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1. Neutron-induced fission cross sections of <math><mmultiscripts><mi>Th</mi><mprescripts/><none/><mn>232</mn></mmultiscripts></math> and <math><mmultiscripts><mi mathvariant='normal'>U</mi><mprescripts/><none/><mn>233</mn></mmultiscripts></math> up to 1 GeV using parallel plate avalanche counters at the CERN n_TOF facility

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Tarrío, D, Tassan-Got, L, Duran, I, Leong, L.S, Paradela, C, Audouin, L, Leal-Cidoncha, E, Le Naour, C, Caamaño, M, Ventura, A, Altstadt, S, Andrzejewski, J, Barbagallo, M, Bécares, V, Becvár, F, Belloni, F, Berthoumieux, E, Billowes, J, Boccone, V, Bosnar, D, Brugger, M, Calviani, M, Calviño, F, Cano-Ott, D, Carrapiço, C, Cerutti, F, Chiaveri, E, Chin, M, Colonna, N, Cortés, G, Cortés-Giraldo, M.A, Diakaki, M, Domingo-Pardo, C, Dzysiuk, N, Eleftheriadis, C, Ferrari, A, Fraval, K, Ganesan, S, García, A.R, Giubrone, G, Gómez-Hornillos, M.B, Gonçalves, I.F, González-Romero, E, Griesmayer, E, Guerrero, C, Gunsing, F, Gurusamy, P, Jenkins, D.G, Jericha, E, Kadi, Y, Käppeler, F, Karadimos, D, Koehler, P, Kokkoris, M, Krticka, M, Kroll, J, Langer, C, Lederer, C, Leeb, H, Losito, R, Manousos, A, Marganiec, J, Martínez, T, Massimi, C, Mastinu, P.F, Mastromarco, M, Meaze, M, Mendoza, E, Mengoni, A, Milazzo, P.M, Mingrone, F, Mirea, M, Mondalaers, W, Pavlik, A, Perkowski, J, Plompen, A, Praena, J, Quesada, J.M, Rauscher, T, Reifarth, R, Riego, A, Robles, M.S, Roman, F, Rubbia, C, Sarmento, R, Schillebeeckx, P, Schmidt, S, Tagliente, G, Tain, J.L, Tsinganis, A, Valenta, S, Vannini, G, Variale, V, Vaz, P, Versaci, R, Vermeulen, M.J, Vlachoudis, V, Vlastou, R, Wallner, A, Ware, T, Weigand, M, Weiß, C, Wright, T.J, Žugec, P, 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, and n_TOF

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[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
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International audience; The neutron-induced fission cross sections of Th232 and U233 were measured relative to U235 in a wide neutron energy range up to 1 GeV (and from fission threshold in the case of Th232, and from 0.7 eV in case of U233), using the white-spectrum neutron source at the CERN Neutron Time-of-Flight (n_TOF) facility. Parallel plate avalanche counters (PPACs) were used, installed at the Experimental Area 1 (EAR1), which is located at 185 m from the neutron spallation target. The anisotropic emission of fission fragments were taken into account in the detection efficiency by using, in the case of U233, previous results available in EXFOR, whereas in the case of Th232 these data were obtained from our measurement, using PPACs and targets tilted 45∘ with respect to the neutron beam direction. Finally, the obtained results are compared with past measurements and major evaluated nuclear data libraries. Calculations using the high-energy reaction models INCL++ and ABLA07 were performed and some of their parameters were modified to reproduce the experimental results. At high energies, where no other neutron data exist, our results are compared with experimental data on proton-induced fission. Moreover, the dependence of the fission cross section at 1 GeV with the fissility parameter of the target nucleus is studied by combining those (p,f) data with our (n,f) data on Th232 and U233 and on other isotopes studied earlier at n_TOF using the same experimental setup.

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2023
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2. $^{74}$Ge($n,\gamma $) cross section below 70 keV measured at n_TOF CERN

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Lederer-Woods, C, Aberle, O, Andrzejewski, J, Audouin, L, Bécares, V, Bacak, M, Balibrea, J, Barbagallo, M, Barros, S, Battino, U, Bečvář, F, Beinrucker, C, Berthoumieux, E, Billowes, J, Bosnar, D, Brugger, M, Caamaño, M, Calviño, F, Calviani, M, Cano-Ott, D, Cardella, R, Casanovas, A, Castelluccio, D M, Cerutti, F, Chen, Y H, Chiaveri, E, Colonna, N, Cortés, G, Cortés-Giraldo, M A, Cosentino, L, Damone, L A, Diakaki, M, Domingo-Pardo, C, Dressler, R, Dupont, E, Durán, I, Fernández-Domínguez, B, Ferrari, A, Ferreira, P, Finocchiaro, P, Furman, V, Göbel, K, García, A R, Gawlik-Ramięga, A, Glodariu, T, Gonçalves, I F, González-Romero, E, Goverdovski, A, Griesmayer, E, Guerrero, C, Gunsing, F, Harada, H, Heftrich, T, Heinitz, S, Heyse, J, Jenkins, D G, Jericha, E, Käppeler, F, Kadi, Y, Katabuchi, T, Kavrigin, P, Ketlerov, V, Khryachkov, V, Kimura, A, Kivel, N, Kokkoris, M, Krtička, M, Leal-Cidoncha, E, Leeb, H, Lerendegui-Marco, J, Meo, S Lo, Lonsdale, S J, Losito, R, Macina, D, Marganiec, J, Martínez, T, Massimi, C, Mastinu, P, Mastromarco, M, Matteucci, F, Maugeri, E A, Mendoza, E, Mengoni, A, Milazzo, P M, Mingrone, F, Mirea, M, Montesano, S, Musumarra, A, Nolte, R, Oprea, A, Patronis, N, Pavlik, A, Perkowski, J, Porras, I, Praena, J, Quesada, J M, Rajeev, K, Rauscher, T, Reifarth, R, Riego-Perez, A, Rout, P C, Rubbia, C, Ryan, J A, Sabaté-Gilarte, M, Saxena, A, Schillebeeckx, P, Schmidt, S, Schumann, D, Sedyshev, P, Smith, A G, Stamatopoulos, A, Tagliente, G, Tain, J L, Tarifeño-Saldivia, A, Tassan-Got, L, Tsinganis, A, Valenta, S, Vannini, G, Variale, V, Vaz, P, Ventura, A, Vlachoudis, V, Vlastou, R, Wallner, A, Warren, S, Weigand, M, Weiss, C, Wolf, C, Woods, P J, Wright, T, Žugec, P, 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, n_TOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group

