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1. MONOPOL - A traveling-wave magnetic neutron spin resonator for tailoring polarized neutron beams

Author: Stefan Baumgartner, E. Jericha, Gerald Badurek, Christoph Gösselsberger, Hartmut Abele, Peter Geltenbort, Masahiro Hino, Tatsuro Oda, B. M. Berger, Robert Raab, Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), and ILL
Subjects: [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], Quantum physics, Nuclear physics, lcsh:Medicine, 01 natural sciences, Article, Techniques and instrumentation, law.invention, Spin magnetic moment, Resonator, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, spin: polarization, 010306 general physics, n: spin, lcsh:Science, time resolution, Spin-½, Monochromator, Physics, n: semileptonic decay, Multidisciplinary, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, lcsh:R, Particle physics, n: particle source, Polarizer, Neutron radiation, Applied physics, n: polarized beam, lcsh:Q, nuclear reactor, business, monochromatic beam, Beam (structure)
Abstract: We report on first experimental tests of a neutron magnetic spin resonator at a very cold neutron beam port of the high flux reactor at the ILL Grenoble. When placed between two supermirror neutron polarizers and operated in a pulsed traveling-wave mode it allows to decouple its time- and wavelength-resolution and can therefore be used simultaneously as electronically tunable monochromator and fast beam chopper. As a first ‘real’ scientific application we intend its implementation in the PERC (p roton and e lectron r adiation c hannel) project related to high-precision experiments in neutron beta decay.
Published: 2020
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2. Wavelength-selected Neutron Pulses Formed by a Spatial Magnetic Neutron Spin Resonator

Author: A. Welzl, S. Gumpenberger, Gerald Badurek, B. Hinterleitner, E. Jericha, S. Nowak, T. Gerstmayr, A. Hawlik, C. Gösselsberger, and M. Bacak
Subjects: Physics, travelling wave mode, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, polarised neutrons, spin flipper, magnetic spin resonator, Physics and Astronomy(all), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Chopper, Wavelength, Resonator, Microsecond, Optics, Beamline, law, 0103 physical sciences, Spectral width, Neutron, 010306 general physics, business, Monochromator
Abstract: We present a novel type of spatial magnetic neutron spin resonator whose time and wavelength resolution can be de- coupled from each other by means of a travelling wave mode of operation. Combined with a pair of highly efficient polarisers such a device could act simultaneously as monochromator and chopper, able to produce short neutron pulses, whose wavelength, spectral width and duration could be varied almost instantaneously by purely electronic means with- out any mechanical modification of the experimental setup. To demonstrate the practical feasibility of this technique we have designed and built a first prototype resonator consisting of ten individually switchable modules which allows to produce neutron pulses in the microsecond regime. It was installed at a polarised 2.6 A neutron beamline at the 250 kW TRIGA research reactor of the Vienna University of Technology where it could deliver pulses of 55 μs duration, which is about three times less than the passage time of the neutrons through the resonator itself. In order to further improve the achievable wavelength resolution to about 3% a second prototype resonator, consisting of 48 individual modules with optimised field homogeneity and enlarged beam cross-section of 6 × 6 cm2 was developed. We present the results of first measurements which demonstrate the successful operation of this device.
Published: 2013
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3. Neutron-induced fission cross section ofNp237in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: L. Sarchiapone, S. Andriamonje, G. Cortes, J. Marganiec, R. C. Haight, P. E. Koehler, H. Álvarez, Masayuki Igashira, K. Ioannidis, M. Oshima, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, C. Paradela, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, A. Dorochenko, J. Andrzejewski, G. Aerts, J. Cox, A. J. M. Plompen, Isabel Lopes, B. Haas, Matthias Heil, J. Pancin, E. Skordis, L. Audouin, F. Voss, P. Cennini, S. David, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, Thomas Rauscher, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, A. Tsinganis, Y. Kadi, G. Tagliente, I. Duran, H. Frais-Koelbl, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, M. Mosconi, P. Pavlopoulos, D. Karadimos, Nicola Colonna, C. Rubbia, M. Kokkoris, Michael Wiescher, V. Konovalov, F. Bečvář, Heinz Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, E. González-Romero, Isabel S. Gonçalves, K. C. Stamoulis, S. Marrone, W. Dridi, I. Savvidis, J. Salgado, D. Cano-Ott, Marco Calviani, M. Diakaki, A. Poch, Vasilis Vlachoudis, A. Lindote, M. Sedysheva, R. Terlizzi, A. Goverdovski, M. Kerveno, Rene Reifarth, E. Griesmayer, V. Ketlerov, A. Plukis, F. Alvarez-Velarde, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, C. Papadopoulos, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, L. Tavora, K. Fuji, Gerald Badurek, F. Käppeler, Paraskevi Demetriou, L. Fitzpatrick, F. Gramegna, Ralf Plag, R. Dolfini, A. Pavlik, J. M. Quesada, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Rosetti, C. Pretel, Manuel Lozano, C. Domingo-Pardo, L. Tassan-Got, M. C. Vincente, D. Villamarin, P. Rullhusen, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, W.I. Furman, L. Perrot, Corrie S. Moreau, R. Ferreira-Marques, S. Lukic, V. Chepel, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, G. Rudolf, L. Marques, P. Vaz, Arnaud Ferrari, Aaron Couture, P. Baumann, Alberto Mengoni, S. Isaev, A. Ventura, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, G. Vannini, R. Gallino, K. Wisshak, D. Karamanis, H. Wendler, D. Kolokolov, H. Leeb, C. Stephan, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, and E. Jericha
Subjects: Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Model parameters, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Homogeneity (physics), Ionization chamber, Neutron cross section, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross section of Np237 was experimentally determined at the high-resolution and high-intensity facility n-TOF, at CERN, in the energy range 100 keV to 9 MeV, using the U235(n,f) and U238(n,f) cross section standards below and above 2 MeV, respectively. A fast ionization chamber was used in order to detect the fission fragments from the reactions and the targets were characterized as far as their mass and homogeneity are concerned by means of α spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy respectively. Theoretical calculations within the Hauser-Feshbach formalism have been performed, employing the empire code, and the model parameters were tuned in order to successfully reproduce the experimental fission cross-sectional data and simultaneously all the competing reaction channels.
Published: 2016
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4. Towards the high-accuracy determination of the 238U fission cross section at the threshold region at CERN - n_TOF

Author: S. Valenta, N. Colonna, Carlos Guerrero, M. P. W. Chin, P. Zugec, Marco Calviani, V. Ketlerov, F. Roman, C. Le Naour, Masayuki Igashira, V. Bécares, J. Salgado, N. Patronis, K. Fraval, E. Leal-Cidoncha, G. Cortes, C. Eleftheriadis, Roberto Capote, J. Pancin, L. Cosentino, W. Mondelaers, Thomas Rauscher, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, Y. Kadi, J. Marganiec, D. Karadimos, S. Andriamonje, W.I. Furman, M. Embid-Segura, J. Billowes, D. Cano-Ott, C. Santos, S. Heinitz, M. Diakaki, B. Berthier, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, E. González-Romero, E. Chiaveri, P. Cennini, Christoph Langer, F. Cerutti, M. Kerveno, L. Sarchiapone, Michael Heil, M. J. Vermeulen, L. Plukis, K. Fujii, G. Giubrone, M. Mosconi, A. R. García, M. Wiesher, I. F. Gonçalves, P. F. Mastinu, V. Variale, Roberto Versaci, W. Dridi, M. Brugger, T. Ware, F. Voss, S. O'Brien, E. Mendoza, E. Jericha, Paolo Finocchiaro, Dorothea Schumann, Diego Tarrio, Rene Reifarth, F. Kaeppeler, Stefan Schmidt, P. Pavlopoulos, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, E. Griesmayer, S. David, Srinivasan Ganesan, R. Terlizzi, P. Baumann, Vittorio Boccone, D. G. Jenkins, J. M. Quesada, Peter Schillebeeckx, L. Tassan-Got, A. Manousos, D. Bosnar, G. Tagliente, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, G. Aerts, P. Gurusamy, Ralf Plag, M. Kokkoris, Alberto Mengoni, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, L. Ferrant, I. Duran, H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, C. Weiß, V. Konovalov, C. Pretel, Niko Kivel, D. Villamarin, L. Perrot, T. Martinez, C. Rubbia, S. Marrone, S. Altstadt, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, P. M. Milazzo, Aaron Couture, C. Carrapiço, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, G. Vannini, A. Musumarra, Marco T. Pigni, I. Dillmann, D. Karamanis, T. J. Wright, M. C. Vincente, Christoph A. Stephan, S. Isaev, R. C. Haight, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, R. Sarmento, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, M. Mastromarco, L. Tavora, Massimo Barbagallo, Anton Wallner, E. Dupont, A. J. M. Plompen, James L. Cox, Corrie S. Moreau, Jeri Kroll, C. Lederer, Maria Victoria Lozano, A. Riego, S. Walter, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, Roberto Losito, F. Gramegna, F. Belloni, F. Gunsing, A. Poch, Cristian Massimi, Rugard Dressler, K. Wisshak, Mario Weigand, F. Becvar, M. Mirea, A. Tsinganis, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, L.S. Leong, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Serot, O., Diakaki, M., Audouin, L., Berthoumieux, E., Calviani, M., Colonna, N., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Gunsing, F., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Le Naour, C., Leong, L.S., Mastromarco, M., Paradela, C., Tarrio, D., Tassan-Got, L., Aerts, G., Altstadt, S., Alvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Badurek, G., Barbagallo, M., Baumann, P., Becares, V., Becvar, F., Belloni, F., Berthier, B., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calvino, F., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Carrapiço, C., Cennini, P., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Couture, A., Cox, J., David, S., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dridi, W., Eleftheriadis, C., Embid-Segura, M., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Fraval, K., Fujii, K., Furman, W., Ganesan, S., Garcia, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gomez-Hornillos, M.B., Goncalves, I.F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gurusamy, P., Haight, R., Heil, M., Heinitz, S., Igashira, M., Isaev, S., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Kaeppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Karamanis, D., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Konovalov, V., Krticka, M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lo Meo, S., Losito, R., Lozano, M., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Marrone, S., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Musumarra, A., O’Brien, S., Pancin, J., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perkowski, J., Perrot, L., Pigni, M.T., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, L., Poch, A., Pretel, C., Praena, J., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rudolf, G., Rubbia, C., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Santos, C., Sarchiapone, L., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Stephan, C., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M.J., Villamarin, D., Vincente, M.C., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Voss, F., Wallner, A., Walter, S., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wiesher, M., Wisshak, K., Wright, T., Zugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Fission, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear physics, Mechanical engineering, U238, neutron fission, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Fissió nuclear, ANGULAR-DISTRIBUTION, Subatomär fysik, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Subatomic Physics, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear fission, Física nuclear
Abstract: The U-238 fission cross section is an international standard beyond 2 MeV where the fission plateau starts. However, due to its importance in fission reactors, this cross-section should be very accurately known also in the threshold region below 2 MeV. The U-238 fission cross section has been measured relative to the U-235 fission cross section at CERN - n_TOF with different detection systems. These datasets have been collected and suitably combined to increase the counting statistics in the threshold region from about 300 keV up to 3 MeV. The results are compared with other experimental data, evaluated libraries, and the IAEA standards.
Published: 2016

5. Design of a novel pulsed spin resonator for the beta-decay experiment PERC

Author: E. Jericha, Hartmut Abele, G. Wautischer, A. Welzl, S Nowak, Gerald Badurek, and C. Gösselsberger
Subjects: Physics, spin-flipper, Proton, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, polarised neutrons, Physics beyond the Standard Model, magnetic spin resonator, current-sheet, Physics and Astronomy(all), 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Computational physics, Spin magnetic moment, Nuclear physics, Resonator, Wavelength, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, beta decay, 010306 general physics, Beam (structure), Spin-½
Abstract: The PERC (Proton Electron Radiation Channel) project searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics via the beta-decay of free neutrons. This high precision measurement demands perfect knowledge of the key beam parameters, i.e. wavelength distribution, degree of polarisation and time structure. Therefore, we propose a novel design of a spatial magnetic spin resonator, allowing precise velocity selection as well as the accurate definition of the beam's time structure by purely tuning electronic parameters.
Published: 2011
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6. Neutron reactions and nuclear cosmo-chronology

Author: I. Goncalves, D. Karamanis, L. Ferrant, Thomas Rauscher, L. Fitzpatrick, D. Karadimos, M. Dahlfors, F. Gramegna, P. Vaz, P. Cennini, M. Rosetti, J. Cox, Rene Reifarth, M. C. Vincente, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, Laurent Tassan-Got, P. M. Milazzo, V. Ketlerov, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, Ralf Plag, J. M. Quesada, D. Villamarin, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, G. Vannini, M. Oshima, F. Voss, E. Jericha, L. Sarchiapone, M. Mosconi, J. Andrzejewski, W.I. Furman, R. Gallino, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, Nicola Colonna, M. Embid-Segura, C. T. Papadopoulos, A. Lindote, J. Pancin, E. Griesmayer, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, V. Konovalov, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, K. Fujii, H. Alvarez-Pol, R. Vlastou, C. A. Papachristodoulou, R. Terlizzi, B. Haas, Michael Heil, Manuel Lozano, C. Paradela, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, S. Marrone, A. J. M. Plompen, I. Dillman, G. Aerts, S. Lukic, L. Tavora, Carlos Guerrero, C. Eleftheriadis, Masayuki Igashira, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, E. Kossionides, M. Kerveno, Heinz Oberhummer, G. Rudolf, Yacine Kadi, I. Lopes, G. Cortes, P. Rullhusen, C. Domingo Pardo, R. C. Haight, H. Frais-Koelbl, A. Herrera-Martinez, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, Alberto Mengoni, C. Pretel, N. Patronis, W. Dridi, S. Bisterzo, K. Wisshak, L. Audouin, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, Michael Wiescher, E. Berthoumieux, F. Neves, S. Walter, H. Wendler, A. Goverdovski, F. Gunsing, F. Alvarez-Velarde, I. Savvidis, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, P. E. Koehler, I. Duran, V. Chepel, P. Baumann, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, P. F. Mastinu, L. Perrot, F. Käppeler, M. Krtička, C. Moreau, J. Salgado, L. Marques, A. Poch, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Plukis, F. Bečvář, S. David, G. Tagliente, Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pole Universitaire Leonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), nTOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, and Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: stars, Neutron capture, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Estels -- Estructura, Inelastic scattering, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Stellar cross sections, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Stars--Structure, Neutron cross section, Neutron, cross-sections, capture, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, milky-way, isotopes, Physics, Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Re/Os cosmo-chronometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, stellar cross sections, nucleosynthesis, inelastic scattering, Neutron temperature, re/os cosmo-chronometer, age, 13. Climate action, r-process, Atomic physics, s-process, s process, neutron capture
Abstract: The beta-decay of Re-187 (t(1/2) = 42.3 Gyr) represents a suited cosmo-chronometer for the age of the r-process abundances, since the radiogenic part of the daughter isotope (OS)-O-187 is defined by the difference between the solar Os-187 abundance and s-process contribution to Os-187. The latter component can be determined via the s-process systematics based on the stellar neutron capture cross sections of Os-186 and Os-187. The laboratory cross section of Os-187 requires a significant correction for the effect of the low-lying excited state at 9.75 keV, which is strongly populated under stellar conditions. This theoretical correction can be improved by an experimental cross section for inelastic scattering to the 9.75 keV state. High resolution time-of-flight measurements of (n, gamma) cross sections of (OS)-O-186,187,188 from I eV to I MeV at CERN n-TOF facility are reported. The inferred stellar cross sections differ from previously recommended values. In addition, the inelastic scattering cross section has been measured at 30 keV neutron energy via time-of-flight at the Karlsruhe 3.7 MV Van de Graaff. The implications of these results for the Re/Os clock are discussed. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ispartof: Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics vol:59 issue:1 pages:165-173 ispartof: location:ITALY, Erice status: published
Published: 2007
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7. High accuracy U-235(n,f) data in the resonance energy region

