathan, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero Ontanaya, Luis, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Cerutti, Francesco, Chen, Yonghao, Chiaveri, Enrico, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Damone, Lucia Anna, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, César, Dressler, Rugard, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Furman, Valter, Göbel, Kathrin, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Glodariu, Tudor, Gonçalves, Isabel Maria Ferro, González Romero, Enrique Miguel, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Käppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Katabuchi, Tatsuya, Kivel, Nikolay, Knapová, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri N., Krtička, Milan, Kurtulgil, Cem Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lo Meo, Sergio, Lonsdale, Sarah Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Masi, Alessandro, Massimi, Cristian, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Mastromarco, Mario, Matteucci, Francesca, Maugeri, Emilio Andrea, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mengoni, Alberto, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo Maria, Mingrone, Federica, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Nolte, Ralf, Ogállar Ruiz, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Piersanti, Luciano, Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Radeck, Désirée, Ramos Doval, Diego, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Simone, S., Smith, Alastair Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay V., Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Taı́n Enríquez, José Luis, Talip, T., Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Tsinganis, Andrea, Ulrich, Jiri, Urlaß, Sebastian, Valenta, Stanislav, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, Philip John, Wright, Tobias, and Žugec, Petar
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

45. Characterization of bent crystals for beam collimation with 6.8 TeV proton beams at the LHC.

Author: D'Andrea, Marco, Aberle, Oliver, Abramov, Andrey, Bandiera, Laura, Bruce, Roderik, Cai, Rongrong, Calviani, Marco, Demassieux, Quentin, Dewhurst, Kay Alana, Di Castro, Mario, Esposito, Luigi Salvatore, Gavrikov, Yury, Gilardoni, Simone, Guidi, Vincenzo, Hermes, Pascal Dominik, Ivanov, Yury, Lindström, Björn Hans Filip, Lechner, Anton, Mazzolari, Andrea, and Matheson, Eloise
Subjects: *PROTON beams, *LARGE Hadron Collider, *CRYSTALS, *PARTICLE beams
Abstract: The concept of crystal collimation exploits the peculiar properties of crystalline materials to deflect high-energy beam particles at angles orders of magnitude larger than what can be achieved with scattering by conventional materials used as primary collimators. This innovative technique is planned to be used to improve the collimation efficiency with heavy-ion beams at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its High-Luminosity upgrade (HL-LHC). The unprecedented proton-equivalent energy range of up to 7 TeV makes this technique particularly challenging due to the small angular acceptance of the crystal channeling process. This paper reviews the recent campaign of measurements performed with 6.8 TeV proton beams at the LHC to characterize the latest generation of crystal collimator devices installed in the machine, in preparation for the deployment in the upcoming heavy-ion runs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2024
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46. Beam 2 Crystal Characterization Measurements with Proton Beams in the LHC

Author: Rossi, Roberto, Aberle, Oliver, Andreassen, Odd Oyvind, Butcher, Mark, Dionisio Barreto, Cristovao Andre, Masi, Alessandro, Mirarchi, Daniele, Montesano, Simone, Lamas Garcia, Inigo, Redaelli, Stefano, Scandale, Walter, Serrano Galvez, Pablo, Rijllart, Adriaan, Valentino, Gianluca, and Galluccio, Francesca
Subjects: Physics::Accelerator Physics, Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract: In 2017, two new crystals were installed, with their goniometers, in the counterclockwise Beam 2 (B2) line. These devices, called TCPC, were tested during 2017 in a dedicated machine development (MD) performed on July the 2nd. The bent silicon crystals were characterised with the LHC proton beams, to measure with the LHC beam their bending angles and the overall working order of the new hardware. Tests were preformed at both injection energy and flat top using horizontal and vertical crystal. Loss maps with crystals at 6.5TeV were performed. Two additional MDs were performed on September the 15th and November the 29th, 2017, to study the B2 horizontal crystal after observing in the first test an anomalous behaviour.
Published: 2018