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neutron capture, 74Ge, neutron time of flight, n_TOF, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physical, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Física, Nuclear Physics - Experiment
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The version of record os available online at:https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00878-5 Neutron capture reaction cross sections on 74Ge are of importance to determine 74Ge production during the astrophysical slow neutron capture process. We present new resonancedataon74Ge(n,¿)reactionsbelow70keVneutron energy. We calculate Maxwellian averaged cross sections, combining our data below 70 keV with evaluated cross sections at higher neutron energies. Our stellar cross sections are in agreement with a previous activation measurement performed at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe by Marganiec et al., once their data has been re-normalised to account for an update in the reference cross section used in that experiment Peer Reviewed Article escrit per 123 autors/autores C. Lederer-Woods, O. Aberle, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, M. Bacak, J. Balibrea, M. Barbagallo, S. Barros, U. Battino, F. Bečvář, C. Beinrucker, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Caamaño, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Cardella, A. Casanovas, D. M. Castelluccio, 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-Ramięga, T. Glodariu, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, H. Harada, T. Heftrich, S. Heinitz, J. Heyse, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, T. Katabuchi, P. Kavrigin, V. Ketlerov, V. Khryachkov, A. Kimura, N. Kivel, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, E. Leal-Cidoncha, H. Leeb, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S. Lo Meo, S. J. Lonsdale, R. Losito, D. Macina, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, F. Matteucci, E. A. Maugeri, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, S. Montesano, A. Musumarra, R. Nolte, A. Oprea, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, I. Porras, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, K. Rajeev, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego-Perez, P. C. Rout, C. Rubbia, J. A. Ryan, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, P. Sedyshev, A. G. Smith, A. Stamatopoulos, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, S. Warren, M. Weigand, C. Weiss, C. Wolf, P. J. Woods, T. Wright, P. Žugec

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2022
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3. Measurement of the $^{76}\mathrm{Ge}(n,{\gamma})$ cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

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Gawlik-Ramięga, A., Lederer-Woods, C., Krtička, M., Valenta, S., Battino, U., Andrzejewski, J., Perkowski, J., Aberle, O., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapová, I., Kokkoris, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.a., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tattersall, A., Tsinganis, A., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., 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, n_TOF, and 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)

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Physics in General, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Experiment, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEN-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/General Physics [physics.gen-ph]
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International audience; The $^{76}\mathrm{Ge}(n,{\gamma})$ reaction has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN via the time-of-flight technique. Neutron capture cross sections on $^{76}$Ge are of interest to a variety of low-background experiments, such as neutrinoless double β decay searches, and to nuclear astrophysics. We have determined resonance capture kernels up to 52 keV neutron energy and used the new data to calculate Maxwellian-averaged neutron capture cross sections for kBT values of 5 to 100 keV.

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2021
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4. Measurement of the ${}^{72}\mathrm{Ge}(n,\gamma)$ cross section over a wide neutron energy range at the CERN n_TOF facility

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DIETZ, M., LEDERER-WOODS, C., TATTERSALL, A., BATTINO, U., GUNSING, F., HEINITZ, S., KRTIČKA, M., LERENDEGUI-MARCO, J., REIFARTH, R., VALENTA, S., ABERLE, O., AMADUCCI, S., ANDRZEJEWSKI, J., AUDOUIN, L., BACAK, M., BALIBREA, J., BARBAGALLO, M., BEČVÁŘ, F., BERTHOUMIEUX, E., BILLOWES, J., BOSNAR, D., BROWN, A., CAAMAÑO, M., CALVIÑO, F., CALVIANI, M., CANO-OTT, D., CARDELLA, R., CASANOVAS, A., CERUTTI, F., CHEN, Y.H., CHIAVERI, E., COLONNA, N., CORTÉS, G., CORTÉS-GIRALDO, M.A., COSENTINO, L., DAMONE, L.A., DIAKAKI, M., DOMINGO-PARDO, C., DRESSLER, R., DUPONT, E., DURÁN, I., FERNÁNDEZ-DOMÍNGUEZ, B., FERRARI, A., FERREIRA, P., FINOCCHIARO, P., FURMAN, V., GÖBEL, K., GARCÍA, A.R., GAWLIK, A., GILARDONI, S., GLODARIU, T., GONÇALVES, I.F., GONZÁLEZ-ROMERO, E., GRIESMAYER, E., GUERRERO, C., HARADA, H., HEYSE, J., JENKINS, D.G., JERICHA, E., KÄPPELER, F., KADI, Y., KAHL, D., KALAMARA, A., KAVRIGIN, P., KIMURA, A., KIVEL, N., KOKKORIS, M., KURTULGIL, D., LEAL-CIDONCHA, E., LEEB, H., LO MEO, S., LONSDALE, S.J., MACINA, D., MANNA, A., MARGANIEC, J., MARTÍNEZ, T., MASI, A., MASSIMI, C., MASTINU, P., MASTROMARCO, M., MAUGERI, E.a., MAZZONE, A., MENDOZA, E., MENGONI, A., MILAZZO, P.M., MINGRONE, F., MUSUMARRA, A., NEGRET, A., NOLTE, R., OPREA, A., PATRONIS, N., PAVLIK, A., PERKOWSKI, J., PORRAS, I., PRAENA, J., QUESADA, J.M., RADECK, D., RAUSCHER, T., RUBBIA, C., RYAN, J.A., SABATÉ-GILARTE, M., SAXENA, A., SCHILLEBEECKX, P., SCHUMANN, D., SEDYSHEV, P., SMITH, A.G., SOSNIN, N.V., STAMATOPOULOS, A., TAGLIENTE, G., TAIN, J.L., TARIFEÑO-SALDIVIA, A., TASSAN-GOT, L., VANNINI, G., VARIALE, V., VAZ, P., VENTURA, A., VLACHOUDIS, V., VLASTOU, R., WALLNER, A., WARREN, S., WEISS, C., WOODS, P.J., WRIGHT, T., ŽUGEC, P., 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), n_TOF, 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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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment
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International audience; The Ge72(n,γ) cross section was measured for neutron energies up to 300keV at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF (CERN), Geneva, for the first time covering energies relevant to heavy-element synthesis in stars. The measurement was performed at the high-resolution beamline EAR-1, using an isotopically enriched GeO272 sample. The prompt capture γ rays were detected with four liquid scintillation detectors, optimized for low neutron sensitivity. We determined resonance capture kernels up to a neutron energy of 43keV, and averaged cross sections from 43 to 300keV. Maxwellian-averaged cross section values were calculated from kT=5 to 100keV, with uncertainties between 3.2% and 7.1%. The new results significantly reduce uncertainties of abundances produced in the slow neutron capture process in massive stars.