Author: Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, I. Dillmann, I. Savvidis, M. Kerveno, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, A. Pavlik, L. Ferrant, F. Gramegna, D. Villamarin, Ralf Plag, I. Duran, A. Goverdovski, F. Gunsing, Christoph A. Stephan, F. Alvarez-Velarde, P. Pavlopoulos, C. Le Naour, M. Embid-Segura, S. David, A. Ventura, Cristian Massimi, P. Rullhusen, Gerald Badurek, Marco Calviani, F. Voss, P. M. Milazzo, G. Tagliente, A. Plukis, S. Lukic, A. Couture, G. Cortes, W.I. Furman, C. Rubbia, S. Isaev, C. Eleftheriadis, R. C. Haight, S. Marrone, K. Fujii, C. Paradela, P. Baumann, L. Perrot, K. Wisshak, J. Salgado, Thomas Rauscher, P. Cennini, A. Poch, Roberto Capote, L. Audouin, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, I. F. Gonçalves, D. Karadimos, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, V. Chepel, W. Dridi, C. Santos, M.C. Vincente, L. Tavora, M. Mosconi, L. Sarchiapone, E. González-Romero, E. Jericha, G. Aerts, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, Rene Reifarth, S. Walter, J. L. Tain, P. E. Koehler, F. Becvar, A. Lindote, Diego Tarrio, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, J. Marganiec, Nicola Colonna, S. Andriamonje, C. Carrapiço, R. Terlizzi, C. Weiss, V. Ketlerov, Vasilis Vlachoudis, H. Alvarez-Pol, E. Chiaveri, Javier Praena, P. F. Mastinu, Y. Kadi, C. Pretel, G. Rudolf, B. Berthier, Michael Heil, A. J. M. Plompen, Corrie S. Moreau, C. Lampoudis, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Dahlfors, M. Wiesher, P. Vaz, D. Cano-Ott, Arnaud Ferrari, Alberto Mengoni, J. Andrzejewski, V. Konovalov, J. Cox, Masayuki Igashira, F. Kaeppeler, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Serot, O., Paradela, C., Duran, I., Tassan-Got, L., Audouin, L., Berthier, B., Isaev, S., Le Naour, C., Stephan, C., Tarrío, D., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Badurek, G., Baumann, P., Becvar, F., Berthoumieux, E., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Carrapiço, C., Cennini, P., Chepel, V., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Couture, A., Cox, J., Dahlfors, M., David, S., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dridi, W., Eleftheriadis, C., Embid-Segura, M., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Ferreira-Marques, R., Fujii, K., Furman, W., Gonçalves, I.F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Haight, R., Heil, M., Igashira, M., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Kaeppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Koehler, P., Konovalov, V., Krticka, M., Lampoudis, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lindote, A., Lukic, S., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Marrone, S., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Pancin, S, Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perrot, L., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, A., Poch, A., Pretel, C., Praena, J., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Rudolf, G., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Santos, C., Sarchiapone, L., Savvidis, I., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Villamarin, D., Vincente, M.C., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Voss, F., Walter, S., Weiss, C., Wiesher, M., and Wisshak, K.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Fission, nTOF, QC1-999, Neutron, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Nuclear physics, Subatomär fysik, Cross section (physics), U235, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, Subatomic Physics, CERN, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Reaccions nuclears, Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear fission, nuclear technologies, Engineering physics, Física nuclear, Nuclear reactions
Abstract: The $^{235}$U neutron-induced cross section is widely used as reference cross section for measuring other fission cross sections, but in the resonance region it is not considered as an IAEA standard because of the scarce experimental data covering the full region. In this work, we deal with a new analysis of the experimental data obtained with a detection setup based on parallel plate ionization chambers (PPACs) at the CERN n_TOF facility in the range from 1 eV to 10 keV. The relative cross section has been normalised to the IAEA value in the region between 7.8 and 11 eV, which is claimed as well-known. Comparison with the ENDF/B-VII evaluation and the IAEA reference file from 100 eV to 10 keV are provided.
Published: 2015

8. New experimental validation of the pulse height weighting technique for capture cross-section measurements

Author: L. Perrot, J. Pancin, F. Voss, Marco Radici, K. Wisshak, Ch.O. Bacri, V. Chepel, E. Berthomieux, L. Zanini, S. Marrone, P. Baumann, A. Lindote, T. Papaevangelou, M. Vincente-Vincente, Nicola Colonna, C. Tapia, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, G. Vannini, Per Carlson, M. Embid-Segura, H. Frais-Koelbl, E. Savvidis, F. Rejmund, H. Wendler, J. Salgado, A. Poch, Y. Giomataris, H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, Saed Dababneh, L. Tavora, K.G. Ioannides, F. Gramegna, I. Duran, Aaron Couture, D. Cortina, M. Terrani, A. Goverdovski, George Kitis, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, A. Herrera-Martinez, Manuel Lozano, B. Berthier, R. Vlastou, F. Gunsing, Gerald Badurek, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, Alberto Mengoni, G. Cortes, A. Molina-Coballes, G. Aerts, A. Pavlik, N. Tsangas, Enrico Chiaveri, M. Rosetti, W. Rapp, P. Rullhusen, E. Gonzalez-Romero, R. Dolfini, N. Janeva, C. Domingo-Pardo, C. Eleftheriadis, E. Boscolo-Marchi, C. Paradela, E. Jericha, S. Markov, Roberto Capote, S. Lukic, A. Perez-Parra, Rene Reifarth, P. E. Koehler, P.A. Assimakopoulos, A. Kelic, I. F. Gonçalves, D. Cano-Ott, A. Plukis, P. Pavlopoulos, M.I. Lopes, F. Bečvář, P. Cennini, José M. Martínez-Val, S. David, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Sigfrido Boffi, S. Andriamonje, G. Tagliente, U. Abbondanno, Yacine Kadi, J.C. Soares, José Manuel Perlado, L. Ferrant, D. Karamanis, C. Borcea, C. Coceva, L. Ferreira-Lourenco, R. C. Haight, Heinz Oberhummer, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, E. Griesmayer, P. F. Mastinu, Michael Heil, A. Ventura, H. Beer, R. Terlizzi, E. Kossionides, H. Leeb, V. Ketlerov, D. Villamarin-Fernandez, F. Käppeler, Michael Wiescher, W.I. Furman, Carlo Rubbia, E. Mínguez, Subramanian Raman, A. J. M. Plompen, V. Peskov, V. Vlachoudis, A. Angelopoulos, N. Bustreo, G. Rudolf, P. Calviño, C. Moreau, V. Konovalov, V. Lacoste, C. Pretel, James L. Cox, Thomas Rauscher, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, 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 Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TOF, U.Abbondanno, G.Aert, H.Alvarez, S.Adriamonje, A.Angelopoulo, P.Assimakopoulo, C.Bacri, C.Badurek, P.Bauman, F.Becvar, H.Beer, J.Benlliure, B.Berthier, E.Berthoumieux, S.Boffi, C.Borcea, N.Bustreo, F.Calvino, D.Cano-Ott, R.Capote, P.Carlson, P.Cennini, V.Chepel, E.Chiaveri, N.Colonna, G.Corte, D.Cortina, A.Couture, J.Cox, S.Dababneh, M.Dahlfor, S.David, R.Dolfini, C.Domingo, I.Dura-Escribano, C.Eleftheriadi, M.Embid-Segura, L.Ferrant, A.Ferrari, L.Ferreira-Lourenco, R.Ferreira-Marque, H.Frais-Koelbl, W.Furman, Y.Giomatari, I.Goncalve, E.Gonzales-Romero, A.Goverdovski, F.Gramegna, E.Griiesmayer, F.GGunsing, R.Haight, M.Heil, A.Errera-Martinez, K.Ioannide, N.Janeva, E.Jericha, Y.Kadi, F.Kappeler, D.Karamani, A.Kelic, V.Ketlerov, G.Kiti, P.Koehler, V.Konovalov, E.Kossionide, V.Lacoste, H.Leeb, A.Lindote, I.Lope, M.Lozano, S.Lukic, S.Markov, S.Marrone, J.Martinez-Val, P.Mastinu, A.Mengoni, P.Milazzo, E.Minguez, C.Moreau, F.Neve, H.Oberhummer, S.O’Brien, J.Pancin, C.Paradela, A.Pavlik, P.Pavlopoulo, A.Perez-Parra, J.Perlado, L.Perrot, V.Peskov, R.Plag, A.Plomplen, A.Pluki, A.Poch, A.policarpo, C.Pretel, J.Quesada, M.Radici, W.Rapp, R.Reifarth, F.Rejmund, M.Rosetti, C.Rubbia, G.Rudolf, P.Rullhusen, J.Salgado, E.Savvidi, C.Stephan, G.Tagliente, J.Tain, C.Tapia, L.Tassan-Got, L.Tavora, M.Terrani, N.Tsanga, G.Vannini, P.Vaz, A.Ventura, D.Villamarin-Fernandez, M.Vincente-Vincente, V.Vlachoudi, R.Vlastou, F.Vo, H.Wendler, M.Wiescher, K.Wisshak, and L.Zanini
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, TheoryofComputation_COMPUTATIONBYABSTRACTDEVICES, Monte Carlo method, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], ComputingMethodologies_ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE, 01 natural sciences, monte carlo simulations, Cross section (physics), Optics, 0103 physical sciences, neutron capture cross-sections, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Pulse height, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Liquid scintillation counting, Detector, TheoryofComputation_GENERAL, Experimental validation, NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS, pulse height weighting technique, c6d6 scintillation detectors, Weighting, Neutron capture, ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION, business
Abstract: The accuracy of the pulse height weighting technique for the determination of neutron capture cross-sections is investigated. The technique is applied to measurements performed with C6D6 liquid scintillation detectors of two different types using capture samples of various dimensions. The data for well-known (n, gamma) resonances are analyzed using weighting functions obtained from Monte Carlo simulations of the experimental set-up. Several causes of systematic deviation are identified and their effect is quantified. In all the cases measured the reaction yield agrees with the standard value within 2%. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Published: 2004
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9. Neutron-induced fission cross section ofU234measured at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Salgado, A. Poch, M. Kerveno, G. Cortes, M. Sedysheva, F. Gunsing, M. Oshima, R. C. Haight, J. Andrzejewski, Cristian Massimi, L. Sarchiapone, Carlo Rubbia, Ralf Plag, V. Vlachoudis, Roberto Capote, L. Audouin, K. C. Stamoulis, P. Assimakopoulos, F. Neves, E. Griesmayer, V. Ketlerov, M. Diakaki, I. Duran, Alberto Mengoni, C. Papadopoulos, A. J. M. Plompen, V. Chepel, Michael Wiescher, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, P. Baumann, H. Leeb, M. Igashira, G. Vannini, P. E. Koehler, P. M. Milazzo, W. Dridi, B. Haas, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, S. G. Isaev, R. Gallino, E. Gonzalez-Romero, E. Berthoumieux, Michael Heil, W.I. Furman, L. Perrot, C. Eleftheriadis, F. Bečvář, K. Ioannidis, S. Marrone, Rene Reifarth, K. Wisshak, R. Vlastou, A. Plukis, A. Lindote, C. Moreau, M. Rosetti, H. Frais-Koelbl, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, V.Y. Konovalov, Yacine Kadi, H. Wendler, P. Vaz, H. Álvarez, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, I. Goncalves, Thomas Rauscher, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, D. Karadimos, Carlos Guerrero, Heinz Oberhummer, A. Dorochenko, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, G. Aerts, E. Jericha, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, L. Fitzpatrick, P. F. Mastinu, S. O'Brien, M. Embid-Segura, C. Pretel, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, Manuel Lozano, L. Ferrant, D. Villamarin, J. Cox, Laurent Tassan-Got, L. Marques, M. C. Vincente, A. Goverdovski, L. Tavora, F. Alvarez-Velarde, K. Fuji, Gerald Badurek, C. Paradela, R. Dolfini, S. Lukic, P. Rullhusen, U. Abbondanno, I. Savvidis, F. Voss, A. Tsinganis, D. Kolokolov, Nicola Colonna, P. Pavlopoulos, S. David, G. Tagliente, P. Cennini, J. M. Quesada, D. Karamanis, M. Mosconi, C. Stephan, R. Terlizzi, F. Gramegna, F. Käppeler, Paraskevi Demetriou, and A. Pavlik
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Detector, Flux, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Ionization chamber, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, High energy resolution
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross section of U234 has been measured at the CERN n-TOF facility relative to the standard fission cross section of U235 from 20 keV to 1.4 MeV and of U238 from 1.4 to 200 MeV. A fast ionization chamber (FIC) was used as a fission fragment detector with a detection efficiency of no less than 97%. The high instantaneous flux and the low background characterizing the n-TOF facility resulted in wide-energy-range data (0.02 to 200 MeV), with high energy resolution, high statistics, and systematic uncertainties bellow 3%. Previous investigations around the energy of the fission threshold revealed structures attributed to β-vibrational levels, which have been confirmed by the present measurements. Theoretical calculations have been performed, employing the talys code with model parameters tuned to fairly reproduce the experimental data. © 2014 American Physical Society.
Published: 2014
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10. The93Zr(n,γ) reaction up to 8 keV neutron energy

Author: L. Perrot, M. Dahlfors, E. Jericha, P. Vaz, Aaron Couture, S. Walter, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Ralf Plag, H. Álvarez, S. David, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, W.I. Furman, Arnaud Ferrari, L. Tavora, C. A. Papachristodoulou, M. Rosetti, G. Tagliente, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, Heinz Oberhummer, K. Wisshak, E. Kossionides, A. Ventura, F. Käppeler, Corrie S. Moreau, C. Eleftheriadis, Javier Praena, M. Kerveno, J. Andrzejewski, G. Vannini, Marco Calviani, B. Haas, V. Chepel, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, A. Plukis, J. Salgado, G. Aerts, A. Poch, C. Santos, D. Karadimos, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, P. Baumann, C. Carrapiço, D. Villamarin, F. Gunsing, E. González-Romero, A. Pavlik, A. Mengoni, C. Pretel, W. Dridi, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, Rene Reifarth, Cristian Massimi, F. Bečvář, C. Domingo-Pardo, L. Sarchiapone, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, A. J. M. Plompen, J. M. Quesada, F. Voss, P. Cennini, Marco T. Pigni, Matthias Heil, I. Duran, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, L. Tassan-Got, G. Cortes, P. Pavlopoulos, E. Chiaveri, M. Embid-Segura, F. Alvarez-Velarde, H. Leeb, I. Savvidis, M. Mosconi, P. F. Mastinu, Y. Kadi, S. O'Brien, Gerald Badurek, R. C. Haight, D. Cano-Ott, R. Terlizzi, Roberto Capote, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, Nicola Colonna, K. Fujii, Vasilis Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, Fabio Belloni, M. C. Vincente, Christoph A. Stephan, S. Lukic, A. Lindote, F. Gramegna, Isabel Lopes, Michael Wiescher, C. T. Papadopoulos, C. Rubbia, Isabel S. Gonçalves, and S. Marrone
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radionuclide, Range (particle radiation), Nuclear transmutation, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resonance, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Time of flight, 13. Climate action, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: The (n,γ) reaction of the radioactive isotope 93Zr has been measured at the n-TOF high-resolution time-of-flight facility at CERN. Resonance parameters have been extracted in the neutron energy range up to 8 keV, yielding capture widths smaller (14%) than reported in an earlier experiment. These results are important for detailed nucleosynthesis calculations and for refined studies of waste transmutation concepts. © 2013 American Physical Society.
Published: 2013
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11. A new CVD diamond mosaic-detector for (n, α) cross-section measurements at the n_TOF experiment at CERN

