1. High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux at n TOF
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G. Vannini, A. R. García, M. Brugger, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Eleftheriadis, Thomas Rauscher, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Christoph Langer, D. Karadimos, M. P. W. Chin, E. González-Romero, Rene Reifarth, F. Cerutti, Petar Žugec, F. Roman, Stefan Schmidt, W. Mondalaers, S. Andriamonje, Kathrin Göbel, J. M. Quesada, R. Versaci, L. Tassan-Got, G. Cortes, E. Jericha, A. Manousos, D. Tarrío, Srinivasan Ganesan, M. Kokkoris, P. F. Mastinu, C. Paradela, Patrick Steinegger, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, G. Giubrone, M. Meaze, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, Dorothea Schumann, Carlos Guerrero, J. Marganiec, T. Martinez, E. Mendoza, E. Berthoumieux, Roberto Losito, M. Mastromarco, M. Mirea, D. G. Jenkins, Javier Praena, A. Hernández-Prieto, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, Mario Barbagallo, C. Carrapiço, Anton Wallner, G. Tagliente, A. J. M. Plompen, A. K. Saxena, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Rugard Dressler, T. Ware, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Alberto Mengoni, T. Papaevangelou, J. Billowes, Carlo Rubbia, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, A. Tsinganis, V. Vlachoudis, J. L. Tain, V. Boccone, R. Vlastou, Nicola Colonna, L.S. Leong, V. Variale, Yacine Kadi, T. J. Wright, Damir Bosnar, P. Vaz, H. Leeb, P. M. Milazzo, J. Perkowski, Alberto Ventura, E. Griesmayer, Alfredo Ferrari, F. Gunsing, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, Jeri Kroll, R. Sarmento, Cristian Massimi, S. Altstadt, M. Diakaki, F. Bečvář, Peter Schillebeeckx, N. Dzysiuk, M. J. Vermeulen, Mario Weigand, P. E. Koehler, I. Duran, C. Weiß, F. Käppeler, K. Fraval, N. Kivel, P. Gurusamy, C. Lederer, A. Riego, I. F. Gonçalves, Fabio Belloni, M. Barbagallo, C. Guerrero, A. Tsingani, D. Tarrio, S. Altstadt, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Becare, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowe, V. Boccone, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Calviani, F. Calvino, D. Cano-Ott, C. Carrapico, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, M. Chin, N. Colonna, G. Corte, M. A. Cortes-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, R. Dressler, N. Dzysiuk, C. Eleftheriadi, A. Ferrari, K. Fraval, S. Ganesan, A. R. Garcia, G. Giubrone, K. Gobel, M. B. Gomez-Hornillo, I. F. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, P. Gurusamy, A. Hernandez-Prieto, D. G. Jenkin, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Kappeler, D. Karadimo, N. Kivel, P. Koehler, M. Kokkori, M. Krticka, J. Kroll, C. Lampoudi, C. Langer, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, L. S. Leong, R. Losito, A. Manouso, J. Marganiec, T. Martinez, C. Massimi, P. F. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, M. Meaze, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, W. Mondalaer, T. Papaevangelou, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, A. Plompen, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego, F. Roman, C. Rubbia, M. Sabate-Gilarte, R. Sarmento, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, P. Steinegger, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, R. Versaci, M. J. Vermeulen, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, T. Ware, M. Weigand, C. Wei, T. Wright, P. Zugec, Mengoni, A., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, 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, 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 and High Energy Physics ,Fission ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Flux ,BEAM ,neutron flux ,n_TOF ,Neutron ,[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Nuclear physics ,Cross section (physics) ,Neutron flux ,0103 physical sciences ,CERN ,Nuclear fusion ,High pressure physics ,Spallation ,FACILITY ,Experimental physics ,010306 general physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,Physics ,Neutrons ,Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,SCIENCE ,Neutron radiation ,Ntof ,13. Climate action ,STANDARDS - Abstract
The neutron flux of the n TOF facility at CERN was measured, after installation of the new spallation target, with four different systems based on three neutron-converting reactions, which represent accepted cross sections standards in different energy regions. A careful comparison and combination of the different measurements allowed us to reach an unprecedented accuracy on the energy dependence of the neutron flux in the very wide range (thermal to 1 GeV) that characterizes the n TOF neutron beam. This is a pre-requisite for the high accuracy of cross section measurements at n TOF. An unexpected anomaly in the neutron-induced fission cross section of 235U is observed in the energy region between 10 and 30 keV, hinting at a possible overestimation of this important cross section, well above currently assigned uncertainties. © Società Italiana di Fisica / Springer-Verlag 2013.
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