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2021
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5. Measurement of the $\alpha$ ratio and $(n,\gamma)$ cross section of $^{235}\mathrm{U}$ from 0.2 to 200 eV at n_TOF

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Balibrea-Correa, J., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., González, E., Capote, R., Krtička, M., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Durán, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heftrich, T., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Losito, R., Mallick, A., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A.J.M., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Žugec, P., 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, 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 Reactions, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
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International audience; We measured the neutron capture-to-fission cross-section ratio (α ratio) and the capture cross section of U235 between 0.2 and 200 eV at the n_TOF facility at CERN. The simultaneous measurement of neutron-induced capture and fission rates was performed by means of the n_TOF BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC), used for detection of γ rays, in combination with a set of micromegas detectors used as fission tagging detectors. The energy dependence of the capture cross section was obtained with help of the Li6(n,t) standard reaction determining the n_TOF neutron fluence; the well-known integral of the U235(n,f) cross section between 7.8 and 11 eV was then used for its absolute normalization. The α ratio, obtained with slightly higher statistical fluctuations, was determined directly, without need for any reference cross section. To perform the analysis of this measurement we developed a new methodology to correct the experimentally observed effect that the probabilities of detecting a fission reaction in the TAC and the micromegas detectors are not independent. The results of this work have been used in a new evaluation of U235 performed within the scope of the Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation (CIELO) Project, and are consistent with the ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 capture cross sections below 4 eV and above 100 eV. However, the measured capture cross section is on average 10% larger between 4 and 100 eV.

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2020
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6. Measurement of the $^{70}Ge(n,\gamma)$ cross section up to 300 keV at the CERN n_TOF facility

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Gawlik, A., Lederer-Woods, C., Andrzejewski, J., Battino, U., Ferreira, P., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Krtička, M., Massimi, C., Mingrone, F., Perkowski, J., Reifarth, R., Tattersall, A., Valenta, S., Weiss, C., Aberle, O., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.a., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., 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), n_TOF, 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), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group

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Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Astrophysics, Nuclear physics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Física nuclear, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Neutron capture data on intermediate mass nuclei are of key importance to nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the slow neutron capture processes, which occurs in massive stars. The $(n,\gamma)$ cross section on $^{70}Ge$, which is mainly produced in the s process, was measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Resonance capture kernels were determined up to 40 keV neutron energy and average cross sections up to 300 keV. Stellar cross sections were calculated from $kT=5 keV$ to $kT=100 keV$ and are in very good agreement with a previous measurement by Walter and Beer (1985) and recent evaluations. Average cross sections are in agreement with Walter and Beer (1985) over most of the neutron energy range covered, while they are systematically smaller for neutron energies above 150 keV. We have calculated isotopic abundances produced in s-process environments in a 25 solar mass star for two initial metallicities (below solar and close to solar). While the low metallicity model reproduces best the solar system germanium isotopic abundances, the close to solar model shows a good global match to solar system abundances in the range of mass numbers A=60–80. Neutron capture data on intermediate mass nuclei are of key importance to nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the slow neutron capture processes, which occurs in massive stars. The ($n,\gamma$) cross section on $^{70}$Ge, which is mainly produced in the $s$~process, was measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Resonance capture kernels were determined up to 40~keV neutron energy, and average cross sections up to 300~keV. Stellar cross sections were calculated from $kT=5$~keV to $kT=100$ keV and are in very good agreement with a previous measurement by Walter and Beer (1985), and recent evaluations. Average cross sections are in agreement with Walter and Beer (1985) over most of the neutron energy range covered, while being systematically smaller for neutron energies above 150~keV. We have calculated isotopic abundances produced in $s$-process environments in a 25 solar mass star for two initial metallicities (below solar, and close to solar). While the low metallicity model reproduces best the solar system germanium isotopic abundances the close to solar model shows a good global match to solar system abundances between mass numbers A=60-80.

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2019
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7. Data for the s Process from n_TOF

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Massimi, C., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Benedikt, Th., Bennett, S., Göbel, Kathrin, Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Matteucci, F., Junghans, Arnd R., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kimura, A., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, Deniz, Ladarescu, I., Maugeri, E. A., Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, J., Musumarra, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Negret, A., Ogállar, F., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., PIERSANTI, Luciano, Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., Porras, I., Schumann, D., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Ramos-Doval, D., Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rochman, D., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Sekhar, A., Simone, S., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Sprung, P., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Berthoumieux, E., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Ulrich, J., Urlass, Sebastian, Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Billowes, J., VESCOVI, DIEGO, Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., n TOF Collaboration, Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, M., Caballero-Ontanaya, L., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Clai, G., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortès-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., CRISTALLO, Sergio, Damone, L. A., Davies, P. J., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Ducasse, Q., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fernàndez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., 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, Massimi, C., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Becares, V., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Benedikt, T., 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., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Clai, G., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Damone, L. A., Davies, P. J., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Ducasse, Q., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Eleme, Z., Fernandez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gobel, K., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Junghans, A. R., Kappeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kimura, A., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krticka, M., Kurtulgil, D., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Martinez, T., Masi, A., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., 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., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Simone, S., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Sprung, P., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeno-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Ulrich, J., Urlass, S., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zugec, P., Formicola, Alba, Junker, Matthias, Gialanella, Lucio, Imbriani, Gianluca, 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), Massimi C., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Becares V., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Benedikt T., 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., Castelluccio D.M., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Clai G., Colonna N., Cortes G., Cortes-Giraldo M.A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L.A., Davies P.J., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Duran I., Eleme Z., Fernandez-Dominguez B., Ferrari A., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Gobel K., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Goncalves I.F., Gonzalez-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D.G., Junghans A.R., Kappeler F., Kadi Y., Kimura A., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krticka M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Lonsdale S.J., Macina D., Manna A., Martinez T., Masi A., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E.A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P.M., 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., Sabate-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Simone S., Smith A.G., Sosnin N.V., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J.L., Tarifeno-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P.J., Wright T., Zugec P., and n_TOF

Subjects
Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, s-process, n_TOF, neutron capture data, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 3. Good health, Nuclear physics, Nucleosynthesis, s process, nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract

International audience; A considerable amount of (n, $\gamma $ ) reactions has been studied, so far, at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. The experimental program aims at determining and improving cross sections for a number of isotopes relevant to s-process nucleosynthesis. A brief summary of some physical cases related to the s-process nucleosyntheis is presented in this work together with ongoing experiments and challenging future programs.