Author: F. Bečvář, T. J. Wright, F. Cerutti, Mario Weigand, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Rene Reifarth, J. L. Tain, C. Lampoudis, C. Lederer, N. Kivel, Stefan Schmidt, M. Meaze, J. M. Quesada, F. Gunsing, J. Billowes, Jeri Kroll, P. Vaz, Srinivasan Ganesan, P. Gurusamy, K. Fraval, Cristian Massimi, Alberto Ventura, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, E. Mendoza, C. Paradela, Javier Praena, R. Sarmento, Mario Barbagallo, E. Berthoumieux, M. S. Robles, A. Riego, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Mirea, G. Tagliente, Peter Schillebeeckx, N. Dzysiuk, Carlos Guerrero, A. Pavlik, T. Martinez, L. Audouin, Petar Žugec, Alfredo Ferrari, C. Domingo-Pardo, Roberto Losito, V. Variale, I. Duran, H. Leeb, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, M. Mastromarco, F. Käppeler, M. Diakaki, J. Perkowski, A. K. Saxena, P. M. Milazzo, J. Marganiec, A. Mallick, G. Vannini, Gerald Badurek, V. Boccone, S. Altstadt, A. Hernández-Prieto, A. J. M. Plompen, P. F. Mastinu, A. Manousos, C. Eleftheriadis, E. Jericha, G. Giubrone, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, Alberto Mengoni, V. Bécares, Dorothea Schumann, Yacine Kadi, Rugard Dressler, C. Weiß, R. Versaci, P. E. Koehler, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, A. Tsinganis, G. Cortes, M. Kokkoris, D. Tarrío, Carlo Rubbia, Nicola Colonna, L.S. Leong, C. Langer, V. Vlachoudis, E. Griesmayer, T. Ware, C. Carrapiço, Anton Wallner, D. G. Jenkins, Laurent Tassan-Got, W. Mondalaers, Fabio Belloni, M. P. W. Chin, F. Roman, E. Leal-Cidoncha, I. Goncalves, Thomas Rauscher, M. J. Vermeulen, D. Karadimos, S. Valenta, A. R. García, M. Brugger, Marco Calviani, R. Vlastou, Damir Bosnar, 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, 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, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, 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), Ventura, A., Mengoni, A., C. Wei, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, S. Altstadt, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, M. Barbagallo, V. Becare, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowe, V. Boccone, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Calyiani, 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, M. B. Gomez-Hornillo, I. F. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, 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. Mallick, 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, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, A. Plompen, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego, M. S. Roble, F. Roman, C. Rubbia, M. Sabate-Gilarte, R. Sarmento, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, D. Tarrio, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsingani, 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, T. Wright, and P. Zugec
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Energies [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Analytical chemistry, Chemical vapor deposition, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, CVD diamond detectors, Chemical reactions, n_TOF, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Energy resolution, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Physics, sCVD diamond detectors, (n, α) Cross-section measurements, Large Hadron Collider, ntof, Detector, Resolution (electron density), Austria, Sponsored this work, Vienna, Nuclear Detector, Enginyeria química::Química física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cross-section measurements, Nanotechnology, engineering.material, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Reaccions químiques, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, (n,α) Cross-section measurement, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Diode, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], CIVIDEC Instrumentation GmbH, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, (n,α) Cross-section measurements, n-TOF, neutrons, Diamond, (n, α) cross-section measurements, engineering, High Energy Physics::Experiment, diamond detector
Abstract: At the n\_TOF experiment at CERN a dedicated single-crystal chemical vapor deposition (sCVD) Diamond Mosaic-Detector has been developed for (n,$\alpha$) cross-section measurements. The detector, characterized by an excellent time and energy resolution, consists of an array of 9 sCVD diamond diodes. The detector has been characterized and a cross-section measurement has been performed for the $^{59}$Ni(n,$\alpha$)$^{56}$Fe reaction in 2012. The characteristics of the detector, its performance and the promising preliminary results of the experiment are presented., Comment: Conference proceedings of the Vienna Conference on Instrumentation 2013
Published: 2013
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12. Measurement of resolved resonances of232Th(n,γ) at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: G. Cortes, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, G. Aerts, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, D. Cano-Ott, Roberto Capote, L. Sarchiapone, M. C. Vincente, A. Ventura, P.A. Assimakopoulos, S. Lukic, Christoph A. Stephan, F. Gunsing, Marco T. Pigni, H. Álvarez, V. Ketlerov, A. J. M. Plompen, V. Chepel, E. Griesmayer, J. L. Tain, N. Colonna, G. Vannini, P. Cennini, G. Rudolf, I. Dillman, S. Isaev, Carlos Guerrero, C. Pretel, B. Haas, P. Baumann, U. Abbondanno, F. Voss, A. Plukis, James L. Cox, Heinz Oberhummer, Thomas Rauscher, M. Mosconi, L. Ferrant, C. T. Papadopoulos, Matthias Heil, J. Pancin, Vasilis Vlachoudis, D. Karadimos, S. Walter, S. O'Brien, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, I. Savvidis, Masayuki Igashira, Corrie S. Moreau, R. C. Haight, J. Salgado, W. Dridi, Ralf Plag, L. Fitzpatrick, R. Ferreira-Marques, R. Terlizzi, A. Poch, M. Embid-Segura, C. Paradela, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, Rene Reifarth, L. Audouin, F. Käppeler, L. Tavora, L. Perrot, D. Villamarin, A. Lindote, I. Duran, C. Rubbia, Y. Kadi, H. Frais-Koelbl, C. Lampoudis, M. Rosetti, A. Pavlik, A. Goverdovski, C. Domingo-Pardo, F. Alvarez-Velarde, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Michael Wiescher, W.I. Furman, P. Rullhusen, R. Vlastou, E. Kossionides, E. Berthoumieux, Manuel Lozano, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, K. Fujii, Isabel S. Gonçalves, C. Eleftheriadis, P. Pavlopoulos, S. Marrone, S. David, M. Oshima, J. Andrzejewski, G. Tagliente, P. E. Koehler, M. Dahlfors, C. A. Papachristodoulou, P. Vaz, M. Kerveno, L. Marques, Aaron Couture, V. Konovalov, Isabel Lopes, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Arnaud Ferrari, Alberto Mengoni, K. Wisshak, H. Wendler, H. Leeb, D. Karamanis, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, F. Bečvář, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, and E. Jericha
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resonance, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Spectral line, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Yield (chemistry), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy
Abstract: The yield of the neutron capture reaction 232Th(n,γ) has been measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n-TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV. The reduction of the acquired data to the capture yield for resolved resonances from 1 eV to 4 keV is described and compared to a recent evaluated data set. The resonance parameters were used to assign an orbital momentum to each resonance. A missing level estimator was used to extract the s-wave level spacing of D0=17.2±0.9 eV. © 2012 American Physical Society.
Published: 2012
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13. Neutron-induced fission cross section of 245Cm: New results from data taken at the time-of-flight facility n_TOF

Author: G. Cortes, Gerald Badurek, P. Cennini, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, C. Eleftheriadis, B. Berthier, Michael Heil, E. Kossionides, J. Salgado, Javier Praena, C. Santos, I. Duran, M. Embid-Segura, S. Walter, Roberto Capote, Yacine Kadi, A. Poch, F. Bečvář, E. Mendoza, M. C. Vincente, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, M. Dahlfors, Manuel Lozano, F. Neves, Ralf Plag, M. Mosconi, V. Ketlerov, P. Vaz, L. Ferrant, Peter Schillebeeckx, Iris Dillmann, D. Villamarin, W. Dridi, P. F. Mastinu, J. Cox, Alberto Ventura, S. Galanopoulos, Aaron Couture, Marco T. Pigni, G. Vannini, C. Lederer, C. Papadopoulos, Laurent Tassan-Got, C. Stephan, C. Lampoudis, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, S. Marrone, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, L. Perrot, M. Kerveno, S. David, L. Sarchiapone, M. Meaze, G. Tagliente, M. Rosetti, R. Terlizzi, E. Gonzalez-Romero, G. Aerts, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, F. Calviño, R. C. Haight, H. Leeb, P. E. Koehler, V. Chepel, Heinz Oberhummer, I. Goncalves, S. O'Brien, A. Plukis, P. Assimakopoulos, Mario Barbagallo, I. Savvidis, L. Tavora, Thomas Rauscher, Marco Calviani, L. Audouin, D. Karadimos, Michael Wiescher, H. Álvarez, W.I. Furman, P. Baumann, K. Wisshak, V. Variale, M. Krtička, R. Sarmento, J. L. Tain, A. J. M. Plompen, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, P. Rullhusen, G. Rudolf, A. Lindote, T. Martinez, I. Lopes, C. A. Papachristodoulou, R. Vlastou, Alberto Mengoni, B. Haas, C. Carrapiço, Rene Reifarth, M. Igashira, P. Pavlopoulos, F. Gunsing, J. M. Quesada, Cristian Massimi, C. Paradela, S. Lukic, E. Jericha, D. Karamanis, E. Berthoumieux, F. Voss, F. Gramegna, Nicola Colonna, C. Moreau, P. M. Milazzo, J. Andrzejewski, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, V. Konovalov, G. Giubrone, C. Pretel, K. Fujii, Fabio Belloni, F. Käppeler, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, 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, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Commission (EC), 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), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), nTOF, Calviani M., Meaze M. H., Colonna N., Praena J., Abbondanno U., Aerts G., Alvarez H., Alvarez-Velarde F., Andriamonje S., Andrzejewski J., Assimakopoulos P., Audouin L., Badurek G., Barbagallo M., Baumann P., Bečvář F., Belloni F., Berthier B., Berthoumieux E., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D., Capote R., Carrapiço C., Cennini P., Chepel V., Chiaveri E., Cortes G., Couture A., Cox J., Dahlfors M., David S., Dillmann I., Domingo-Pardo C., Dridi W., Duran I., Eleftheriadis C., Embid-Segura M., Ferrant L., Ferrari A., Ferreira-Marques R., Fujii K., Furman W., Galanopoulos S., Giubrone G., Gonçalves I., Gonzalez-Romero E., Goverdovski A., Gramegna F., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Haas B., Haight R., Heil M., Herrera-Martinez A., Igashira M., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Karadimos D., Karamanis D., Ketlerov V., Kerveno M., Koehler P., Konovalov V., Kossionides E., Krtička M., Lampoudis C., Lederer C., Leeb H., Lindote A., Lopes I., Lozano M., Lukic S., Marganiec J., Marrone S., Martínez T., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Moreau C., Mosconi M., Neves F., Oberhummer H., O’Brien S., Pancin J., Papachristodoulou C., Papadopoulos C., Paradela C., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Pavlopoulos P., Perrot L., Pigni M. T., Plag R., Plompen A., Plukis A., Poch A., Pretel C., Quesada J., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rosetti M., Rubbia C., Rudolf G., Rullhusen P., Salgado J., Santos C., Sarchiapone L., Sarmento R., Savvidis I., Schillebeeckx P., Stephan C., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tassan-Got L., Tavora L., Terlizzi R., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Villamarin D., Vincente M. C., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Voss F., Walter S., Wiescher M., Wisshak K., 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), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Absolute value, Energies::Energia nuclear::Reactors nuclears de fissió [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, NEUTRON INDUCED FISSION, Fissió nuclear, Nuclear physics, Time of flight, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Fission cross sections, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, TIME OF FLIGHT
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross section of 245Cm was measured at n-TOF in a wide energy range and with high resolution. The energy dependence, measured in a single measurement from 30 meV to 1 MeV neutron energy, has been determined with 5% accuracy relative to the 235U(n,f) cross section. In order to reduce the uncertainty on the absolute value, the data have been normalized at thermal energy to recent measurements performed at ILL and BR1. In the energy range of overlap, the results are in fair agreement with some previous measurements and confirm, on average, the evaluated cross section in the ENDF/B-VII.0 database, although sizable differences are observed for some important resonances below 20 eV. A similar behavior is observed relative to JENDL/AC-2008, a reactor-oriented database for actinides. The new results contribute to the overall improvement of the databases needed for the design of advanced reactor systems and may lead to refinements of fission models for the actinides. Comisión Europea FIKW-CT-2000-00107 249671
Published: 2012
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14. Measurement and resonance analysis of the 237Np neutron capture cross section

Author: M. Embid-Segura, Manuel Lozano, L. Perrot, R. Lossito, V. Chepel, Ralf Plag, Rene Reifarth, P. Baumann, I. Duran, P. Cennini, E. Kossionides, W.I. Furman, M. Mosconi, G. Aerts, A. Lindote, C. Stephan, C. A. Papachristodoulou, Javier Praena, P. Pavlopoulos, S. O'Brien, J. M. Quesada, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, R. Terlizzi, F. Voss, F. Becvar, C. Eleftheriadis, M. C. Vicente, Alberto Mengoni, A. J. M. Plompen, P. M. Milazzo, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, G. Rudolf, L. Ferrant, M. Igashira, I. Lopes, Yacine Kadi, Nicola Colonna, D. Villamarin, P. E. Koehler, L. Fitzpatrick, J. Salgado, Marco T. Pigni, A. Poch, M. Oshima, J. L. Tain, J. Andrzejewski, Carlos Guerrero, Carlo Rubbia, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, S. Isaev, Heinz Oberhummer, V. Vlachoudis, U. Abbondanno, L. Tavora, V. Konovalov, E. Griesmayer, J. Cox, Laurent Tassan-Got, S. David, G. Cortes, P. Rullhusen, G. Tagliente, C. Massimi, E. Jericha, R. C. Haight, Roberto Capote, V. Ketlerov, C. Carrapiço, P.A. Assimakopoulos, M. Kerveno, F. Neves, L. Audouin, F. Käppeler, G. Vannini, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Michael Wiescher, I. Goncalves, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, C. Moreau, D. Karadimos, Michael Heil, S. Walter, C. T. Papadopoulos, F. Gramegna, A. Plukis, A. Goverdovski, C. Santos, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, W. Dridi, R. Dolfini, M. Rosetti, S. Marrone, E. Mendoza, B. Haas, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, R. Vlastou, P. F. Mastinu, E. Berthoumieux, I. Savvidis, M. Calviani, H. Frais-Koelbl, C. Paradela, S. Lukic, L. Marques, M. Krtička, C. Pretel, T. Martinez, K. Fujii, Fabio Belloni, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, L. Sarchiapone, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, F. Gunsing, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, K. Wisshak, H. Wendler, 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), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), TOF, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Union (UE), Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC). España, Guerrero C., Cano-Ott D., Mendoza E., Abbondanno U., Aerts G., Alvarez-Velarde F., Andriamonje S., Andrzejewski J., Assimakopoulos P., Audouin L., Badurek G., Baumann P., Becvar F., Belloni F., Berthoumieux E., Calvino F., Calviani M., Capote R., Carrapico C., Carrillo de Albornoz A., Cennini P., Chepel V., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortes G., Couture A., Cox J., Dahlfors M., David S., Dillmann I., Dolfini R., Domingo-Pardo C., Dridi W., Duran I., Eleftheriadis C., Embid-Segura M., Ferrant L., Ferrari A., Ferreira-Marques R., Fitzpatrick L., Frais-Koelbl H., Fujii K., Furman W., Goncalves I., Gonzalez-Romero E., Goverdovski A., Gramegna F., Griesmayer E., Gunsing F., Haas B., Haight R., Heil M., Herrera-Martinez A., Igashira M., Isaev S., Jericha E., Kaeppeler F., Kadi Y., Karadimos D., Karamanis D., Ketlerov V., Kerveno M., Koehler P., Konovalov V., Kossionides E., Krticka M., Lampoudis C., Leeb H., Lindote A., Lopes I., Lossito R., Lozano M., Lukic S., Marganiec J., Marques L., Marrone S., Martinez T., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mengoni A., Milazzo P. M., Moreau C., Mosconi M., Neves F., Oberhummer H., O'Brien S., Oshima M., Pancin J., Papachristodoulou C., Papadopoulos C., Paradela C., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Pavlopoulos P., Perrot L., Pigni M. T., Plag R., Plompen A., Plukis A., Poch A., Praena J., Pretel C., Quesada J., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rosetti M., Rubbia C., Rudolf G., Rullhusen P., Salgado J., Santos C., Sarchiapone L., Savvidis I., Stephan C., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Tassan-Got L., Tavora L., Terlizzi R., Vannini G., Vaz P., Ventura A., Villamarin D., Vicente M. C., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Voss F., Walter S., Wendler H., Wiescher M., Wisshak K., 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), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, CAPTURE CROSS-SECTION, Detector, Nuclear data, BARIUM-FLORIDE CALORIMETER, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Calorimeter, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Range (statistics), Neutron cross section, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY, 010306 general physics, EMERGING NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section of 237Np was measured between 0.7 and 500 eV at the CERN n-TOF facility using the 4π BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter. The experimental capture yield was extracted minimizing all the systematic uncertainties and was analyzed together with the most reliable transmission data available using the sammy code. The result is a complete set of individual as well as average resonance parameters [D0=0.56(2) eV, Γγ=40.9(18) meV, 104S0=0.98(6), R ′=9.8(6) fm]. The capture cross section obtained in this work is in overall agreement with the evaluations and the data of Weston and Todd, thus showing sizable differences with respect to previous data from Scherbakov and large discrepancies with data Kobayashi. The results indicate that a new evaluation combining the present capture data with reliable transmission data would allow reaching an accuracy better than 4%, in line with the uncertainty requirements of the nuclear data community for the design and operation of current and future nuclear devices. Unión Europea NTOF-NDXADS IP-EUROTRANS CIEMAT-ENRESA Plan Nacional de Física de Partículas (España) FPA2005-06918-C03-01 Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (España)
Published: 2012
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15. Neutron-induced fission cross section measurement of233U,241Am and243Am in the energy range 0.5 MeV ⩽En⩽ 20 MeV at n_TOF at CERN

