1. Neutron measurements for advanced nuclear systems: The n_TOF project at CERN
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Calviani, M., Praena, J., Colonna, N., Belloni, F., Gonçalves, I.F., Vaz, P., Aerts, G., Alvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Assimakopoulos, P., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Badurek, G., Becvar, F., Berthoumieux, E., Calvino, F., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Carrapiço, C., Carrillo De Albornoz, A., Cennini, P., Chepel, V., Chiaveri, E., Cortes, G., Couture, A., Cox, J., Dahlfors, M., David, S., Diakaki, M., Dillmann, I., Dolfini, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dridi, W., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, Anthony, Ferreira-Marques, R., Frais-Koelbl, H., Fuji, K., Furman, W., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Haight, R., Heil, M., Herrera-Martinez, A., Igashira, M., Isaev, S., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Ketlerov, V., Koehler, P., Konovalov, V., Kossionides, E., Krticka, M., Lampoudis, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lindote, A., Lopes, I., Lozano, M., Marganiec, J., Marques, L., Marrone, S., Martinez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Neves, F., Oberhummer, H., O'Brien, S., Oshima, M., Pancin, J., Papachristodoulou, C., Papadopoulos, C., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perrot, L., Pigni, M.T., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, A., Poch, A., Pretel, C., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rosetti, M., Rubbia, C., Rudolf, G., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Sarchiapone, L., Savvidis, I., Stephan, C., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarrio, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Vannini, G., Ventura, A., Villamarin, D., Vicente, M.C., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Voss, F., Walter, S., Wendler, H., Wiescher, M., Wisshak, K., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, 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), nTOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, 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)
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Astrofísica nuclear ,Nuclear engineering ,Nuclear Theory ,[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,Nuclear physics ,0103 physical sciences ,Nuclear astrophysics ,Spallation ,Neutron ,010306 general physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,Instrumentation ,Physics ,Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Neutrons ,Large Hadron Collider ,Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Nuclear fission ,Nuclear data ,Neutron radiation ,Nuclear technology ,Energia nuclear ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,Física nuclear ,Spallation Neutron Source - Abstract
A few years ago, the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF was built at CERN to address some of the urgent needs of high-accuracy nuclear data for Accelerator Driven Systems and other advanced nuclear energy systems, as well as for nuclear astrophysics and fundamental nuclear physics. Thanks to the characteristics of the neutron beam, and to state-of-the-art detection and acquisition systems, high quality neutron cross-section data have been obtained for a variety of isotopes, many of which radioactive. Following an important upgrade of the spallation target and of the experimental area, a new measurement campaign has started last year. After a brief review of the most important results obtained so far at n_TOF, the new features of the facility are presented, together with the first results on the commissioning of the neutron beam. The plans for future measurements, in particular related to nuclear technology are finally discussed.
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- 2012