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2018
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8. Measurement and analysis of the $^{241}$Am neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

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Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Altstadt, S., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Balibrea, J., Bécares, V., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthier, B., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Durán, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Licata, M., López, D., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A.J.M., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Tallaj, Amélie, Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Žugec, P., 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), 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), n_TOF, and 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)

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; The Am241(n,γ) cross section has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN with the n_TOF BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter in the energy range between 0.2 eV and 10 keV. Our results are analyzed as resolved resonances up to 700 eV, allowing a more detailed description of the cross section than in the current evaluations, which contain resolved resonances only up to 150–160 eV. The cross section in the unresolved resonance region is perfectly consistent with the predictions based on the average resonance parameters deduced from the resolved resonances, thus obtaining a consistent description of the cross section in the full neutron energy range under study. Below 20 eV, our results are in reasonable agreement with JEFF-3.2 as well as with the most recent direct measurements of the resonance integral, and differ up to 20–30% with other experimental data. Between 20 eV and 1 keV, the disagreement with other experimental data and evaluations gradually decreases, in general, with the neutron energy. Above 1 keV, we find compatible results with previously existing values.

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2018
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9. Radiative neutron capture on $^{242}\mathrm{Pu}$ in the resonance region at the CERN n_TOF-EAR1 facility

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Lerendegui-Marco, J., Guerrero, C., Mendoza, E., Quesada, J.M., Eberhardt, K., Junghans, A.R., Krtička, M., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.a., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., 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, 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
Nuclear Physics - Experiment, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; 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 $^{242}$Pu 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 $^{242}$Pu carried out at n_TOF-EAR1 (CERN), focusing on the analysis and statistical properties of the resonance region, below 4 keV. The $^{242}$Pu(n,$\gamma$) reaction on a sample containing 95(4) mg enriched to 99.959% was measured with an array of four C$_6$D$_6$ 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.

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2018
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10. Measurement and resonance analysis of the $^{33}\mathrm{S}(n,\alpha)^{30}\mathrm{Si}$ cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility in the energy region from 10 to 300 keV

Author

Praena, J., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Porras, I., Quesada, J.M., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Durán, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heftrich, T., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer-Woods, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Losito, R., Mallick, A., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A.J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Žugec, P., 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, n_TOF, and 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)

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[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; The S33(n,α)Si30 cross section has been measured at the neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN in the neutron energy range from 10 to 300 keV relative to the B10(n,α)Li7 cross-section standard. Both reactions were measured simultaneously with a set of micromegas detectors. The flight path of 185 m has allowed us to obtain the cross section with high-energy resolution. An accurate description of the resonances has been performed by means of the multilevel multichannel R-matrix code sammy. The results show a significantly higher area of the biggest resonance (13.45 keV) than the unique high-resolution (n,α) measurement. The new parametrization of the 13.45-keV resonance is similar to that of the unique transmission measurement. This resonance is a matter of research in neutron-capture therapy. The S33(n,α)Si30 cross section has been studied in previous works because of its role in the production of S36 in stars, which is currently overproduced in stellar models compared to observations.

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2018
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11. Measurement of the $^{238}\mathrm{U}(n,\gamma)$ cross section up to 80 keV with the Total Absorption Calorimeter at the CERN n_TOF facility

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Wright, T., Guerrero, C., Billowes, J., Cano-Ott, D., Mendoza, E., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Durán, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heftrich, T., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Žugec, P., 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, 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
Nuclear Physics - Experiment, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; The radiative capture cross section of a highly pure (99.999%), 6.125(2) grams and $9.56(5) \times 10^{−4}$ atoms/barn areal density $^{238}$U sample has been measured with the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) in the 185 m flight path at the CERN neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF. This measurement is in response to the NEA High Priority Request list, which demands an accuracy in this cross section of less than 3% below 25 keV. These data have undergone careful background subtraction, with special care being given to the background originating from neutrons scattered by the $^{238}$U sample. Pileup and dead-time effects have been corrected for. The measured cross section covers an energy range between 0.2 eV and 80 keV, with an accuracy that varies with neutron energy, being better than 4% below 25 keV and reaching at most 6% at higher energies.

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2017
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12. Neutron capture cross section measurement of $^{238}$U at the CERN n_TOF facility in the energy region from 1 eV to 700 keV

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Mingrone, F., Massimi, C., Vannini, G., Colonna, N., Gunsing, F., Žugec, P., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Duran, I., Dressler, R., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lo Meo, S., Losito, R., Mallick, A., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Mastinu, P.F., Mastromarco, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Robles, M.S., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., 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), 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), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), n_TOF, 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, 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 ), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA )

Subjects
energy: high, CERN Lab, geometry, cross section, background, scintillation counter: liquid, n: time-of-flight, radiative capture, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], n: spectrum, cascade, FLUKA, uranium, n: beam, resonance, 25.40.Lw, gamma ray, 27.90.+b, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], n: capture, Nuclear Experiment, Monte Carlo, experimental results, n: flux
Abstract

International audience; The aim of this work is to provide a precise and accurate measurement of the U238(n,γ) reaction cross section in the energy region from 1 eV to 700 keV. This reaction is of fundamental importance for the design calculations of nuclear reactors, governing the behavior of the reactor core. In particular, fast reactors, which are experiencing a growing interest for their ability to burn radioactive waste, operate in the high energy region of the neutron spectrum. In this energy region most recent evaluations disagree due to inconsistencies in the existing measurements of up to 15%. In addition, the assessment of nuclear data uncertainty performed for innovative reactor systems shows that the uncertainty in the radiative capture cross section of U238 should be further reduced to 1–3% in the energy region from 20 eV to 25 keV. To this purpose, addressed by the Nuclear Energy Agency as a priority nuclear data need, complementary experiments, one at the GELINA and two at the n_TOF facility, were proposed and carried out within the 7th Framework Project ANDES of the European Commission. The results of one of these U238(n,γ) measurements performed at the n_TOF CERN facility are presented in this work. The γ-ray cascade following the radiative neutron capture has been detected exploiting a setup of two C6D6 liquid scintillators. Resonance parameters obtained from this work are on average in excellent agreement with the ones reported in evaluated libraries. In the unresolved resonance region, this work yields a cross section in agreement with evaluated libraries up to 80 keV, while for higher energies our results are significantly higher.

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2017
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13. The $^{33} \text{S(n,} \alpha)^{30} \text{Si}$ cross section measurement at n_TOF-EAR2 (CERN): From 0.01 eV to the resonance region

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Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Praena, J., Porras, I., Quesada, J.M., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Camaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gödel, K., García-Rios, A., Gawlik, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.a., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., 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, n_TOF, and 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)

Subjects
Nuclear Physics - Experiment, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
Abstract

International audience; The $^{33} \text{S(n,} \alpha)^{30} \text{Si}$ cross section measurement, using $^{10} \text{B(n,} \alpha)$ as reference, at the n_TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR2) facility at CERN is presented. Data from 0.01 eV to 100 keV are provided and, for the first time, the cross section is measured in the range from 0.01 eV to 10 keV. These data may be used for a future evaluation of the cross section because present evaluations exhibit large discrepancies. The $^{33} \text{S(n,} \alpha)^{30} \text{Si}$ reaction is of interest in medical physics because of its possible use as a cooperative target to boron in Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT).