Author: G. Cortes, J. Pancin, C. Lederer, R. Vlastou, H. Leeb, S. David, L. Perrot, P. Cennini, F. Calvino, Anton Wallner, Corrie S. Moreau, V. Chepel, Roberto Capote, P. Baumann, Y. Kadi, G. Tagliente, P.A. Assimakopoulos, M. Kerveno, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, H. Frais-Koelbl, Thomas Rauscher, M. Dahlfors, F. Gunsing, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, G. Aerts, M. Mosconi, P. Vaz, G. Vannini, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, Marco Calviani, Cristian Massimi, P. Pavlopoulos, Aaron Couture, J. Salgado, A. J. M. Plompen, F. Belloni, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, Mario Barbagallo, Carlos Guerrero, A. Poch, Marco T. Pigni, D. Karadimos, I. Dillmann, G. Rudolf, F. Cerutti, D. Cano-Ott, C. Pretel, E. Chiaveri, E. Jericha, L. Marques, I. Lopes, Michael Heil, A. Pavlik, Heinz Oberhummer, C. Santos, P. F. Mastinu, R. Terlizzi, S. Walter, C. Domingo-Pardo, L. Ferrant, K. Wisshak, A. Lindote, James L. Cox, E. González-Romero, L. Fitzpatrick, L. Tavora, K. Fujii, R. C. Haight, Masayuki Igashira, C. Paradela, H. Wendler, L. Audouin, M. Embid-Segura, D. Villamarin, P. E. Koehler, P. Rullhusen, V. Ketlerov, Michael Wiescher, L. Sarchiapone, ntof, F. Bečvář, M. Meaze, Manuel Lozano, Ralf Plag, H. Álvarez, M. Oshima, M. Krtička, J. L. Tain, C Lampoudis, J. Andrzejewski, M. Rosetti, F. Voss, W.I. Furman, C. T. Papadopoulos, E. Kossionides, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, I. Duran, C. A. Papachristodoulou, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, C. Rubbia, V. Konovalov, Javier Praena, Isabel S. Gonçalves, A. Plukis, S. Marrone, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, F. Käppeler, E. Griesmayer, S. Lukic, Nicola Colonna, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Arnaud Ferrari, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Alberto Mengoni, A. Ventura, F. Gramegna, I. Savvidis, B. Haas, M. C. Vincente, W. Dridi, Rene Reifarth, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, E. Berthoumieux, C. Carrapiço, D. Karamanis, F Belloni, P M Milazzo, M Calviani, N Colonna, P Mastinu, U Abbondanno, G Aert, H Álvarez, F Álvarez-Velarde, S Andriamonje, J Andrzejewski, P Assimakopoulo, L Audouin, G Badurek, M Barbagallo, P Baumann, F Bečvář, E Berthoumieux, F Calviño, F Cerutti, D Cano-Ott, R Capote, C Carrapiço, A Carrillo de Albornoz, P Cennini, V Chepel, E Chiaveri, G Corte, A Couture, J Cox, M Dahlfor, S David, I Dillmann, R Dolfini, C Domingo-Pardo, W Dridi, I Duran, C Eleftheriadi, M Embid-Segura, L Ferrant, A Ferrari, R Ferreira-Marque, L Fitzpatrick, H Frais-Koelbl, K Fujii, W Furman, I Goncalve, E González-Romero, A Goverdovski, F Gramegna, E Griesmayer, C Guerrero, F Gunsing, B Haa, R Haight, M Heil, A Herrera-Martinez, M Igashira, S Isaev, E Jericha, F Käppeler, Y Kadi, D Karadimo, D Karamani, V Ketlerov, M Kerveno, P Koehler, V Konovalov, E Kossionide, M Krtička, C Lampoudi, C Lederer, H Leeb, A Lindote, I Lope, M Lozano, S Lukic, J Marganiec, L Marque, S Marrone, T Martínez, C Massimi, M H Meaze, A Mengoni, C Moreau, M Mosconi, F Neve, H Oberhummer, S O'Brien, M Oshima, J Pancin, C Papachristodoulou, C Papadopoulo, C Paradela, N Patroni, A Pavlik, P Pavlopoulo, L Perrot, M T Pigni, R Plag, A Plompen, A Pluki, A Poch, J Praena, C Pretel, J Quesada, T Rauscher, R Reifarth, M Rosetti, C Rubbia, G Rudolf, P Rullhusen, J Salgado, C Santo, L Sarchiapone, I Savvidi, C Stephan, G Tagliente, J L Tain, L Tassan-Got, L Tavora, R Terlizzi, G Vannini, P Vaz, A Ventura, D Villamarin, M C Vincente, V Vlachoudi, R Vlastou, F Vo, A Wallner, S Walter, H Wendler, M Wiescher, and K Wisshak
Subjects: Fission, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Mathematical Physics, EMERGING NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron radiation, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, NEUTRON INDUCED FISSION, Time of flight, TIME-OF-FLIGHT, Ionization chamber, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Atomic physics
Abstract: Neutron-induced fission cross section measurements of U-233, Am-243 and Am-241 relative to U-235 have been carried out at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. A fast ionization chamber has been employed. All samples were located in the same detector; therefore the studied elements and the reference U-235 target are subject to the same neutron beam.
Published: 2012

16. 96Zr(n,γ) measurement at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Rene Reifarth, C. T. Papadopoulos, J. Marganiec, J. M. Quesada, S. Andriamonje, C. Rubbia, P. Cennini, L. Tassan-Got, M. C. Vincente, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, E. Chiaveri, Isabel S. Gonçalves, G. Cortes, Pierfrancesco Mastinu, Christoph A. Stephan, K. Wisshak, G. Aerts, S. Marrone, F. Gunsing, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, S. Lukic, Corrie S. Moreau, M. Kerveno, Cristian Massimi, A. Mengoni, Roberto Capote, M. Mosconi, M. Krtička, S. David, F. Gramegna, P. Pavlopoulos, Marco Calviani, A. Ventura, E. Jericha, M. Dahlfors, G. Tagliente, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, G. Vannini, E. Kossionides, P. Vaz, R. Vlastou, C. Pretel, S. O'Brien, A. Lindote, E. Berthoumieux, E. Gonzalez-Romero, K. Fujii, J. Salgado, A. Poch, B. Haas, H. Álvarez, L. Perrot, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, Aaron Couture, F. Käppeler, A. Plukis, I. Savvidis, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Fabio Belloni, C. Carrapiço, F. Voss, V. Chepel, G. Rudolf, R. Terlizzi, Arnaud Ferrari, J. Pancin, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Pavlik, P. Baumann, Nicola Colonna, C. Santos, W. Dridi, R. C. Haight, C. Domingo-Pardo, F. Bečvář, C. Paradela, L. Tavora, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Y. Kadi, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, Martin Heil, L. Audouin, D. Karadimos, Michael Wiescher, J. Andrzejewski, D. Villamarin, L. Sarchiapone, Marco T. Pigni, P. Rullhusen, M. Rosetti, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, I. Duran, M. Embid-Segura, Isabel Lopes, Javier Praena, S. Walter, Ralf Plag, D. Cano-Ott, W.I. Furman, A. J. M. Plompen, C. A. Papachristodoulou, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, and Heinz Oberhummer
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Radiative capture, Neutron cross section, Atomic physics, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spallation Neutron Source
Abstract: The (n,γ) cross section of 96Zr has been investigated at the CERN n-TOF spallation neutron source. High-resolution time-of-flight measurements using an enriched ZrO2 sample allowed us to analyze 15 resonances below 40 keV with improved accuracy. On average, the capture widths were found to be 25% smaller than reported in earlier experiments. If complemented with the contribution by direct radiative capture, the derived Maxwellian averaged cross sections are consistent with activation data at kT=25 keV. The present results confirm the astrophysical implications for the s-process branching at 95Zr. © 2011 American Physical Society.
Published: 2011
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17. Measurement of the236U(n,f) cross section from 170 meV to 2 MeV at the CERNn_TOFfacility

Author: J. Marganiec, Rene Reifarth, S. Andriamonje, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Alberto Mengoni, I. Goncalves, M. Igashira, P. Cennini, G. Vannini, J. Salgado, Thomas Rauscher, P. Pavlopoulos, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, A. Poch, M. Oshima, J. M. Quesada, R. Vlastou, D. Karadimos, P. F. Mastinu, J. Andrzejewski, C. Paradela, C. Carrapiço, F. Käppeler, C. Lampoudis, S. Lukic, A. Pavlik, E. Jericha, Fabio Belloni, Carlo Rubbia, E. Kossionides, V. Vlachoudis, W. Dridi, R. C. Haight, C. Domingo-Pardo, Javier Praena, V. Ketlerov, M. Mosconi, H. Frais-Koelbl, C. Pretel, C. Papachristodoulou, S. Marrone, C. Papadopoulos, G. Cortes, V. Konovalov, Carlos Guerrero, I. Duran, D. Tarrío, M. Barbagallo, C. Stephan, M. Krtička, H. Álvarez, F. Calviño, J. L. Tain, L. Marques, L. Audouin, S. David, M. Rosetti, Heinz Oberhummer, Michael Heil, L. Sarchiapone, T. Martinez, M. C. Vicente, P. M. Milazzo, G. Tagliente, M. Kerveno, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, Roberto Capote, L. Perrot, Michael Wiescher, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, S. O'Brien, F. Voss, R. Terlizzi, D. Villamarin, E. Gonzalez-Romero, F. Neves, Marco T. Pigni, P. Assimakopoulos, F. Becvar, Marco Calviani, Ralf Plag, A. Plukis, E. Mendoza, M. Diakaki, Nicola Colonna, L. Tavora, J. Cox, C. Eleftheriadis, Laurent Tassan-Got, F. Gramegna, W.I. Furman, Yacine Kadi, M. Dahlfors, A. Lindote, E. Griesmayer, P. Vaz, P. E. Koehler, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, P. Rullhusen, C. Moreau, V. Chepel, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, P. Baumann, S. Isaev, E. Berthoumieux, I. Savvidis, G. Aerts, F. Gunsing, A. Goverdovski, Cristian Massimi, F. Alvarez-Velarde, K. Fuji, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, C. Lederer, K. Wisshak, S. Walter, H. Wendler, H. Leeb, Manuel Lozano, L. Ferrant, R. Sarmento, A. J. M. Plompen, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, and B. Haas
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Resonance, Nuclear data, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Uranium-236, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Uranium-235, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross section of {sup 236}U was measured at the neutron Time-of-Flight (n-TOF) facility at CERN relative to the standard {sup 235}U(n,f) cross section for neutron energies ranging from above thermal to several MeV. The measurement, covering the full range simultaneously, was performed with a fast ionization chamber, taking advantage of the high resolution of the n-TOF spectrometer. The n-TOF results confirm that the first resonance at 5.45 eV is largely overestimated in some nuclear data libraries. The resonance triplet around 1.2 keV was measured with high resolution and resonance parameters were determined with good accuracy. Resonances at high energy have also been observed and characterized and different values for the cross section are provided for the region between 10 keV and the fission threshold. The present work indicates various shortcomings of the current nuclear data libraries in the subthreshold region and provides the basis for an accurate re-evaluation of the {sup 236}U(n,f) cross section, which is of great relevance for the development of emerging or innovative nuclear reactor technologies.
Published: 2011
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18. Neutron capture onZr94: Resonance parameters and Maxwellian-averaged cross sections

Author: Christoph A. Stephan, B. Haas, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, F. Gunsing, G. Aerts, G. Cortes, Cristian Massimi, E. Chiaveri, C. Eleftheriadis, P. F. Mastinu, L. Perrot, R. Gallino, Thomas Rauscher, F. Alvarez-Velarde, C. Carrapiço, D. Karadimos, M. Rosetti, W. Dridi, A. Mengoni, N. Colonna, Roberto Capote, Gerald Badurek, Rene Reifarth, P. Cennini, A. J. M. Plompen, M. Dahlfors, Sara Bisterzo, P. Vaz, M. Embid-Segura, S. Lukic, E. Gonzalez-Romero, J. Salgado, A. Poch, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Aaron Couture, H. Leeb, I. Savvidis, J. M. Quesada, A. Plukis, Arnaud Ferrari, L. Tassan-Got, E. Kossionides, G. Vannini, R. C. Haight, Manuel Lozano, F. Gramegna, Marco Calviani, C. Paradela, James L. Cox, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Mosconi, Martin Heil, K. Wisshak, Javier Praena, V. Chepel, G. Rudolf, C. T. Papadopoulos, A. Lindote, L. Audouin, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, R. Vlastou, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, C. Rubbia, Michael Wiescher, P. Baumann, F. Voss, S. O'Brien, E. Berthoumieux, Corrie S. Moreau, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, A. Ventura, C. Santos, D. Villamarin, Isabel S. Gonçalves, Vasilis Vlachoudis, I. Duran, S. Marrone, D. Cano-Ott, Marco T. Pigni, R. Terlizzi, M. Kerveno, J. Andrzejewski, F. Bečvář, E. Jericha, S. David, G. Tagliente, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Tavora, Isabel Lopes, H. Álvarez, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, L. Sarchiapone, K. Fujii, P. Rullhusen, Fabio Belloni, C. Pretel, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, Heinz Oberhummer, W.I. Furman, C. A. Papachristodoulou, S. Walter, Ralf Plag, F. Käppeler, J. Pancin, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, Y. Kadi, and M. C. Vincente
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron source, Isotopes of zirconium, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: The neutron capture cross sections of the Zr isotopes play an important role in nucleosynthesis studies. The s-process reaction flow between the Fe seed and the heavier isotopes passes through the neutron magic nucleus {sup 90}Zr and through {sup 91,92,93,94}Zr, but only part of the flow extends to {sup 96}Zr because of the branching point at {sup 95}Zr. Apart from their effect on the s-process flow, the comparably small isotopic (n,{gamma}) cross sections make Zr also an interesting structural material for nuclear reactors. The {sup 94}Zr (n,{gamma}) cross section has been measured with high resolution at the spallation neutron source n{sub T}OF at CERN and resonance parameters are reported up to 60 keV neutron energy.
Published: 2011
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19. Neutron-induced fission cross section ofnatPb andBi209from threshold to 1 GeV: An improved parametrization

Author: D. Tarrío, A. J. M. Plompen, I. Goncalves, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, S. David, G. Tagliente, C. Lederer, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, M. Embid-Segura, Roberto Capote, B. Haas, Manuel Lozano, F. Neves, J. Marganiec, L. Ferrant, S. Andriamonje, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, J. Salgado, A. Poch, G. Aerts, V. Ketlerov, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, C. Papachristodoulou, P. F. Mastinu, F. Gunsing, C. Papadopoulos, S. Isaev, Gerald Badurek, D. Trubert, Cristian Massimi, R. Dolfini, L. Sarchiapone, B. Berthier, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, L. Tavora, Michael Heil, G. Vannini, Ralf Plag, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, E. Kossionides, P. Rullhusen, P. E. Koehler, Javier Praena, D. Villamarin, H. Leeb, Marco T. Pigni, Carlos Guerrero, R. Vlastou, U. Abbondanno, Heinz Oberhummer, M. Rosetti, P. M. Milazzo, I. Duran, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Plukis, C. Santos, E. Jericha, J. Cox, W.I. Furman, C. Paradela, H. Frais-Koelbl, S. Lukic, A. Lindote, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Laurent Tassan-Got, F. Bečvář, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, Marco Calviani, E. Mendoza, Roberto Losito, M. Oshima, Alberto Mengoni, C. Moreau, T. Martinez, J. Andrzejewski, F. Voss, M. Igashira, C. Le Naour, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, K. Wisshak, L. Fitzpatrick, E. Berthoumieux, R. Sarmento, S. O'Brien, Nicola Colonna, V. Konovalov, H. Wendler, K. Fujii, Rene Reifarth, R. C. Haight, P. Pavlopoulos, J. M. Quesada, L. Audouin, Fabio Belloni, Michael Wiescher, S. Walter, C. Carrapiço, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Kerveno, I. Savvidis, L. Perrot, Yacine Kadi, P. Assimakopoulos, C. Pretel, V. Chepel, P. Baumann, W. Dridi, S. Marrone, J. L. Tain, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, P. Cennini, M. Mosconi, C. Stephan, M. Dahlfors, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, L. Marques, F. Käppeler, and G. Cortes
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Isotopes of uranium, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Threshold energy, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Uranium-235, Neutron detection, Neutron source, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract: Neutron-induced fission cross sections for {sup nat}Pb and {sup 209}Bi were measured with a white-spectrum neutron source at the CERN Neutron Time-of-Flight (n{sub T}OF) facility. The experiment, using neutrons from threshold up to 1 GeV, provides the first results for these nuclei above 200 MeV. The cross sections were measured relative to {sup 235}U and {sup 238}U in a dedicated fission chamber with parallel plate avalanche counter detectors. Results are compared with previous experimental data. Upgraded parametrizations of the cross sections are presented, from threshold energy up to 1 GeV. The proposed new sets of fitting parameters improve former results along the whole energy range.
Published: 2011
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20. Au197(n,γ) cross section in the unresolved resonance region

Author: I. Goncalves, M. Embid-Segura, A. J. M. Plompen, Thomas Rauscher, C. Lampoudis, J. Salgado, A. Poch, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, A. Pavlik, G. Vannini, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. Goverdovski, D. Karadimos, F. Alvarez-Velarde, L. Marques, G. Aerts, W.I. Furman, Manuel Lozano, J. Cox, E. Griesmayer, Laurent Tassan-Got, Gerald Badurek, A. Lindote, L. Tavora, L. Perrot, R. Dolfini, P. Rullhusen, P. E. Koehler, L. Sarchiapone, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, F. Käppeler, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, M. Rosetti, S. David, G. Cortes, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, E. Kossionides, G. Tagliente, Carlos Guerrero, D. Tarrío, L. Ferrant, J. Pancin, Heinz Oberhummer, L. Fitzpatrick, M. Oshima, E. Chiaveri, Marco Calviani, Roberto Capote, D. Cano-Ott, M. Igashira, Javier Praena, P.A. Assimakopoulos, C. Lederer, F. Neves, C. Moreau, V. Chepel, J. Andrzejewski, P. Baumann, C. Santos, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, V. Ketlerov, F. Voss, C. Papachristodoulou, R. Sarmento, R. Vlastou, Ralf Plag, S. Walter, E. Mendoza, E. Jericha, Nicola Colonna, H. Frais-Koelbl, C. Pretel, I. Duran, V. Konovalov, I. Savvidis, Massimo Barbagallo, Anton Wallner, Michael Heil, P. M. Milazzo, C. Paradela, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, S. Lukic, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, Roberto Losito, K. Fujii, Fabio Belloni, F. Gramegna, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, E. Berthoumieux, C. Carrapiço, E. Gonzalez-Romero, B. Haas, A. Plukis, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, P. F. Mastinu, Rene Reifarth, P. Pavlopoulos, J. M. Quesada, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, T. Martinez, R. C. Haight, L. Audouin, Michael Wiescher, D. Villamarin, Marco T. Pigni, C. Eleftheriadis, Yacine Kadi, P. Cennini, M. Mosconi, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, R. Terlizzi, F. Bečvář, K. Wisshak, C. T. Papadopoulos, W. Dridi, S. Marrone, M. Kerveno, H. Wendler, Alberto Mengoni, H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, and H. Leeb
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resonance, Nuclear data, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Neutron spectroscopy, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Neutron capture, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: The cross section of the reaction {sup 197}Au(n,{gamma}) was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the n{_}TOF (neutron time-of-flight) facility in the unresolved resonance region between 5 and 400 keV using a pair of C{sub 6}D{sub 6} (where D denotes {sup 2}H) liquid scintillators for the detection of prompt capture {gamma} rays. The results with a total uncertainty of 3.9%-6.7% for a resolution of 20 bins per energy decade show fair agreement with the Evaluated Nuclear Data File Version B-VII.0 (ENDF/B-VII.0), which contains the standard evaluation. The Maxwellian-averaged cross section (MACS) at 30 keV is in excellent agreement with the one according to the ENDF/B-VII.0 evaluation and 4.7% higher than the MACS measured independently by activation technique. Structures in the cross section, which had also been reported earlier, have been interpreted as being due to clusters of resonances.
Published: 2011
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21. Neutron-induced fission cross-section of 233U in the energy range 0.5 < En < 20 MeV