47. Radiative neutron capture on 242Pu in the resonance region at the CERN n_TOF-EAR1 facility

Author: Lerendegui Marco, Jorge, Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos, Mendoza, Emilio, Quesada Molina, José Manuel, Eberhardt, Klaus, Junghans, Arnd R., Krtička, Milan, Aberle, Oliver, Andrzejewski, J., Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio, and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Abstract: The spent fuel of current nuclear reactors contains fissile plutonium isotopes that can be combined with uranium to make mixed oxide (MOX) fuel. In this way the Pu from spent fuel is used in a new reactor cycle, contributing to the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy. However, an extensive use of MOX fuels, in particular in fast reactors, requires more accurate capture and fission cross sections for some Pu isotopes. In the case of 242Pu there are sizable discrepancies among the existing capture cross-section measurements included in the evaluations (all from the 1970s) resulting in an uncertainty as high as 35% in the fast energy region. Moreover, postirradiation experiments evaluated with JEFF-3.1 indicate an overestimation of 14% in the capture cross section in the fast neutron energy region. In this context, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) requested an accuracy of 8% in this cross section in the energy region between 500 meV and 500 keV. This paper presents a new time-of-flight capture measurement on 242Pu carried out at n_TOF-EAR1 (CERN), focusing on the analysis and statistical properties of the resonance region, below 4 keV. The 242Pu(n,γ ) reaction on a sample containing 95(4) mg enriched to 99.959% was measured with an array of four C6D6 detectors and applying the total energy detection technique. The high neutron energy resolution of n_TOF-EAR1 and the good statistics accumulated have allowed us to extend the resonance analysis up to 4 keV, obtaining new individual and average resonance parameters from a capture cross section featuring a systematic uncertainty of 5%, fulfilling the request of the NEA. European Union, FP7 Programme-NEUTANDALUS (334315) European Union, FP7 Programme-CHANDA (605203) Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness-FPA2013- 45083-P, FPA2014-53290-C2-2-P, FPA2016-77689-C2- 1-R Ministerio de Educación e Investigación (BMBF)-03NUK13A V Plan Propio de Investigación Programme from the University of Sevilla
Published: 2018

48. Beam Dump Facility Target: Design Status and Beam Tests in 2018

Author: Lopez Sola, Edmundo, Aberle, Oliver, Avigni, Pietro, Bianchi, Laura, Busom, Josep, Calviani, Marco, Casolino, Mirkoantonio, Espadanal, Joao, Fraser, Matthew, Girod, Sylvain, Goddard, Brennan, Grenier, Damien, Guinchard, Michael, Heßler, Christoph, Illan Fiastre, Ricardo, Jacobsson, Richard, Lamont, Mike, Ortega Rolo, Adrian, Riffaud, Benoit, Romagnoli, Giulia, and Zuccalli, Laurent
Subjects: T20 Targetry, 07 Accelerator Technology, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Accelerator Physics
Abstract: The Beam Dump Facility (BDF) Project, currently in its design phase, is a proposed general-purpose fixed target facility at CERN, dedicated to the Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) experiment in its initial phase. At the core of the installation resides the target/dump assembly, whose aim is to fully absorb the high intensity 400 GeV/c SPS beam and produce charmed mesons. In addition to high thermo-mechanical loads, the most challenging aspects of the proposed installation lie in very high energy and power density deposition that are reached during operation. In order to validate the design of the BDF target, a scaled prototype is going to be tested during 2018 in the North Area at CERN, upstream the existing beryllium primary targets. The prototype testing under representative beam scenarios will allow having an insight of the material response in an unprecedented regime. Online monitoring and an extensive Post Irradiation Experimental (PIE) campaign are foreseen. The current contribution will detail the design and handling aspects of the innovative Target Complex as well as the design of the BDF target/dump core and the design and construction of the prototype target assembly., Proceedings of the 9th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Published: 2018

49. Measurement of the prompt fission neutron spectrum in the neutron induced fission of actinide targets

Author: Rout, P C, Nayak, B K, Saxena, A, Suryanarayana, S V, Chiaveri, E, Cinausero, M, Tassan-Got, L, Cano-Ott, D, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Aberle, Oliver, Gilarte, Marta S, and Gunsing, F
Subjects: Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Published: 2017

50. Progress with Long-Range Beam-Beam Compensation Studies for High Luminosity LHC

Author: Rossi, Adriana, Aberle, Oliver, Albertone, Joel, Barnyakov, Alexey, Bertarelli, Alessandro, Boccard, Christian, Carra, Federico, Cattenoz, Gregory, Delaup, Yorick, Fartoukh, Stephane, Fitterer, Miriam, Gobbi, Giorgia, Lendaro, Jerome, Levichev, Alexey, Nikiforov, Danila, Papaphilippou, Yannis, Patapenka, Andrei, Perini, Diego, Redaelli, Stefano, Schmickler, Hermann, Stancari, Giulio, Valishev, Alexander, and Zanoni, Carlo
Subjects: Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Accelerator Physics, 01 Circular and Linear Colliders, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Accelerator Physics
Abstract: Long-range beam-beam (LRBB) interactions can be a source of emittance growth and beam losses in the LHC during physics and will become even more relevant with the smaller '* and higher bunch intensities foreseen for the High Luminosity LHC upgrade (HL-LHC), in particular if operated without crab cavities. Both beam losses and emittance growth could be mitigated by compensat-ing the non-linear LRBB kick with a correctly placed current carrying wire. Such a compensation scheme is currently being studied in the LHC through a demonstration test using current-bearing wires embedded into col-limator jaws, installed either side of the high luminosity interaction regions. For HL-LHC two options are considered, a current-bearing wire as for the demonstrator, or electron lenses, as the ideal distance between the particle beam and compensating current may be too small to allow the use of solid materials. This paper reports on the ongoing activities for both options, covering the progress of the wire-in-jaw collimators, the foreseen LRBB experiments at the LHC, and first considerations for the design of the electron lenses to ultimately replace material wires for HL-LHC., Proceedings of the 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark
Published: 2017

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