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2016
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14. $^7 \text{Be(n,} \alpha)$ and $^7 \text{Be(n,p)}$ cross-section measurement for the cosmological lithium problem at the n_TOF facility at CERN

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Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.a., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., 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, n_TOF, and 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)

Subjects
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

International audience; The Cosmological Lithium Problem refers to the large discrepancy between the abundance of primordial $^7$Li predicted by the standard theory of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the value inferred from the so-called “Spite plateau” in halo stars. A possible explanation for this longstanding puzzle in Nuclear Astrophysics is related to the incorrect estimation of the destruction rate of $^7$Be, which is responsible for the production of 95% of primordial Lithium. While charged-particle induced reactions have mostly been ruled out, data on the $^7 \text{Be(n,} \alpha)$ and $^7 \text{Be(n,p)}$ reactions are scarce or completely missing, so that a large uncertainty still affects the abundance of $^7$Li predicted by the standard theory of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. Both reactions have been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN, providing for the first time data in a wide neutron energy range.

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2016
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15. Cross section measurements of $^{155,157}$Gd(n,$\gamma$) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons

Author

Mastromarco, Manna, Aberle, Andrzejewski, Audouin, Bacak, Balibrea, Barbagallo, Be?v??, Berthoumieux, Billowes, Bosnar, Brown, Caama?o, Calvi?o, Calviani, Cano-Ott, Cardella, Casanovas, Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, Clai, Colonna, Cort?s, Cort?s-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, Damone, L.A., Diakaki, Domingo-Pardo, Dressler, Dupont, Dur?n, Fern?ndez-Dom?nguez, Ferrari, Ferreira, Finocchiaro, Furman, G?bel, Garc?a, A.R., Gawlik, Gilardoni, Glodariu, Gon?alves, I.F., Gonz?lez-Romero, Griesmayer, Guerrero, Gunsing, Guglielmelli, Harada, Heinitz, Heyse, Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, K?ppeler, Kadi, Kalamara, Kavrigin, Kimura, Kivel, Knapova, Kokkoris, Krti?ka, Kurtulgil, Leal-Cidoncha, Lederer, Leeb, Lerendegui-Marco, Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, Marganiec, Mart?nez, Masi, Massimi, Mastinu, Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, Mendoza, Mengoni, Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, Musumarra, Negret, Nolte, Oprea, Patronis, Pavlik, Perkowski, Porras, Praena, Quesada, J.M., Radeck, Rauscher, Reifarth, Rocchi, Rubbia, Ryan, J.A., Sabat?-Gilarte, Saxena, Schillebeeckx, Schumann, Sedyshev, Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, Tagliente, Tain, J.L., Tarife?o-Saldivia, Tassan-Got, Valenta, Vannini, Variale, Vaz, Ventura, Vlachoudis, Vlastou, Wallner, Warren, Weiss, Winants, Woods, P.J., Wright, ugec, 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, n_TOF, 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, 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), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria Nuclear i de les Radiacions Ionitzants, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Mastromarco, M., Manna, A., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Becvar, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamano, M., Calvino, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Clai, G., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Fernandez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gobel, K., Garcia, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Guglielmelli, A., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kappeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Krticka, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rocchi, F., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeno-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Winants, R., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zugec, P., Bečvář, F., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Castelluccio, D.M., Chen, Y.H., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Damone, L.A., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Jenkins, D.G., Käppeler, F., Krtička, M., Lonsdale, S.J., Martínez, T., Maugeri, E.A., Milazzo, P.M., Quesada, J.M., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Woods, P.J., and Žugec, P.

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, CERN Lab, nTOF, scintillation counter: liquid, Nuclear physics, shape analysis, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear thecnology, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Kinetic energy, time-of-flight, nucl-ex, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, thermal, resonance: energy, 0103 physical sciences, Thermal, CERN, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, structure, n: capture, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, capture, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, energy: kinetic, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, capture cross section, Liquid scintillation counting, nucleus, Nuclear data, Nuclear reaction, Epithermal neutron, Nuclear Astrophysics | Absorption Cross Sections | Neutrons, Neutron capture, Automatic Keywords, Neutron source, Física nuclear, Atomic physics, neutron capture, 155, 157Gd, n_TOF, experimental results
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Neutron capture cross section measurements on$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd 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 C$_{6}$D$_{6}$ 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$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd, 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$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd, 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 $2.01(28) \times 10^{-4}$ and $2.17(41) \times 10^{-4}$ , 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 +$^{155}$Gd and n +$^{157}$Gd systems, respectively. Neutron capture cross section measurements on$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd 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 C$_{6}$D$_{6}$ 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$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd, 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$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd, 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 $2.01(28) \times 10^{-4}$ and $2.17(41) \times 10^{-4}$, 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 +$^{155}$Gd and n +$^{157}$Gd systems, respectively. Neutron capture measurements on $^{155}$Gd and $^{157}$Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n\_TOF facility at CERN. Four samples in form of self-sustaining metallic discs isotopically enriched in $^{155}$Gd and $^{157}$Gd were used. The measurements were carried out at the experimental area (EAR1) at 185 m from the neutron source, with an array of 4 C$_6$D$_6$ liquid scintillation detectors. The capture cross sections of $^{155}$Gd and $^{157}$Gd at neutron kinetic energy of 0.0253 eV have been estimated to be 62.2(2.2) kb and 239.8(9.3) kb, respectively, thus up to 6\% different relative to the ones reported in the nuclear data libraries. A resonance shape analysis has been performed in the resolved resonance region up to 180 eV and 300 eV, respectively, in average resonance parameters have been found in good agreement with evaluations. Above these energies the observed resonance-like structures in the cross section have been tentatively characterised in terms of resonance energy and area up to 1 keV.