Author: M. Krtička, Masayuki Igashira, L. Tavora, C. Eleftheriadis, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, Ralf Plag, Thomas Rauscher, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, D. Karadimos, S. David, G. Tagliente, Carlos Guerrero, A. Plukis, Heinz Oberhummer, G. Cortes, P. Rullhusen, I. Savvidis, Marco Calviani, J. Andrzejewski, M. C. Vincente, I. Duran, M. Rosetti, F. Voss, Christoph A. Stephan, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, W.I. Furman, R. C. Haight, F. Gramegna, P. Pavlopoulos, Roberto Capote, E. Kossionides, J. Marganiec, J. Salgado, Arnaud Ferrari, U. Abbondanno, S. Andriamonje, A. Poch, Alberto Mengoni, A. J. M. Plompen, K. Fujii, Javier Praena, E. Chiaveri, C. A. Papachristodoulou, G. Aerts, P. F. Mastinu, G. Vannini, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, C. Paradela, P. E. Koehler, L. Sarchiapone, M. Meaze, M. Dahlfors, F. Käppeler, H. Álvarez, P. Vaz, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, F. Belloni, D. Cano-Ott, P. Cennini, Aaron Couture, D. Villamarin, James L. Cox, J. Pancin, Michael Heil, Manuel Lozano, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, C. T. Papadopoulos, V. Chepel, C. Rubbia, S. Lukic, Y. Kadi, Isabel S. Gonçalves, A. Goverdovski, C. Pretel, S. Marrone, F. Alvarez-Velarde, K. Wisshak, M. Kerveno, M. Mosconi, Corrie S. Moreau, M. Embid-Segura, Gerald Badurek, P. Baumann, S. O'Brien, L. Perrot, S. Walter, A. Lindote, D. Karamanis, Michael Wiescher, R. Terlizzi, Nicola Colonna, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Marco T. Pigni, I. Dillmann, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, C. Carrapiço, E. Gonzalez-Romero, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, Rene Reifarth, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, B. Haas, C. Santos, F. Bečvář, W. Dridi, A. Ventura, L. Audouin, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, E. Jericha, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), nTOF, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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: Physics, Range (particle radiation), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Hadron, Flux, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Ionization chamber, Nuclear fusion, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross-section of 233U has been measured at the CERN n_TOF facility relative to the standard fission cross-section of 235U between 0.5 and 20MeV. The experiment was performed with a fast ionization chamber for the detection of the fission fragments and to discriminate against $ \alpha$ -particles from the natural radioactivity of the samples. The high instantaneous flux and the low background of the n_TOF facility result in data with uncertainties of $ \approx$ 3% , which were found in good agreement with previous experiments. The high quality of the present results allows to improve the evaluation of the 233U (n,f) cross-section and, consequently, the design of energy systems based on the Th/U cycle.
Published: 2011
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22. Study of Photon Strength Function of Actinides: the Case of 235U, 238Np and 241Pu

Author: M. Mosconi, A. Goverdovski, S. O'Brien, F. Alvarez-Velarde, I. Dillman, Gerald Badurek, R. Terlizzi, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, Heinz Oberhummer, Marco Calviani, Christoph A. Stephan, S. Walter, D. Karamanis, R. Dolfini, Ralf Plag, J. Salgado, W.I. Furman, M. Kerveno, L. Tavora, C. A. Papachristodoulou, A. Poch, M. C. Vicente, E. Kossionides, J. Pancin, P. Rullhusen, N. Colonna, Thomas Rauscher, S. Isaev, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Javier Praena, M. Dahlfors, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, D. Karadimos, P. Vaz, C. Eleftheriadis, I. Duran, I. Savvidis, Rene Reifarth, D. Cano-Ott, E. Gonzalez-Romero, G. Aerts, Y. Kadi, Aaron Couture, P. Pavlopoulos, A. Mengoni, H. Álvarez, S. David, H. Frais-Koelbl, J. L. Tain, V. Ketlerov, C. Lampoudis, G. Tagliente, A. Plukis, A. Pavlik, Manuel Lozano, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, L. Ferrant, Martin Heil, J. M. Quesada, J. Marganiec, R. C. Haight, C. T. Papadopoulos, S. Andriamonje, L. Tassan-Got, C. Paradela, L. Sarchiapone, M. Meaze, R. Vlastou, E. Jericha, C. Rubbia, T. Martiez, C. Pretel, E. Berthoumieux, E. Chiaveri, M. Rosetti, P. F. Mastinu, Isabel S. Gonçalves, L. Audouin, S. Marrone, P. E. Koehler, E. Mendoza, Michael Wiescher, K. Fujii, M. Krtička, B. Haas, D. Villamarin, R. Ferreira-Marques, Marco T. Pigni, Anthony Ferrari, L. Marques, E. Griesmayer, Fabio Belloni, L. Perrot, F. Käppeler, V. Chepel, G. Rudolf, P. Baumann, W. Dridi, Masayuki Igashira, A. Ventura, K. Wisshak, Isabel Lopes, Corrie S. Moreau, A. J. M. Plompen, H. Wendler, S. Lukic, James L. Cox, F. Calviño, F. Voss, H. Leeb, F. Becvar, Vasilis Vlachoudis, F. Gramegna, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, G. Cortes, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, G. Vannini, M. Oshima, J. Andrzejewski, V. Konovalov, A. Lindote, P. Cennini, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, Guerrero C., Alvarez-Velarde F., Cano-Ott D., Martiez T., Mendoza E., Villamarin D., Colonna N., H. Meaze M., Marrone S., Tagliente G., Terlizzi R., Belloni F., Abbondanno U., Fujii K., M. Milazzo P., Moreau C., Aerts G., Berthoumieux E., Dridi W., Gunsing F., Pancin J., Perrot L., Plukis A., Alvarez H., Duran I., Paradela C., Andriamonje S., Calviani M., Chiaveri E., Gonzalez-Romero E., Kadi Y., C. Vicente M., Vlachoudis V., Andrzejewski J., Marganiec J., Assimakopoulos P., Karadimos D., Karamanis D., Papachristodoulou C., Patronis N., Audouin L., David S., Ferrant L., Isaev S., Stephan C., Tassan-Got L., Badurek G., Jericha E., Leeb H., Oberhummer H., T. Pigni M., Baumann P., Kerveno M., Lukic S., Rudolf G., Becvar F., Krticka M., Calvino F., Capote R., Carrillo De Albornoz A., Marques L., Salgado J., Tavora L., Vaz P., Cennini P., Dahlfors M., Ferrari A., Gramegna F., Herrera-Martinez A., Mastinu P., Praena J., Sarchiapone L., Wendler H., Chepel V., Ferreira-Marques R., Goncalves I., Lindote A., Lopes I., Neves F., Cortes G., Poch A., Pretel C., Couture A., Cox J., Obrien S., Wiescher M., Dillman I., Kappeler F., Mosconi M., Plag R., Voss F., Walter S., Wisshak K., Dolfini R., Rubbia C., Domingo-Pardo C., L. Tain J., Eleftheriadis C., Savvidis I., Frais-Koelbl H., Griesmayer E., Furman W., Konovalov V., Goverdovski A., Ketlerov V., Haas B., Haight R., Reifarth R., Heil M., Igashira M., Koehler P., Kossionides E., Lampoudis C., Lozano M., Quesada J., Massimi C., Vannini G., Mengoni A., Oshima M., Papadopoulos C., Vlastou R., Pavlik A., Pavlopoulos P., Plompen A., Rullhusen P., Rauscher T., Rosetti M., Ventura A., Département d'Electronique, des Détecteurs et d'Informatique pour la Physique (ex SEDI) (DEDIP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-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), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Work (thermodynamics), Photon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, General Physics and Astronomy, radiative capture cross section, Actinide, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], NEUTRON INDUCED REACTIONS, Electromagnetisme, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Electromagnetism, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, Photon Strength Function, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Nuclear Experiment, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: The decay from excited levels in medium and heavy nuclei can be described in a statistical approach by means of Photon Strength Functions and Level Density distributions. The study of electromagnetic cascades following neutron capture based on the use of high e ciency detectors has been shown to be well suited for probing the properties of the Photon Strength Function of heavy (high level density) and/or radioactive (high background) nuclei. In this work we have investigated for the rst time the validity of the recommended PSF of actinides, in particular 235U, 238Np and 241Pu. Our study includes the search for resonance structures in the PSF below Sn and draws conclusions regarding their existence and their characteristics in terms of energy, width and electromagnetic nature.
Published: 2011
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23. Neutron-induced fission cross section ofU234andNp237measured at the CERN Neutron Time-of-Flight (n_TOF) facility

Author: J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, V. Chepel, P. Baumann, C. Moreau, L. Perrot, B. Berthier, C. Carrapiço, G. Aerts, M. Dahlfors, L. Tavora, W.I. Furman, P. Vaz, Michael Heil, C. Le Naour, E. Gonzalez-Romero, E. Kossionides, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, Javier Praena, M. Embid-Segura, A. Lindote, C. A. Papachristodoulou, S. David, D. Karamanis, Manuel Lozano, P. E. Koehler, W. Dridi, A. Plukis, L. Ferrant, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, P. Rullhusen, G. Tagliente, S. Walter, C. Domingo-Pardo, C. Santos, Ralf Plag, Marco Calviani, F. Gramegna, S. Marrone, F. Bečvář, P. Cennini, H. Álvarez, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, I. Savvidis, J. L. Tain, Iris Dillmann, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, E. Jericha, M. Mosconi, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Heinz Oberhummer, R. Vlastou, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, J. Salgado, M. Kerveno, Gerald Badurek, C. Papadopoulos, C. Stephan, R. C. Haight, A. Poch, I. Goncalves, K. Fujii, M. C. Vincente, R. Terlizzi, Thomas Rauscher, P. F. Mastinu, P. Assimakopoulos, D. Karadimos, S. O'Brien, I. Duran, L. Audouin, Rene Reifarth, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, S. Isaev, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, T. Martinez, P. Pavlopoulos, Alberto Mengoni, L. Sarchiapone, J. M. Quesada, Michael Wiescher, F. Käppeler, J. Cox, M. Igashira, E. Berthoumieux, Laurent Tassan-Got, C. Eleftheriadis, C. Pretel, Yacine Kadi, D. Villamarin, Marco T. Pigni, F. Voss, Nicola Colonna, H. Leeb, A. J. M. Plompen, C. Paradela, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, S. Lukic, B. Haas, G. Vannini, F. Gunsing, P. M. Milazzo, D. Trubert, Cristian Massimi, M. Oshima, J. Andrzejewski, Carlo Rubbia, G. Cortes, D. Tarrío, V. Vlachoudis, Roberto Capote, F. Neves, and K. Wisshak
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Isotopes of uranium, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Hadron, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Time of flight, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleon
Abstract: A high-resolution measurement of the neutron-induced fission cross section of U234 and Np237 has been performed at the CERN Neutron Time-of-Flight facility. The cross sections have been determined in a wide energy range from 1 eV to 1 GeV using the evaluated U235 cross section as reference. In these measurements the energy determination for the U234 resonances could be improved, whereas previous discrepancies for the Np237 resonances were confirmed. New cross-section data are provided for high neutron energies that go beyond the limits of prior evaluations, obtaining important differences in the case of Np237. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
Published: 2010
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24. Neutron physics of the Re/Os clock. III. Resonance analyses and stellar (n,γ) cross sections ofOs186,187,188

Author: D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, V. Chepel, M. Kerveno, G. Rudolf, D. Villamarin, F. Gramegna, B. Haas, L. Tavora, M. Dahlfors, P. Pavlopoulos, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, P. Vaz, P. Baumann, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Marco Calviani, A. Lindote, J. Salgado, A. Poch, F. Bečvář, P. Rullhusen, W. Dridi, M. Oshima, A. Plukis, M. Embid-Segura, G. Cortes, F. Gunsing, Aaron Couture, Rene Reifarth, Sara Bisterzo, K. Fujii, J. Andrzejewski, L. Ferrant, J. Marganiec, M. C. Vincente, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, E. Chiaveri, G. Aerts, Cristian Massimi, C. Eleftheriadis, L. Fitzpatrick, A. Pavlik, P. F. Mastinu, Gerald Badurek, Arnaud Ferrari, P. Cennini, Fabio Belloni, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. C. Haight, Christoph A. Stephan, R. Dolfini, C. T. Papadopoulos, S. Lukic, C. Paradela, Roberto Capote, M. Mosconi, L. Sarchiapone, L. Audouin, Thomas Rauscher, A. Ventura, P.A. Assimakopoulos, S. O'Brien, C. Rubbia, J. Pancin, V. Konovalov, R. Terlizzi, E. Griesmayer, M. Krtička, G. Vannini, H. Leeb, C. Pretel, Manuel Lozano, Isabel S. Gonçalves, F. Calviño, Y. Kadi, Michael Wiescher, F. Voss, H. Frais-Koelbl, D. Karadimos, L. Marques, S. Marrone, S. David, G. Tagliente, E. Jericha, R. Ferreira-Marques, Nicola Colonna, K. Wisshak, Vasilis Vlachoudis, H. Alvarez-Pol, S. Isaev, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, P. E. Koehler, H. Wendler, L. Perrot, F. Käppeler, M. Rosetti, I. Duran, I. Savvidis, A. Mengoni, V. Ketlerov, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, W.I. Furman, C. A. Papachristodoulou, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, F. Neves, Heinz Oberhummer, P. M. Milazzo, S. Walter, Ralf Plag, R. Gallino, Michael Heil, D. Cano-Ott, E. Kossionides, Corrie S. Moreau, Javier Praena, A. J. M. Plompen, I. Lopes, James L. Cox, and Masayuki Igashira
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resonance, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, 13. Climate action, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Nucleon, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stellar evolution
Abstract: Neutron resonance analyses have been performed for the capture cross sections of Os-186, Os-187, and Os-188 measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN. Resonance parameters have been extracted up to 5, 3, and 8 keV, respectively, using the SAMMY code for a full R-matrix fit of the capture yields. From these results average resonance parameters were derived by a statistical analysis to provide a comprehensive experimental basis for modeling of the stellar neutron capture rates of these isotopes in terms of the Hauser-Feshbach statistical model. Consistent calculations for the capture and inelastic reaction channels are crucial for the evaluation of stellar enhancement factors to correct the Maxwellian averaged cross sections obtained from experimental data for the effect of thermally populated excited states. These factors have been calculated for the full temperature range of current scenarios of s-process nucleosynthesis using the combined information of the experimental data in the region of resolved resonances and in the continuum. The consequences of this analysis for the s-process component of the Os-187 abundance and the related impact on the evaluation of the time duration of galactic nucleosynthesis via the Re/Os cosmochronometer are discussed.
Published: 2010
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25. TheZr92(n,γ) reaction and its implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

Author: D. Villamarin, J. Andrzejewski, Marco T. Pigni, Rene Reifarth, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, E. Jericha, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, I. Savvidis, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Tavora, J. M. Quesada, E. Kossionides, F. Bečvář, P. F. Mastinu, M. Calviani, J. Pancin, P. Rullhusen, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, Javier Praena, F. Gunsing, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. David, G. Tagliente, M. C. Vincente, M. Kerveno, Gerald Badurek, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, G. Cortes, L. Sarchiapone, Sara Bisterzo, C. Eleftheriadis, P. Cennini, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, P. M. Milazzo, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, J. Cox, R. Gallino, Yacine Kadi, Alberto Mengoni, T. Martinez, R. C. Haight, D. Karamanis, U. Abbondanno, Laurent Tassan-Got, Michael Heil, M. Mosconi, M. Igashira, L. Perrot, L. Audouin, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, J. Salgado, A. Poch, C. Santos, B. Haas, C. T. Papadopoulos, Michael Wiescher, R. Terlizzi, R. Vlastou, C. Pretel, E. Berthoumieux, E. Gonzalez-Romero, H. Leeb, A. Plukis, W. Dridi, F. Gramegna, Roberto Capote, Ralf Plag, I. Goncalves, S. Walter, I. Duran, F. Neves, Thomas Rauscher, K. Wisshak, C. Moreau, F. Käppeler, C. Carrapiço, S. Marrone, C. Massimi, G. Vannini, V. Chepel, C. Paradela, K. Fujii, S. Lukic, P. Baumann, H. Álvarez, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, D. Karadimos, H. Wendler, Fabio Belloni, F. Voss, Carlos Guerrero, Heinz Oberhummer, Nicola Colonna, W.I. Furman, A. Lindote, C. A. Papachristodoulou, A. J. M. Plompen, M. Rosetti, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, G. Aerts, I. Dillmann, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, M. Embid-Segura, and Manuel Lozano
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Stellar nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Isotopes of zirconium, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: Because the relatively small neutron capture cross sections of the zirconium isotopes are difficult to measure, the results of previous measurements are often not adequate for a number of problems in astrophysics and nuclear technology. Therefore, the Zr-92(n,gamma) cross section has been remeasured at the CERN n_TOF facility, providing a set of improved parameters for 44 resonances in the neutron energy range up to 40 keV. With this information the cross-section uncertainties in the keV region could be reduced to 5% as required for s-process nucleosynthesis studies and technological applications.
Published: 2010
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26. Au197(n,γ) cross section in the resonance region

Author: L. Tavora, S. David, A. Herrera-Martinez, P. Rullhusen, G. Tagliente, G. Aerts, Alberto Mengoni, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Igashira, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, Georgios Perdikakis, P. Vaz, Laurent Tassan-Got, E. Kossionides, F. Bečvář, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, A. J. M. Plompen, E. Mendoza, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, P. Cennini, A. Poch, Javier Praena, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, T. Martinez, L. Perrot, M. Mosconi, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, L. Ferrant, R. Terlizzi, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, V. Chepel, D. Cano-Ott, Carlos Guerrero, G. Vannini, I. Savvidis, C. Lederer, C. Massimi, Heinz Oberhummer, P. Baumann, R. Sarmento, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, F. Käppeler, M. Rosetti, P. E. Koehler, H. Leeb, F. Gramegna, Ralf Plag, G. Cortes, Michael Heil, F. Alvarez-Velarde, F. Voss, I. Duran, Manuel Lozano, Gerald Badurek, M. Calviani, L. Sarchiapone, C. Carrapiço, I. Goncalves, W.I. Furman, F. Gunsing, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, C. Moreau, Thomas Rauscher, F. Neves, A. Lindote, E. Jericha, D. Karadimos, K. Fujii, K. Wisshak, R. Vlastou, Nicola Colonna, Fabio Belloni, S. Walter, C. Pretel, B. Haas, C. Paradela, S. Lukic, U. Abbondanno, Rene Reifarth, P. Pavlopoulos, E. Berthoumieux, J. M. Quesada, J. Andrzejewski, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, R. C. Haight, P. M. Milazzo, L. Audouin, Michael Wiescher, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, C. Eleftheriadis, P. F. Mastinu, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Plukis, Yacine Kadi, C. T. Papadopoulos, D. Villamarin, Marco T. Pigni, W. Dridi, S. Galanopoulos, S. Marrone, M. Kerveno, H. Álvarez, and J. L. Tain
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resolution (electron density), Gamma ray, Resonance, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Spectral line, Neutron spectroscopy, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
Abstract: The (n,γ) cross section of Au197 has been measured at n-TOF in the resolved resonance region, up to 5keV, with the aim of improving the accuracy in an energy range where it is not yet considered standard. The measurements were performed with two different experimental setup and detection techniques, the total energy method based on C6D6 detectors, and the total absorption calorimetry based on a 4π BaF2 array. By comparing the data collected with the two techniques, two accurate sets of neutron-capture yields have been obtained, which could be the basis for a new evaluation leading to an extended cross-section standard. Overall good agreement is found between the n-TOF results and evaluated cross sections, with some significant exceptions for small resonances. A few resonances not included in the existing databases have also been observed. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
Published: 2010
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27. Neutron cross-sections for next generation reactors: New data from n_TOF

Author: C. Eleftheriadis, Carlos Guerrero, S. David, L. Tavora, G. Cortes, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, Heinz Oberhummer, G. Tagliente, Yacine Kadi, P. Rullhusen, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, L. Perrot, K. Wisshak, D. Villamarin, W.I. Furman, Masayuki Igashira, A. J. M. Plompen, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, V. Chepel, S. Walter, Ralf Plag, S. Lukic, Marco T. Pigni, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, F. Neves, C. A. Papachristodoulou, P. M. Milazzo, P. Cennini, M. Oshima, H. Wendler, Roberto Capote, E. Kossionides, P. Baumann, P.A. Assimakopoulos, J. Andrzejewski, James L. Cox, J. Salgado, G. Aerts, E. Chiaveri, Carlo Rubbia, P. F. Mastinu, D. Cano-Ott, V. Vlachoudis, M. Mosconi, F. Voss, A. Poch, L. Sarchiapone, I. Duran, F. Becvar, E. Griesmayer, H. Leeb, I. Dillman, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, R. Terlizzi, M. C. Vicente, Marco Calviani, V. Konovalov, F. Käppeler, Nicola Colonna, G. Vannini, Corrie S. Moreau, R. C. Haight, P. E. Koehler, D. Karamanis, E. Jericha, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, C. Paradela, F. Gunsing, L. Audouin, E. Gonzalez-Romero, R. Vlastou, Michael Wiescher, A. Plukis, Cristian Massimi, E. Berthoumieux, F. Gramegna, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, T. Martinez, A. Lindote, Rene Reifarth, I. Savvidis, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, L. Ferrant, A. Ventura, P. Pavlopoulos, C. Lampoudis, H. Álvarez, A. Pavlik, J. L. Tain, C. Domingo-Pardo, Martin Heil, H. Frais-Koelbl, Manuel Lozano, J. Pancin, B. Haas, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, Aaron Couture, C. T. Papadopoulos, W. Dridi, L. Marques, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, M. Kerveno, K. Fujii, Alberto Mengoni, V. Ketlerov, C. Pretel, M. Rosetti, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, 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), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), TOF, N. Colonna, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, B. Berthier, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant,†, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, V. Ketlerov, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, 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 Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Fission, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Sensitivity and Specificity, Nuclear physics, Data acquisition, Neutron flux, Nuclear Reactors, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Neutrons, Radiation, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Reproducibility of Results, Equipment Design, Neutron Capture Therapy, NUCLEAR FISSION, Equipment Failure Analysis, 13. Climate action, Nuclear fission, Spallation Neutron Source
Abstract: 7th International Topical Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Application. Czech Tech univ, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC. JUN 22-27, 2008, In 2002, an innovative neutron time-of-flight facility started operation at CERN: n_TOF. The main characteristics that make the new facility unique are the high instantaneous neutron flux, high resolution and wide energy range. Combined with state-of-the-art detectors and data acquisition system, these features have allowed to collect high accuracy neutron cross-section data on a variety of isotopes, many of which radioactive, of interest for Nuclear Astrophysics and for applications to advanced reactor technologies. A review of the most important results on capture and fission reactions obtained so far at n_TOF is presented, together with plans for new measurements related to nuclear industry.
Published: 2010
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28. High-accuracyU233(n,f)cross-section measurement at the white-neutron source n_TOF from near-thermal to1MeV neutron energy

Author: B. Berthier, G. Aerts, Michael Heil, A. Lindote, S. David, F. Neves, C. Pretel, G. Tagliente, P. M. Milazzo, C. Santos, K. Fujii, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Fabio Belloni, Arnaud Ferrari, F. Bečvář, L. Perrot, L. Ferrant, M. Dahlfors, P. Cennini, C. Eleftheriadis, Alberto Mengoni, P. Vaz, M. Embid-Segura, E. Kossionides, V. Chepel, G. Vannini, J. Pancin, E. Jericha, G. Rudolf, Thomas Rauscher, Javier Praena, M. Kerveno, J. Salgado, D. Villamarin, P. Baumann, Rene Reifarth, Aaron Couture, D. Karadimos, A. Poch, M. Mosconi, Y. Kadi, Marco T. Pigni, A. J. M. Plompen, Manuel Lozano, D. Cano-Ott, S. O'Brien, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, G. Cortes, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Terlizzi, V. Ketlerov, J. M. Quesada, Roberto Capote, Gerald Badurek, P.A. Assimakopoulos, L. Tassan-Got, Marco Calviani, L. Tavora, P. E. Koehler, Masayuki Igashira, M. Rosetti, B. Haas, P. Pavlopoulos, P. Rullhusen, I. Savvidis, I. Lopes, E. Gonzalez-Romero, L. Sarchiapone, W. Dridi, H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, A. Ventura, C. T. Papadopoulos, M. C. Vincente, I. Duran, A. Plukis, C. Rubbia, Christoph A. Stephan, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, F. Käppeler, James L. Cox, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, Carlos Guerrero, E. Chiaveri, U. Abbondanno, P. F. Mastinu, Heinz Oberhummer, R. C. Haight, C. Paradela, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, L. Audouin, Corrie S. Moreau, Michael Wiescher, C. Carrapiço, W.I. Furman, C. A. Papachristodoulou, S. Walter, Ralf Plag, S. Lukic, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, F. Voss, Nicola Colonna, Vasilis Vlachoudis, F. Gramegna, K. Wisshak, J. Andrzejewski, V. Konovalov, and H. Leeb
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Neutron radiation, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, Uranium-235, Neutron source, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract: The U-233(n, f) cross section has been measured at the white neutron source n_TOF in a wide energy range with a dedicated fission ionization chamber. We report here the results from similar to 30 meV to 1 MeV neutron energy. The U-233(n, f) cross section has been determined relative to a reference sample of U-235(n, f) measured simultaneously with the same detector. The very high instantaneous neutron flux and the intrinsically low background of the n_TOF installation result in an accuracy around 3 range, while the energy resolution of the neutron beam allows for an accurate description of the fission cross section by means of R-matrix analysis over a wide energy range. The results are, in general, in good agreement with the most recent high-accuracy measurement of this fission cross section, over the more limited range of the previous measurements, and indicated that even the latest evaluations underestimate the cross section in the epithermal region. The present high-quality data provide the basis for a more precise evaluation of the U-233 fission cross section and for improving the reliability of databases needed for the design of new energy systems based on the Th/U cycle.
Published: 2009
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29. The n_TOF Total Absorption Calorimeter for neutron capture measurements at CERN

Author: F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, S. David, G. Tagliente, R. C. Haight, J. Salgado, A. Poch, L. Tavora, A. J. M. Plompen, Rene Reifarth, S. Walter, P. M. Milazzo, L. Audouin, G. Vannini, A. Herrera-Martinez, C. Paradela, S. Lukic, A. Pavlik, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, Michael Wiescher, F. Käppeler, C. T. Papadopoulos, P. Pavlopoulos, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, P. Rullhusen, P. E. Koehler, D. Villamarin, Ralf Plag, Michael Heil, J. M. Quesada, Marco T. Pigni, I. Savvidis, J. Andrzejewski, N. Patronis, P. Cennini, Carlo Rubbia, B. Haas, P. F. Mastinu, V. Vlachoudis, F. Alvarez-Velarde, F. Gramegna, Iris Dillmann, S. Marrone, G. Cortes, C. Santos, M. Mosconi, C. Carrapiço, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, Manuel Lozano, F. Bečvář, W. Dridi, R. Terlizzi, E. Mendoza, F. Voss, C. Eleftheriadis, C. Lampoudis, E. Berthoumieux, T. Martinez, Roberto Capote, Yacine Kadi, P.A. Assimakopoulos, H. Álvarez, Nicola Colonna, M. Krtička, F. Neves, E. Jericha, F. Calviño, J. L. Tain, Carlos Guerrero, Alfredo Ferrari, M. Dahlfors, R. Ferreira-Marques, U. Abbondanno, P. Vaz, Heinz Oberhummer, M. Kerveno, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, E. Gonzalez-Romero, W.I. Furman, A. Plukis, Alberto Mengoni, J. Pancin, J. Cox, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, Laurent Tassan-Got, A. Lindote, C. A. Papachristodoulou, L. Ferrant, M. C. Vicente, G. Aerts, K. Wisshak, C. Pretel, H. Leeb, K. Fujii, E. Kossionides, Javier Praena, I. Goncalves, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, L. Sarchiapone, R. Vlastou, Marco Calviani, V. Chepel, Masayuki Igashira, I. Duran, P. Baumann, L. Perrot, C. Moreau, Gerald Badurek, C. Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapico, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, F. Gramegna, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Kappeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionide, M. Krticka, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P.M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, M.T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santo, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M.C. Vicente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PôLE UNIVERSITAIRE LéONARD DE VINCI), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), and nTOF
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear transmutation, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, GAMMA RAY CALORIMETER, neutron cross-sections, Total Absorption, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], time-of-flight, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Stellar nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), total absorption, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, isotopes, cross-section measurements, Physics, Time-of-Flight, detector, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, baf2 detector, transmutation, BaF2 detector, Calorimeter, Time of flight, Neutron capture, stomatognathic diseases, n_tof, beam, of-flight facility, NEUTRON CAPTURE, neutron capture, Neutron cross-sections
Abstract: The n_TOF Collaboration has built and commissioned a high-performance detector for (n, gamma) measurements called the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). The TAC was especially designed for measuring neutron capture cross-sections of low-mass and/or radioactive samples with the accuracy required for nuclear technology and stellar nucleosynthesis. We present a detailed description of the TAC and discuss its overall performance in terms of energy and time resolution, background discrimination, detection efficiency and neutron sensitivity. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Published: 2009
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30. Experimental study of theZr91(n,γ) reaction up to 26 keV

Author: D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, B. Haas, E. Jericha, J. Marganiec, G. Cortes, S. Andriamonje, I. Duran, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Arnaud Ferrari, C. Eleftheriadis, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, G. Aerts, S. Lukic, Alberto Mengoni, C. T. Papadopoulos, W. Dridi, A. Pavlik, M. C. Vincente, Thomas Rauscher, K. Fujii, P. F. Mastinu, L. Sarchiapone, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, C. Domingo-Pardo, D. Karadimos, Christoph A. Stephan, C. Rubbia, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, R. C. Haight, K. Wisshak, L. Tavora, A. Ventura, C. Paradela, L. Ferrant, F. Voss, A. Lindote, P. Rullhusen, G. Vannini, L. Audouin, Nicola Colonna, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, J. Pancin, M. Kerveno, Michael Wiescher, C. Carrapiço, Fabio Belloni, S. David, Vasilis Vlachoudis, D. Villamarin, F. Gunsing, Rene Reifarth, M. Dahlfors, G. Tagliente, Y. Kadi, Marco T. Pigni, F. Gramegna, P. E. Koehler, P. Cennini, P. Vaz, Cristian Massimi, J. Praena-Rodriguez, I. Savvidis, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Carlos Guerrero, Aaron Couture, U. Abbondanno, J. Salgado, A. Poch, A. Plukis, M. Mosconi, Marco Calviani, L. Perrot, F. Bečvář, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, R. Vlastou, Heinz Oberhummer, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, E. Berthoumieux, S. O'Brien, V. Chepel, Gerald Badurek, E. Kossionides, R. Terlizzi, M. Krtička, P. Baumann, S. Walter, C. Santos, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, F. Käppeler, P. Pavlopoulos, Ralf Plag, C. Pretel, W.I. Furman, C. A. Papachristodoulou, Masayuki Igashira, Michael Heil, M. Embid-Segura, Manuel Lozano, A. J. M. Plompen, D. Cano-Ott, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, James L. Cox, J. Andrzejewski, and Corrie S. Moreau
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma ray, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: The neutron capture cross sections of the Zr isotopes are relevant to studies in nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics, and nuclear technology. The valence neutron of {sup 91}Zr with respect to the neutron magic nucleus {sup 90}Zr has interesting implications for the statistical analysis in the proximity of shell closures. In stellar nucleosynthesis, the Zr isotopes are important for the s-process reaction flow between the Fe seeds and the heavier isotopes. Because of its relatively small (n,{gamma}) cross sections, Zr represents also an interesting structural material for nuclear reactors. For the same reason, these cross sections are difficult to measure and reliable data are sparse. Therefore, the (n,{gamma}) cross sections of the Zr isotopes have been remeasured at the CERN n{sub T}OF facility. Thanks to its high instantaneous flux, good energy resolution, and low background, this facility is particularly suited for the determination of small, resonance-dominated cross sections. In this work, results for the {sup 91}Zr(n,{gamma}){sup 92}Zr reaction are reported in the neutron energy range from thermal to 26 keV. In this region, accurate data of 157 resonances could be obtained, 33 of these resonances are not present in the main databases and/or were observed for the first time.
Published: 2008
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31. Neutron capture cross section ofZr90: Bottleneck in thes-process reaction flow