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2018
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16. Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the $^7$Be(n,p)$^7$Li reaction at n_TOF

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A. Oprea, M. Krtička, J. Heyse, P. Ferreira, G. Bellia, T. Martinez, A. Musumarra, G. Cortes, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, G. Tagliente, J. Billowes, M. S. Robles, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, M. Diakaki, G. Vannini, Alexandru Negret, Juliana Schell, F. Käppeler, R. Nolte, Y. H. Chen, S. Heinitz, Karl Johnston, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, A. Casanovas, M. Bacak, Alfredo Ferrari, E. A. Maugeri, S. Warren, V. Variale, D. Radeck, E. Berthoumieux, M. Mastromarco, C. Lederer, Carlos Guerrero, K. Göbel, E. Mendoza, P. Kavrigin, J. Lerendegui-Marco, A. Manna, V. Furman, Anton Wallner, I. F. Gonçalves, N. V. Sosnin, N. Kivel, A. Kalamara, J. Balibrea, F. Gunsing, E. Griesmayer, L. A. Damone, E. Jericha, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, Nicola Colonna, A. Kimura, T. Wright, J. A. Ryan, A. Masi, E. Dupont, P. M. Milazzo, L. Audouin, D. G. Jenkins, A. S. Brown, J. Marganiec, I. Duran, Maurizio Piscopo, L. Cosentino, P. F. Mastinu, I. Porras, A. Saxena, Cristian Massimi, R. Dressler, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Deniz Kurtulgil, P. Schillebeeckx, P. V. Sedyshev, Mario Barbagallo, D. Schumann, Hideo Harada, E. Leal-Cidoncha, A. Gawlik, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, Thomas Rauscher, B. Fernández-Domínguez, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, N. Patronis, S. Valenta, E. González-Romero, Marco Calviani, A. G. Smith, M. Dietz, Philip Woods, J. L. Tain, A. R. García, A. Stamatopoulos, M. Kokkoris, F. Bečvář, Alfio Pappalardo, Alberto Mengoni, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, D. Macina, J. Perkowski, O. Aberle, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, Rene Reifarth, E. Chiaveri, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, D. Cano-Ott, Sergio Cristallo, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, S. Amaducci, J. G. Martins-Correia, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, M. Caamaño, F. Cerutti, Simone Gilardoni, R. Cardella, 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), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), 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, 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 ), Laboratoire AIM, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers ( IRFU ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay, 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), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Barbagallo, M., Andrzejewski, J., Mastromarco, M., Perkowski, J., Damone, L.A., Gawlik, A., Cosentino, L., Finocchiaro, P., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Dressler, R., Heinitz, S., Kivel, N., Schumann, D., Colonna, N., Aberle, O., Amaducci, S., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Bečvář, F., Bellia, G., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cristallo, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Johnston, K., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Martins-Correia, J.G., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Pappalardo, A.D., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Piscopo, M., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Robles, M.S., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schell, J., Schillebeeckx, P., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear physics, OUTLOOK, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Particle identification, p) 7Li reaction, CERN, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, physics.ins-det, [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 7Be(n,p)7 Li reaction, 7Be(n,p) 7Li reaction, Big bang nucleosynthesis, Cosmological Lithium problem, n_TOF spallation neutron source, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Cross section, 7Be(n, Big bang nucleosynthesis, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Charged particle, PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika, Cosmological Lithium problem, Big bang nucleosynthesis, 7Be(n, p)7Li reaction, n_TOF spallation neutron source, Cardinal point, Big bang nucleosynthesi, Física nuclear, p) 7 Li reaction, CROSS-SECTION, Cosmological Lithium problem, Spallation Neutron Source, n_TOF spallation neutron source, 7Be(n,p) 7Li reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, nTOF, FOS: Physical sciences, Be-7(n,p)Li-7 reaction, 7Be(n,p)7Li reaction, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, FACILITY, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physic, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, p)7Li reaction, Neutron radiation, NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics, 7 Be(n, NEUTRON
Abstract

Following the completion of the second neutron beam line and the related experimental area (EAR2) at the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN, several experiments were planned and performed. The high instantaneous neutron flux available in EAR2 allows to investigate neutron indiced reactions with charged particles in the exit channel even employing targets made out of small amounts of short-lived radioactive isotopes. After the successful measurement of the 7Be(n,{\alpha}){\alpha} cross section, the 7Be(n,p)7Li reaction was studied in order to provide still missing cross section data of relevance for Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), in an attempt to find a solution to the cosmological Lithium abundance problem. This paper describes the experimental setup employed in such a measurement and its characterization., The authors are grateful to Carmelo Marchetta (INFN-LNS) for the production of the 6LiF test target. This research was partially funded by the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007- 2011 under the Project CHANDA (Grant No. 605203). We acknowledge the support of the Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) under the grant UMO-2012/04/M/ST2/00700-UMO-2016/22/M/ST2/00183, and of the Croatian Science Foundation under project HRZZ 1680.

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2018
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17. First Measurement of $^{72}$Ge$(n,γ)$ at n_TOF

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R. Vlastou, D. Radeck, E. Berthoumieux, N. V. Sosnin, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, A. Mengoni, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, M. Mastromarco, J. Andrzejewski, M. Krtička, G. Cortes, A. Oprea, A. Musumarra, J. Lerendegui-Marco, E. Leal-Cidoncha, F. Bečvář, S. Warren, Anton Wallner, J. Balibrea, I. F. Gonçalves, T. Martinez, E. Jericha, Alexandru Negret, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, D. Bosnar, M. Bacak, Paolo Finocchiaro, F. Calviño, E. Mendoza, V. Variale, P. Kavrigin, A. Gawlik, A. Kimura, Thomas Rauscher, Dorothea Schumann, H. Leeb, G. Tagliente, J. A. Ryan, Claudia Lederer-Woods, Ralf Nolte, J. Perkowski, D. Kahl, Peter Schillebeeckx, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, S. Heinitz, Y. H. Chen, Ignacio Porras, A. Stamatopoulos, O. Aberle, E. Griesmayer, A. Casanovas, Mario Barbagallo, F. Gunsing, Deniz Kurtulgil, Y. Kadi, T. Glodariu, E. González-Romero, F. Cerutti, L. Cosentino, P. V. Sedyshev, A. Masi, L. A. Damone, Cristian Massimi, D. G. Jenkins, Simone Gilardoni, A. R. García, Rugard Dressler, A. S. Brown, C. Rubbia, I. Duran, S. Valenta, R. Cardella, D. Cano-Ott, J. Marganiec, M. Diakaki, F. Mingrone, G. Vannini, D. Macina, Marco Calviani, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Sabateé-Gilarte, Carlos Guerrero, A. G. Smith, E. Chiaveri, P. M. Milazzo, Nicola Colonna, P. F. Mastinu, M. Dietz, L. Audouin, J. L. Tain, E. Dupont, R. Garg, M. Caamaño, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, Niko Kivel, Rene Reifarth, P. Vaz, Pedro G. Ferreira, Alberto Ventura, C. Weiss, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, Hideo Harada, Kathrin Göbel, Jan Heyse, P. J. Woods, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, J. Billowes, A. Kalamara, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, M. Kokkoris, 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, 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), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Dietz, M., Lederer-Woods, C., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A, Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Garg, R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Goncalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kahl, D., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S. J, Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A, Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M, Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M, Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A, Sabateé-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G, Sosnin, N. V, Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L, Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J, Wright, T., and Žugec, P.