Author: L. Ferrant, W.I. Furman, Corrie S. Moreau, I. Duran, L. Tavora, C. A. Papachristodoulou, J. Pancin, J. Salgado, K. Fujii, A. Poch, G. Cortes, G. Aerts, P. Rullhusen, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, A. J. M. Plompen, Heinz Oberhummer, S. Walter, V. Chepel, G. Rudolf, Ralf Plag, C. Carrapiço, F. Voss, I. Lopes, Sara Bisterzo, F. Becvar, M. C. Vincente, Y. Kadi, H. Leeb, M. Embid-Segura, P. Baumann, E. Kossionides, Roberto Capote, Christoph A. Stephan, C. Santos, S. David, C. Eleftheriadis, P.A. Assimakopoulos, P. Cennini, James L. Cox, F. Neves, J. Andrzejewski, P. M. Milazzo, A. Pavlik, G. Tagliente, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Javier Praena, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Dillman, Manuel Lozano, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Arnaud Ferrari, M. Mosconi, Thomas Rauscher, K. Wisshak, E. Jericha, Marco Calviani, D. Karamanis, S. O'Brien, L. Perrot, C. Pretel, A. Lindote, S. Lukic, R. Terlizzi, D. Karadimos, P. E. Koehler, H. Wendler, P. Pavlopoulos, F. Alvarez-Velarde, F. Gunsing, Gerald Badurek, M. Dahlfors, A. Mengoni, L. Sarchiapone, F. Gramegna, Cristian Massimi, P. Vaz, R. Vlastou, Aaron Couture, D. Cano-Ott, E. Berthoumieux, R. Gallino, Michael Heil, I. Savvidis, Masayuki Igashira, F. Kaeppeler, B. Haas, W. Dridi, Rene Reifarth, N. Colonna, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Ventura, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Plukis, D. Villamarin, Marco T. Pigni, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, R. C. Haight, C. Paradela, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, E. Chiaveri, L. Audouin, P. F. Mastinu, Michael Wiescher, H. Álvarez, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, M. Kerveno, C. T. Papadopoulos, C. Rubbia, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, and G. Vannini
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron source, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spallation Neutron Source
Abstract: The neutron capture cross sections of the Zr isotopes have important implications in nuclear astrophysics and for reactor design. The small cross section of the neutron magic nucleus Zr-90, which accounts for more than 50 for the stellar s-process, because it acts as a bottleneck in the neutron capture chain between the Fe seed and the heavier isotopes. The same element, Zr, also is an important component of the structural materials used in traditional and advanced nuclear reactors. The (n, gamma) cross section has been measured at CERN, using the n_TOF spallation neutron source. In total, 45 resonances could be resolved in the neutron energy range below 70 keV, 10 being observed for the first time thanks to the high resolution and low backgrounds at n_TOF. On average, the Gamma(gamma) widths obtained in resonance analyses with the R-matrix code SAMMY were 15 these results, the accuracy of the Maxwellian averaged cross section for s-process calculations has been improved by more than a factor of 2.
Published: 2008
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32. Measurement of the radiative neutron capture cross section ofPb206and its astrophysical implications

Author: I. Duran, E. Jericha, P. E. Koehler, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, C. Pretel, G. Cortes, A. J. M. Plompen, L. Tavora, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, F. Bečvář, S. David, M. Oshima, E. Kossionides, J. Andrzejewski, G. Aerts, F. Neves, G. Tagliente, V. Chepel, Carlos Guerrero, Carlo Rubbia, P. Rullhusen, Heinz Oberhummer, P. Baumann, V. Vlachoudis, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, C. Paradela, S. Lukic, V. Konovalov, C. Massimi, F. Käppeler, M. C. Vincente, C. Moreau, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, Ralf Plag, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, P. F. Mastinu, P. M. Milazzo, A. Pavlik, Gerald Badurek, K. Wisshak, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dolfini, W.I. Furman, F. Voss, E. Gonzalez-Romero, J. Salgado, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Lindote, Nicola Colonna, A. Plukis, A. Poch, H. Wendler, M. Embid-Segura, Yacine Kadi, U. Abbondanno, M. Dahlfors, Sara Bisterzo, F. Gunsing, L. Perrot, Manuel Lozano, S. Walter, P. Vaz, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, M. Krtička, Alberto Mengoni, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, M. Igashira, B. Haas, P. Cennini, E. Berthoumieux, C. Carrapiço, R. C. Haight, M. Mosconi, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, R. Gallino, L. Audouin, Rene Reifarth, E. Griesmayer, I. Savvidis, R. Terlizzi, Michael Heil, Michael Wiescher, P. Pavlopoulos, D. Villamarin, J. M. Quesada, D. Karamanis, M. Rosetti, M. Calviani, V. Ketlerov, C. Papachristodoulou, I. Goncalves, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, F. Gramegna, L. Sarchiapone, I. Dillman, R. Vlastou, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, C. T. Papadopoulos, W. Dridi, M. Isaev, S. Marrone, J. Cox, Laurent Tassan-Got, H. Álvarez, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, L. Ferrant, L. Fitzpatrick, M. Kerveno, and G. Vannini
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Monte Carlo method, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Uranium-238, 13. Climate action, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Radiative transfer, Neutron, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Radioactive decay
Abstract: The (n,γ) cross section of Pb206 has been measured at the CERN n_TOF facility with high resolution in the energy range from 1 eV to 620 keV by using two optimized C6D6 detectors. In the investigated energy interval about 130 resonances could be observed, from which 61 had enough statistics to be reliably analyzed via the R-matrix analysis code SAMMY. Experimental uncertainties were minimized, in particular with respect to (i) angular distribution effects of the prompt capture γ-rays, and to (ii) the TOF-dependent background due to sample-scattered neutrons. Other background components were addressed by background measurements with an enriched Pb208 sample. The effect of the lower energy cutoff in the pulse height spectra of the C6D6 detectors was carefully corrected via Monte Carlo simulations. Compared to previous Pb206 values, the Maxwellian averaged capture cross sections derived from these data are about 20% and 9% lower at thermal energies of 5 keV and 30 keV, respectively. These new results have a direct impact on the s-process abundance of Pb206, which represents an important test for the interpretation of the cosmic clock based on the decay of U238. © 2007 The American Physical Society.
Published: 2007
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33. TheLa139(n,γ) cross section: Key for the onset of thes-process

Author: M. Krtička, R. Gallino, B. Haas, M. Embid-Segura, C. T. Papadopoulos, F. Voss, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Rene Reifarth, P. Pavlopoulos, J. M. Quesada, W. Dridi, L. Ferrant, Manuel Lozano, I. Savvidis, Michael Heil, L. Fitzpatrick, Nicola Colonna, Alberto Mengoni, J. Salgado, M. Calviani, E. Gonzalez-Romero, S. Marrone, V. Ketlerov, L. Sarchiapone, A. Poch, M. Igashira, C. Papachristodoulou, M. Kerveno, A. Plukis, L. Tavora, S. Walter, G. Cortes, P. M. Milazzo, P. E. Koehler, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, R. Vlastou, G. Aerts, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, Gerald Badurek, Carlos Guerrero, P. Rullhusen, Heinz Oberhummer, E. Berthoumieux, R. Dolfini, H. Frais-Koelbl, J. Cox, P. F. Mastinu, S. David, M. C. Vincente, E. Kossionides, H. Álvarez, Laurent Tassan-Got, J. Andrzejewski, Marco Pignatari, P. Cennini, G. Tagliente, C. Massimi, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, C. Pretel, E. Griesmayer, L. Marques, C. Paradela, J. Pancin, Roberto Capote, W.I. Furman, Carlo Rubbia, S. Lukic, V. Vlachoudis, P.A. Assimakopoulos, A. J. M. Plompen, M. Mosconi, E. Chiaveri, S. Isaev, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, D. Cano-Ott, F. Käppeler, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, U. Abbondanno, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, K. Fujii, I. Duran, A. Lindote, F. Neves, R. Terlizzi, K. Wisshak, V. Konovalov, C. Moreau, G. Vannini, M. Dahlfors, H. Wendler, P. Vaz, F. Gunsing, F. Gramegna, Ralf Plag, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, L. Perrot, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, V. Chepel, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, P. Baumann, R. C. Haight, L. Audouin, Michael Wiescher, C. Eleftheriadis, Yacine Kadi, D. Villamarin, M. Rosetti, I. Goncalves, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, F. Bečvář, and E. Jericha
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resonance, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Cross section (geometry), Stars, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, MAGIC (telescope), Atomic physics, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: The nuclear resonance parameters and the capture cross section of the neutron magic isotope 139La have been measured relative to 197Au in the energy range of 0.6 eV to 9 keV at the neutron time-of-flight (n TOF) facility at CERN. We describe the experimental apparatus and the data analysis procedures, which concerned mainly the efficiency correction by means of the pulse height weighting function technique and the determination of different background components. We extracted the resonance parameters and the main nuclear quantities such as the resonance integral RI = 10.8 ± 1.0 b, the average γ widths for s and p waves γ l=0 = 50.7 ± 5.4 meV and γ l=1 = 33.6 ± 6.9 meV, the nuclear level densities D l=0 = 252 ± 22 eV and D l=1 < 250 eV, and the neutron strength functions S0 = (0.82 ± 0.05) × 10−4 and S1 = (0.55 ± 0.04) × 10−4. These results represent a significant improvement over previous data. The deduced Maxwellian-averaged capture cross sections are important for the interpretation of the most recent spectroscopic observations in low-metallicity stars.
Published: 2007
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34. Measurement of the neutron capture cross section of thes-only isotopePb204from 1 eV to 440 keV

Author: V. Chepel, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, L. Tavora, P. Baumann, P. M. Milazzo, E. Griesmayer, G. Aerts, I. Goncalves, P. Cennini, M. Mosconi, C. Paradela, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, R. Terlizzi, P. Rullhusen, Thomas Rauscher, Sara Bisterzo, S. Lukic, M. Embid-Segura, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, W.I. Furman, M. Oshima, J. Andrzejewski, R. Gallino, G. Vannini, L. Sarchiapone, D. Karadimos, K. Fujii, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, Alberto Mengoni, M. Dahlfors, A. Lindote, C. Carrapiço, Michael Heil, P. Vaz, D. Villamarin, F. Käppeler, S. David, M. Igashira, V. Konovalov, Alberto Ventura, Manuel Lozano, Aaron Couture, R. Vlastou, A. J. M. Plompen, F. Voss, E. Kossionides, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, M. Rosetti, C. Moreau, H. Frais-Koelbl, B. Haas, P. E. Koehler, Carlos Guerrero, Heinz Oberhummer, M. Kerveno, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, G. Tagliente, E. Berthoumieux, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, M. C. Vincente, L. Perrot, G. Cortes, C. Pretel, L. Ferrant, V. Ketlerov, I. Duran, C. Papachristodoulou, Ralf Plag, Nicola Colonna, F. Gramegna, H. Alvarez-Pol, J. Salgado, A. Poch, L. Fitzpatrick, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, P. F. Mastinu, I. Savvidis, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, F. Gunsing, F. Neves, C. Eleftheriadis, J. Cox, Laurent Tassan-Got, Rene Reifarth, Yacine Kadi, R. C. Haight, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Audouin, J. M. Quesada, Michael Wiescher, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, C. T. Papadopoulos, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Plukis, W. Dridi, E. Jericha, S. Marrone, K. Wisshak, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, H. Wendler, S. Walter, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, and F. Bečvář
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Monte Carlo method, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, r-process, Neutron, Atomic physics, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section of Pb204 has been measured at the CERN n_TOF installation with high resolution in the energy range from 1 eV to 440 keV. An R-matrix analysis of the resolved resonance region, between 1 eV and 100 keV, was carried out using the SAMMY code. In the interval between 100 keV and 440 keV we report the average capture cross section. The background in the entire neutron energy range was reliably determined from the measurement of a Pb208 sample. Other systematic effects in this measurement were investigated and precisely corrected by means of detailed Monte Carlo simulations. We obtain a Maxwellian average capture cross section for Pb204 at kT=30 keV of 79(3) mb, in agreement with previous experiments. However our cross section at kT=5 keV is about 35% larger than the values reported so far. The implications of the new cross section for the s-process abundance contributions in the Pb/Bi region are discussed. © 2007 The American Physical Society.
Published: 2007
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35. Status and outlook of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN

Author: F. Käppeler, C. Lampoudis, L. Marques, A. J. M. Plompen, H. Frais-Koelbl, A. Pavlik, I. Goncalves, F. Voss, E. Kossionides, I. Duran, P. Cennini, P.A. Assimakopoulos, S. Walter, C. T. Papadopoulos, A. Herrera-Martinez, Marco T. Pigni, N. Patronis, W. Furman, R. Vlastou, Thomas Rauscher, G. Vannini, E. Berthoumieux, P.M. Milazzo, P. Baumann, Nicola Colonna, S. Lukic, K. Fujii, M. Oshima, M. Dahlfors, D. Cano-Ott, F. Gunsing, P. Vaz, Carlo Rubbia, D. Karadimos, R. Ferreira-Marques, I. Dillman, Alberto Ventura, V. Ketlerov, I. Savvidis, V. Chepel, T. Martínez, V. Vlachoudis, R. Haight, D. Villamarin, G. Tagliente, C. Stephan, C. Pretel, P. E. Koehler, Cristian Massimi, J. Pancin, L. Sarchiapone, L. Perrot, I. Lopes, J. Cox, S. Marrone, C. A. Papachristodoulou, P. Mastinu, Manuel Lozano, E. Chiaveri, F. Neves, G. Cortes, H. Wendler, L. Ferrant, V.Y. Konovalov, H. Álvarez, M. Rosetti, J. Andrzejewski, G. Rudolf, K. Wisshak, Carlos Guerrero, F. Bečvář, E. González-Romero, R. Reifarth, R. Terlizzi, J. M. Quesada, A. Couture, M.C. Vincente, Heinz Oberhummer, E. Griesmayer, J. Marganiec, R. Capote, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, M. Mosconi, P. Rullhusen, S. David, A. Lindote, L. Audouin, A. Poch, B. Haas, P. Pavlopoulos, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Kerveno, Yacine Kadi, U. Abbondanno, W. Dridi, Alberto Mengoni, R. Plag, Alfredo Ferrari, H. Leeb, S. G. Isaev, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, C. Paradela, A. Plukis, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, E. Jericha, S. Andriamonje, J.L. Tain, M. Heil, F. Gramegna, M. Igashira, M. Wiescher, C. Domingo-Pardo, G. Aerts, S. O'Brien, A. Goverdovski, C. Moreau, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, D. Karamanis, J. Salgado, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, F. Gunsing, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillman, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P.M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, M.T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M.C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), 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), Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pole Universitaire Leonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), nTOF, and Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, SPALLATION, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear physics, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, NEUTRONS, Neutron time-of-flight scattering, 29.25, 28.20.−v, 24.30.−v, 98.80, Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron cross section, Neutron detection, Neutron, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Time-of-flight, Neutron temperature, Neutron capture, N_TOF, Neutron source, Física nuclear, TIME OF FLIGHT, Spallation
Abstract: 5 pages, 2 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 29.25; 28.20.−v; 24.30.−v; 98.80.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248784100221, Printed version published Aug 2007.-- Issue title: The Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry - Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on The Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (Fort Worth, TX, Aug 20-25, 2006)., The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN, fully operational since 2002, combines a high instantaneous neutron flux with high energy resolution. The wide energy range and the high neutron flux per time-of-flight burst result in a much enhanced signal to background ratio for neutron capture of radioactive isotopes and makes this facility well suited for the measurement of high quality neutron-induced reaction cross-sections., Neutrons are created by spallation reactions induced by a pulsed 20 GeV/c proton beam impinging on a lead target. A 5 cm water slab surrounding the lead target serves as a coolant and at the same time as a moderator of the spallation neutron spectrum, providing a wide energy spectrum from 0.1 eV to about 250 MeV., By the end of 2005, a first phase of data taking has been successfully terminated. Fission and capture experiments have been performed on a variety of isotopes of interest for nuclear astrophysics, advanced nuclear technologies and for basic nuclear physics., The instrumentation developed for this facility consists of parallel plate avalanche counter and fission ionization chamber detectors for the fission experiments and of low mass C6D6 detectors and a 4 pi BaF2 total absorption calorimeter for capture experiments. A new data acquisition system, based on sampling of the detector signals, has been developed to cope with the high count rates and to minimize the effective dead time to only a few tens of nanosecond., A second phase of data taking is planned to start in 2007, after an upgrade of the spallation target. On the longer term, the construction of a flight path at 20 in resulting in an increased neutron flux of about a factor of 100 opens new possibilities.
Published: 2007
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36. New measurement of neutron capture resonances inBi209