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, QC1-999, Nuclear physics, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Nucleosynthesis, Nuclear Astrophysics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, Isotope, Stable isotope ratio, Liquid scintillation counting, Neutron capture, neutron capture, 72Ge, n_TOF, Física nuclear, Nucleosíntesi
Abstract

The slow neutron capture process (s-process) is responsible for producing about half of the elemental abundances heavier than iron in the universe. Neutron capture cross sections on stable isotopes are a key nuclear physics input for s-process studies. The 72Ge(n, γ) cross section has an important influence on production of isotopes between Ge and Zr during s-process in massive stars and therefore experimental data are urgently required. 72Ge(n, γ) was measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF (CERN) for the first time at stellar energies. The measurement was performed using an enriched 72GeO2 sample at a flight path of 185m with a set of liquid scintillation detectors (C6D6). The motivation, experiment and current status of the data analysis are reported.

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2017
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18. High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux in the new experimental area n_TOF-EAR2 at CERN

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D. Cano-Ott, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, G. Vannini, Y. H. Chen, F. Bečvář, M. Caamaño, G. Tagliente, C. Wolf, M. Licata, Peter Schillebeeckx, J. Billowes, V. Bécares, O. Aberle, A. Villacorta, R. J. W. Frost, M. S. Robles, F. Belloni, J. Andrzejewski, M. Bacak, D. G. Jenkins, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, V. Ketlerov, E. Jericha, R. Baccomi, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, E. González, F. Cerutti, M. Diakaki, Paolo Finocchiaro, K. Rajeev, Dorothea Schumann, Francesca Matteucci, Luigi Cosentino, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, C. Weiss, J. I. Porras, T. Glodariu, Roberto Losito, J. A. Ryan, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. R. García, F. Käppeler, A. Oprea, Y. Kadi, C. Rubbia, M. Brugger, J. Lerendegui-Marco, N. Patronis, C. Beinrucker, A. K. Saxena, R. Cardella, Hideo Harada, M. Mastromarco, I. F. Gonçalves, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Arnaud Ferrari, V. Khryachkov, A. Gawlik, Anton Wallner, Thomas Rauscher, Rugard Dressler, P. M. Milazzo, J. L. Tain, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, J. Balibrea, Niko Kivel, P. Kavrigin, A. Tsinganis, Ralf Nolte, A. Casanovas, M. Piscopo, Nicola Colonna, E. Griesmayer, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, M. Krtička, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Tatsuya Katabuchi, S. Valenta, Alberto Mengoni, T. Martinez, Marco Calviani, T. Papaevangelou, M. Kokkoris, S. Barros, A. G. Smith, I. Duran, Philip Woods, A. Hernández-Prieto, L. A. Damone, Rene Reifarth, J. Marganiec, Stefan Schmidt, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortés, P. F. Mastinu, S. Warren, V. Variale, P. V. Sedyshev, A. Musumarra, K. Deo, D. M. Castelluccio, Tanja Heftrich, A. Riego-Perez, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, C. Paradela, S. Heinitz, L. Audouin, Kathrin Göbel, Jan Heyse, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, E. Mendoza, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, Petar Žugec, A. Kimura, Mario Barbagallo, S. V. Suryanarayana, A. Goverdovski, M. Mirea, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, E. Dupont, Ioana Gheorghe, S. Montesano, A. Stamatopoulos, P. C. Rout, F. Mingrone, C. Lederer, D. Bosnar, 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), 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), Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Gunsing, F., Žugec, P., Vlachoudis, V., Chen, Y. H., Stamatopoulos, A., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Villacorta, A., Guerrero, C., Damone, L., Audouin, L., Berthoumieux, E., Cosentino, L., Diakaki, M., Finocchiaro, P., Musumarra, A., Papaevangelou, T., Piscopo, M., Tassan-Got, L., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Baccomi, R., Balibrea, J., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Deo, K., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Frost, R. J. W., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Licata, M., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S. J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E. A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Palomo-Pinto, F. R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J. I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M. S., Rout, P. C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Suryanarayana, S. V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Wolf, C., Woods, P. J., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, n-tof, Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Spallation, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, n_TOF, EAR2, neutron flux measurement, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron radiation, Neutron temperature, Radiation flux, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Beam (structure)
Abstract

A new high flux experimental area has recently become operational at the n_TOF facility at CERN. This new measuring station, n_TOF-EAR2, is placed at the end of a vertical beam line at a distance of approximately 20m from the spallation target. The characterization of the neutron beam, in terms of flux, spatial profile and resolution function, is of crucial importance for the feasibility study and data analysis of all measurements to be performed in the new area. In this paper, the measurement of the neutron flux, performed with different solid-state and gaseous detection systems, and using three neutron-converting reactions considered standard in different energy regions is reported. The results of the various measurements have been combined, yielding an evaluated neutron energy distribution in a wide energy range, from 2meV to 100MeV, with an accuracy ranging from 2%, at low energy, to 6% in the high-energy region. In addition, an absolute normalization of the n_TOF-EAR2 neutron flux has been obtained by means of an activation measurement performed with 197Au foils in the beam. © 2017, SIF, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.

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2017
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19. Monte carlo simulations of the n_TOF lead spallation target with the Geant4 toolkit: A benchmark study

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S. Warren, J. Andrzejewski, V. Variale, M. Mastromarco, Pedro G. Ferreira, G. Vannini, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Rugard Dressler, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, J. Billowes, J. Marganiec, E. Jericha, Paolo Finocchiaro, Anton Wallner, M. Caamaño, Nicola Colonna, A. Musumarra, Dorothea Schumann, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, J. Balibrea, J. A. Ryan, Vasilis Vlachoudis, C. Rubbia, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, G. Cortes, E. González, A. Pavlik, L. Audouin, A. Ventura, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, A. Casanovas, Y. H. Chen, P. C. Rout, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Bacak, A. Kimura, J. L. Tain, F. Gunsing, T. Glodariu, F. Mingrone, A. Masi, D. G. Jenkins, E. Dupont, Cristian Massimi, C. Lederer, M. Diakaki, Niko Kivel, F. Cerutti, M. Krtička, Kathrin Göbel, A. S. Brown, Alexandru Negret, S. J. Lonsdale, J. Lerendegui-Marco, E. Mendoza, T. Martinez, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, Jan Heyse, Mario Barbagallo, M.B. Gómez-Hornillos, A. Oprea, A. Kalamara, I. F. Gonçalves, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, P. M. Milazzo, A. Stamatopoulos, S. Heinitz, Ignacio Porras, F. Bečvář, T. J. Wright, D. Mancussi, Simone Gilardoni, Hideo Harada, Rene Reifarth, R. Cardella, A. Mengoni, O. Aberle, Peter Schillebeeckx, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Deniz Kurtulgil, R. Vlastou, P. Vaz, D. Radeck, E. Berthoumieux, L. Cosentino, N. V. Sosnin, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, D. Bosnar, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, G. Tagliente, D. Cano-Ott, Y. Kadi, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, A. G. Smith, Philip Woods, A. R. García, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, M. Kokkoris, E. Leal-Cidoncha, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, I. Duran, P. Kavrigin, Ralf Nolte, E. Griesmayer, L. A. Damone, 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), 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), n_TOF, Lerendegui-Marco, J., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Guerrero, C., Quesada, J.M., Meo, S. Lo, Massimi, C., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Mancussi, D., Mingrone, F., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Vannini, G., Vlachoudis, V., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Ugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, 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), and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear

Subjects
nTOF, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], QC1-999, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Montecarlo, Mètode de, Monte Carlo method, Context (language use), Neutron, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Informàtica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutron flux, CERN, 0103 physical sciences, Spallation, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Monte Carlo, Neutrons, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron radiation, Cascade, Nuclear Physics - Theory
Abstract

Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are an essential tool to determine fundamental features of a neutron beam, such as the neutron flux or the γ -ray background, that sometimes can not be measured or at least not in every position or energy range. Until recently, the most widely used MC codes in this field had been MCNPX and FLUKA. However, the Geant4 toolkit has also become a competitive code for the transport of neutrons after the development of the native Geant4 format for neutron data libraries, G4NDL. In this context, we present the Geant4 simulations of the neutron spallation target of the n TOF facility at CERN, done with version 10.1.1 of the toolkit. The first goal was the validation of the intra-nuclear cascade models implemented in the code using, as benchmark, the characteristics of the neutron beam measured at the first experimental area (EAR1), especially the neutron flux and energy distribution, and the time distribution of neutrons of equal kinetic energy, the so-called Resolution Function. The second goal was the development of aMonte Carlo tool aimed to provide useful calculations for both the analysis and planning of the upcoming measurements at the new experimental area (EAR2) of the facility., The research that led to these results has received funding from the EC FP7 Programme under the projects NEUTANDALUS (Grant No. 334315) and CHANDA (Grant No. 605203), and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness projects FPA2011-28770- C3-02, FPA2013-45083-P and FPA2014- 53290-C2-2-P. The simulations have been performed at the computing cluster FISATOM, hosted at CICA (Seville, Spain), and of INFN-CNAF, University of Bologna; we thank the staff of both institutions for the operational maintenance of the machines.

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2016
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20. Simultaneous measurement of neutron-induced capture and fission reactions at CERN

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J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, J. L. Tain, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, M. Meaze, V. Bécares, H. Leeb, E. Berthoumieux, A. Manousos, J. Perkowski, Roberto Losito, M. Fernandez-Ordonez, Iris Dillmann, F. Gramegna, T. Ware, F. Käppeler, Srinivasan Ganesan, G. Cortes, G. Tagliente, T. J. Wright, M. Krtička, Alberto Mengoni, P. Vaz, J. Billowes, D. Tarrío, E. Lebbos, F. Calviño, M. Vermeullen, F. Gunsing, E. Griesmayer, Rene Reifarth, Mario Barbagallo, Ralf Plag, Alberto Ventura, T. Martinez, Cristian Massimi, F. Bečvář, J. M. Quesada, Anton Wallner, J. Andrzejewski, D. Cano-Ott, A. Tsinganis, M. Diakaki, C. Rubbia, P. M. Milazzo, C. Eleftheriadis, E. Mendoza, Nicola Colonna, D. G. Jenkins, Laurent Tassan-Got, C. Carrapiço, Vasilis Vlachoudis, S. Marrone, C. Lederer, Carlos Guerrero, G. Vannini, E. Jericha, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, A. Pavlik, C. Weiß, Javier Praena, C. Domingo-Pardo, Arnaud Ferrari, I. Duran, F. Belloni, F. Cerutti, G. Giubrone, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Manuel Lozano, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, Jeri Kroll, R. Sarmento, I. F. Gonçalves, R. Vlastou, Y. Kadi, Marco Calviani, V. Variale, M. P. W. Chin, F. Roman, M. Brugger, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, E. González-Romero, 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), TOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Guerrero C., Berthoumieux E., Cano-Ott D., Mendoza E., Andriamonje S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Barbagallo M., Bécares V., Bečvář F., Belloni F., Billowes J., Brugger M., Calviani M., Calviño F., Carrapiço C., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Chin M., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M., Diakaki M., Dillmann I., Domingo-Pardo C., Duran I., Eleftheriadis C., Fernández-Ordóñez M., Ferrari A., Ganesan S., Giubrone G., Gómez-Hornillos M., Gonçalves I., González-Romero E., Gramegna F., Griesmayer E., Gunsing F., Jenkins D., Jericha E., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Karadimos D., Kroll J., Krtička M., Lebbos E., Lederer C., Leeb H., Losito R., Lozano M., Manousos A., Marganiec J., Marrone S., Martinez T., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Meaze M., Mengoni A., Milazzo P., Paradela C., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Plag R., Praena J., Quesada J., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Roman F., Rubbia C., Sarmento R., Tagliente G., Tain J., Tarrío D., Tassan-Got L., Tsinganis A., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vermeullen M., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Ware T., Weiß C., Wright T., 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
Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Fission, TOTAL ABSORPTION CALORIMETER, Nuclear physics, Neutrons--Captura, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutrons--Capture, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear fusion, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Isotopes of uranium, Fissile material, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, MicroMegas detector, Uranium-236, TIME-OF-FLIGHT, NEUTRON-INDUCED REACTIONS, MICROMEGAS, Física nuclear
Abstract

The measurement of the capture cross-section of fissile elements, of utmost importance for the design of innovative nuclear reactors and the management of nuclear waste, faces particular difficulties related to the $ \gamma$ -ray background generated in the competing fission reactions. At the CERN neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF we have combined the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) capture detector with a set of three 235U loaded MicroMegas (MGAS) fission detectors for measuring simultaneously two reactions: capture and fission. The results presented here include the determination of the three detection efficiencies involved in the process: $\ensuremath \varepsilon_{TAC}(n,f)$ , $\ensuremath \varepsilon_{TAC}(n,\gamma)$ and $\ensuremath \varepsilon_{MGAS}(n,f)$ . In the test measurement we have succeeded in measuring simultaneously with a high total efficiency the 235U capture and fission cross-sections, disentangling accurately the two types of reactions. The work presented here proves that accurate capture cross-section measurements of fissile isotopes are feasible at n_TOF.

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2012
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