Author: S. David, A. Pavlik, G. Tagliente, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Oshima, W.I. Furman, J. Andrzejewski, M. Rosetti, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Carlo Rubbia, A. Lindote, A. Plukis, A. J. M. Plompen, V. Vlachoudis, P. E. Koehler, V. Chepel, M. Dahlfors, P. Baumann, L. Perrot, D. Karamanis, G. Vannini, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, M. C. Vincente, V. Konovalov, P. Vaz, L. Ferrant, F. Calviño, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, A. Goverdovski, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, L. Sarchiapone, P. Cennini, J. Salgado, F. Käppeler, L. Fitzpatrick, M. Embid-Segura, A. Poch, V. Ketlerov, Ralf Plag, C. Moreau, E. Jericha, G. Aerts, F. Gramegna, C. Papachristodoulou, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, I. Duran, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, R. Vlastou, J. Marganiec, Manuel Lozano, S. Andriamonje, F. Alvarez-Velarde, M. Mosconi, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortes, H. Leeb, C. T. Papadopoulos, Carlos Guerrero, D. Cano-Ott, H. Frais-Koelbl, Heinz Oberhummer, R. C. Haight, S. Isaev, I. Goncalves, Alberto Mengoni, Thomas Rauscher, I. Dillman, P. F. Mastinu, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, Roberto Capote, W. Dridi, P.A. Assimakopoulos, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, U. Abbondanno, P. M. Milazzo, F. Gunsing, F. Neves, D. Karadimos, E. Griesmayer, M. Igashira, R. Terlizzi, C. Pretel, S. Marrone, L. Audouin, R. Gallino, L. Tavora, C. Paradela, J. Cox, Michael Heil, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, E. Berthoumieux, K. Fujii, P. Rullhusen, Michael Wiescher, Laurent Tassan-Got, M. Kerveno, L. Marques, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, I. Savvidis, S. Lukic, S. Walter, C. Eleftheriadis, Yacine Kadi, D. Villamarin, K. Wisshak, H. Wendler, F. Voss, Nicola Colonna, H. Alvarez-Pol, Rene Reifarth, P. Pavlopoulos, J. M. Quesada, B. Haas, and F. Bečvář
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, 13. Climate action, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, r-process, Spallation, Neutron, Alpha decay, Nuclear Experiment, s-process, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section of Bi-209 has been measured at the CERN n_TOF facility by employing the pulse-height-weighting technique. Improvements over previous measurements are mainly because of an optimized detection system, which led to a practically negligible neutron sensitivity. Additional experimental sources of systematic error, such as the electronic threshold in the detectors, summing of gamma-rays, internal electron conversion, and the isomeric state in bismuth, have been taken into account. gamma-Ray absorption effects inside the sample have been corrected by employing a nonpolynomial weighting function. Because Bi-209 is the last stable isotope in the reaction path of the stellar s-process, the Maxwellian averaged capture cross section is important for the recycling of the reaction flow by alpha decays. In the relevant stellar range of thermal energies between kT=5 and 8 keV our new capture rate is about 16 presently accepted value used for nucleosynthesis calculations. At this low temperature an important part of the heavy Pb-Bi isotopes are supposed to be synthesized by the s-process in the He shells of low mass, thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars. With the improved set of cross sections we obtain an s-process fraction of 19 +/- 3 residual of 81 +/- 3 is also of relevance for the design of accelerator driven systems based on a liquid metal Pb/Bi spallation target.
Published: 2006
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37. Neutron capture cross section ofTh232measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN in the unresolved resonance region up to 1 MeV

Author: Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, F. Gramegna, L. Tavora, L. Sarchiapone, M. Oshima, J. Andrzejewski, P. Pavlopoulos, A. J. M. Plompen, G. Aerts, C. T. Papadopoulos, V. Chepel, M. C. Vincente, Christoph A. Stephan, Carlo Rubbia, M. Embid-Segura, V. Vlachoudis, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, E. Kossionides, S. David, Manuel Lozano, P. Baumann, G. Vannini, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, D. Villamarin, F. Käppeler, C. Pretel, S. Isaev, P. Rullhusen, Marco T. Pigni, J. Pancin, G. Taliente, James L. Cox, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, Alberto Mengoni, L. Ferrant, L. Fitzpatrick, E. Gonzalez-Romero, I. Duran, Corrie S. Moreau, S. Walter, A. Plukis, K. Wisshak, H. Frais-Koelbl, I. Savvidis, J. Salgado, I. Dillman, E. Jericha, P. Cennini, L. Marques, A. Poch, Masayuki Igashira, Michael Heil, M. Krtička, K. Fujii, M. Mosconi, V. Ketlerov, H. Wendler, P. E. Koehler, L. Perrot, S. O'Brien, Ralf Plag, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, F. Gunsing, R. Ferreira-Marques, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Terlizzi, Yacine Kadi, E. Griesmayer, A. Lindote, R. C. Haight, D. Karamanis, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, M. Rosetti, L. Audouin, W.I. Furman, C. Eleftheriadis, D. Cano-Ott, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, C. A. Papachristodoulou, Michael Wiescher, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, Heinz Oberhummer, V. Konovalov, C. Paradela, S. Lukic, F. Voss, F. Becvar, Nicola Colonna, Rene Reifarth, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, B. Haas, W. Dridi, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, Isabel S. Gonçalves, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, A. Pavlik, S. Marrone, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Kerveno, H. Álvarez, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, and G. Cortes
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Neutron capture, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Isotopes of thorium
Abstract: We have measured the neutron capture reaction yield of Th-232 at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV. The average capture cross section has been extracted in the energy range from 4 keV up to 1 MeV with an overall accuracy better than 4 data. The average cross section has been expressed in terms of average resonance parameters using the partial waves l=0,1, and 2.
Published: 2006
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38. Measurement of theSm151(n,γ) cross section from 0.6 eV to 1 MeV via the neutron time-of-flight technique at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: J.C. Soares, J. Andrzejewski, L. Ferrant, Carlo Rubbia, A. Herrera-Martinez, V. Vlachoudis, P. E. Koehler, S. Isaev, J. Salgado, A. Poch, U. Abbondanno, B. Haas, P. Cennini, I. Goncalves, V. Chepel, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Alberto Mengoni, A. Molina-Coballes, V. Konovalov, Thomas Rauscher, M. Kritĉka, Yacine Kadi, J. Cox, Laurent Tassan-Got, M. Embid-Segura, A. Plukis, I. Duran-Escribano, E. Griesmayer, M. Kerveno, P. Baumann, R. C. Haight, M. Mosconi, D. Karadimos, F. Voss, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, Rene Reifarth, José M. Martínez-Val, G. Vannini, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, F. Bečvář, S. David, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, P. Pavlopoulos, J. M. Quesada, P. M. Milazzo, G. Tagliente, W. Rapp, A. Pavlik, José Manuel Perlado, G. Aerts, Heinz Oberhummer, Michael Wiescher, R. Terlizzi, A. J. M. Plompen, G. Rudolf, V. Ketlerov, Nicola Colonna, L. Perrot, Saed Dababneh, J. Marganiec, C. Domingo-Pardo, E. Berthomieux, W.I. Furman, H. Alvarez-Pol, Subramanian Raman, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, G. Cortes, L. Tavora, C. Pretel, Marco T. Pigni, Gerald Badurek, P. F. Mastinu, R. Dolfini, S. Marrone, A. Lindote, R. Gallino, P. Rullhusen, Marco Pignatari, M. Vincente-Vincente, Michael Heil, M. Rosetti, Roberto Capote, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, K. Fujii, C. Moreau, E. Jericha, F. Neves, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, H. Frais-Koelbl, T. Papaevangelou, J. Pancin, D. Villamarin-Fernandez, E. Chiaveri, C. Paradela, S. Lukic, K. Wisshak, D. Cano-Ott, H. Wendler, F. Gunsing, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, F. Gramegna, F. Käppeler, and M.I. Lopes
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, 13. Climate action, Neutron flux, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Nuclear astrophysics, Neutron, Spallation, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, s-process
Abstract: The Sm151(n,γ) cross section was measured with the time-of-flight technique from 0.6 eV up to 1 MeV relative to the Au standard with an overall uncertainty of typically 6%. Neutrons were produced by spallation at the innovative n_TOF facility at CERN; the γ rays from capture events were detected with organic C6D6 scintillators. Experimental setup and data analysis procedures are described with emphasis on the corrections for detection efficiency, background subtraction, and neutron flux determination. At low energies, resonances could be resolved up to about 1 keV, yielding a resonance integral of 3575±210 b, an average s-wave resonance spacing of D0 =1.49±0.07 eV, and a neutron strength function of S0 =(3.87±0.33) ×10-4. Maxwellian-averaged capture cross sections are reported for thermal energies between 5 and 100 keV. These results are of relevance for nuclear structure studies, nuclear astrophysics, and nuclear technology. The new value of the Maxwellian-averaged cross section at kT=30 keV is 3.08±0.15 b, considerably larger than previous theoretical estimates, and provides better constraints for the thermodynamic conditions during the occurrence of the slow neutron capture process in low-mass stars during their asymptotic giant branch phase. © 2006 The American Physical Society.
Published: 2006
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39. High-Resolution Study of 237Np Fission Cross Section from 5 eV to 1 MeV

Author: M. Embid-Segura, L. Perrot, V. Ketlerov, G. Vannini, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, R. Vlastou, E. Jericha, Gerald Badurek, K. Wisshak, R. Gallino, E. Berthoumieux, L. Audouin, F. Voss, Masayuki Igashira, F. Becvar, H. Álvarez, Matthias Heil, R. Dolfini, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, M. Kerveno, J. Pancin, M. Krtička, C. T. Papadopoulos, A. Mengoni, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, Rene Reifarth, C. Rubbia, R. Ferreira-Marques, P. Pavlopoulos, Isabel S. Gonçalves, L. Tavora, S. Marrone, G. Aerts, Arnaud Ferrari, Y. Kadi, Vasilis Vlachoudis, G. Cortes, V. Chepel, G. Rudolf, H. Wendler, R. C. Haight, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, A. J. M. Plompen, H. Frais-Koelbl, J. M. Quesada, P. E. Koehler, M. C. Vincente, N. Colonna, L. Tassan-Got, C. Paradela, E. Kossionides, P. Rullhusen, S. David, P. Baumann, C. Stephan, Heinz Oberhummer, Michael Wiescher, L. Marques, L. Ferrant, J. Marganiec, Roberto Capote, P. Vaz, P.A. Assimakopoulos, C. Pretel, F. Gunsing, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, L. Fitzpatrick, M. Sedysheva, D. Karamanis, S. Isaev, Isabel Lopes, P. Cennini, L. Sarchiapone, W.I. Furman, James L. Cox, S. Lukic, A. Lindote, G. Tagliente, Aaron Couture, F. Käppeler, A. Plukis, A. Ventura, E. Griesmayer, M. Mosconi, C. A. Papachristodoulou, A. Pavlik, D. Villamarin, D. Kolokolov, S. Andriamonje, M. Oshima, J. Andrzejewski, C. Domingo-Pardo, F. Gramegna, S. O'Brien, B. Haas, Corrie S. Moreau, R. Terlizzi, A. Dorochenko, D. Cano-Ott, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, I. Duran, V. Konovalov, J. Salgado, M. Rosetti, A. Poch, W. Dridi, F. Neves, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, P. M. Milazzo, K. Fujii, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, E. González-Romero, 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 Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), R.C. Haight, M.B. Chadwick, T. Kawano, P. Talou, nTOF, and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Isotopes of uranium, Nuclear transmutation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Uranium-235, Neutron cross section, 25.85.Ec, 27.90.+b, 25.40.Sc, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract: PACS; International audience; A series of measurements of 237Np fission cross section have been performed at the CERN spallation neutron facility n_TOF which covers a wide energy range from 1 eV up to 250 MeV. A fast ionization chamber (FIC) was used as a fission fragment detector with registration efficiency of not less than 97 %. Particular attention was paid to correct the fission cross section with use of 235U standard. Total experimental uncertainties are determined to be at the level of 3%. Analysis of the experimental data in the restricted neutron energy from 5 eV up to 1 MeV showed a systematic deviation from evaluated data (ENDF/B-VI). This discrepancy amounts to up to a factor 3 for resolved resonances in the neutron energy range of 5 eV - 2 KeV, and is in good agreement with some previous experiments. A similar disagreement at the level of 6-7% was found for higher energies around the threshold (En = 300 keV-1 MeV). This energy range is essential for the transmutation of neptunium in ADS or fast reactors. It is concluded that an updated evaluation of nuclear data for 237Np is required
Published: 2005
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40. Measurements at n_TOF of the neutron capture cross section of minor actinides relevant to the nuclear waste transmutation

Author: M. Oshima, J. Andrzejewski, M. Krtička, Alfredo Ferrari, F. Calviño, Carlo Rubbia, G. Aerts, V. Vlachoudis, Corrie S. Moreau, R. Ferreira-Marques, V. Chepel, G. Rudolf, S. Lukic, L. Tavora, K. Wisshak, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, V. Konovalov, J. Salgado, A. Poch, P. Baumann, P. Rullhusen, S. Andriamonje, G. Vannini, F. Voss, H. Wendler, Carlos Guerrero, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, Isabel Lopes, A. J. M. Plompen, E. Jericha, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, E. Griesmayer, Yacine Kadi, H. Leeb, R. C. Haight, N. Colonna, U. Abbondanno, Heinz Oberhummer, Alberto Mengoni, James L. Cox, R. Gallino, F. Gramegna, L. Perrot, C. Paradela, F. Bečvář, S. David, D. Karamanis, L. Audouin, T. Papaevangelou, G. Cortes, G. Tagliente, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, J. Pancin, A. Carillo de Albornoz, Michael Wiescher, Michael Heil, C. Stephan, F. Gunsing, Masayuki Igashira, D. Cano-Ott, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, A. Plukis, P. E. Koehler, Roberto Capote, H. Frais-Koelbl, W.I. Furman, P.A. Assimakopoulos, J. Marganiec, R. Vlastou, A. Goverdovski, I. Duran, Georgios Perdikakis, E. Kossionides, E. Berthoumieux, F. Alvarez-Velarde, M. C. Vincente, C. A. Papachristodoulou, L. Sarchiapone, Gerald Badurek, S. Isaev, R. Dolfini, P. Cennini, M. Mosconi, A. Lindote, S. O'Brien, R. Terlizzi, A. Ventura, P. Vaz, Aaron Couture, C. T. Papadopoulos, B. Haas, L. Ferrant, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Álvarez, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, M. Embid-Segura, D. Villamarin, M. Kerveno, W. Dridi, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, Rene Reifarth, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Marques, K. Fujii, M. Rosetti, C. Pretel, V. Ketlerov, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, E. González-Romero, F. Käppeler, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Commission 5th Framework Programme, 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 Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and nTOF
Subjects: Materials science, Nuclear transmutation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear engineering, Radioactive waste, chemistry.chemical_element, Americium, 25.40.Lw, 28.20.-v, 28.41.Kw, 27.90.+b, 28.41.Ak, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Calorimeter, Plutonium, chemistry, Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron, 010306 general physics
Abstract: Accurate and reliable neutron-capture cross-section data for actinides are necessary for the proper design, safety regulation, and precise performance assessment of transmutation devices such as Fast Critical Reactors or Accelerator Driven Systems. In particular, the neutron-capture cross sections of 237Np, 240Pu, and 243Am play a key role in the design and optimization of a strategy for the Nuclear Waste Transmutation. The listed cross sections have been measured in 2004 at n_TOF with a high accuracy due to a combination of features unique in the world: high instantaneous neutron fluence and excellent energy resolution of the n_TOF facility, innovative Data Acquisition System based on flash ADCs, and the use of a high-performance BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter as a detection device. European Commission 5th Framework Programme FIKW-CT-2000-00107
Published: 2005
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41. Neutron capture cross section measurements for nuclear astrophyisics at CERN n_TOF

Author: P. Cennini, W. Rapp, E. Griesmayer, J. Marganiec, G. Cortes, J. Salgado, V. Chepel, A. Poch, R. C. Haight, J. Andrzejewski, M. Mosconi, Carlo Rubbia, F. Gunsing, S. Andriamonje, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, A. Pavlik, M. Rosetti, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, P. Baumann, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, J. Cox, P. F. Mastinu, G. Aerts, Laurent Tassan-Got, J.C. Soares, C. Paradela, Michael Wiescher, H Frais-Kölbl, Marco Pignatari, R. Terlizzi, V. Konovalov, R. Gallino, D. Villamarin, I. Goncalves, M. Dahlfors, Roberto Capote, L. Ferrant, L. Tavora, S. Lukic, L. Perrot, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, Thomas Rauscher, F. Neves, P. Rullhusen, J. Pancin, S. Isaev, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, U. Abbondanno, Rene Reifarth, G. Vannini, Michael Heil, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, T. Papaevangelou, D. Karadimos, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, K. Wisshak, S. David, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, G. Tagliente, P. Pavlopoulos, Saed Dababneh, M. Embid-Segura, Yacine Kadi, J. M. Quesada, E. Jericha, A. Herrera-Martinez, P. E. Koehler, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, F. Voss, F. Käppeler, F. Becvar, G. Lorusso, E. Berthoumieux, Alberto Mengoni, B. Haas, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Nicola Colonna, C. Pretel, H. Alvarez-Pol, A. Plukis, V. Ketlerov, F. Gramegna, H. Wendler, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, A. Molina-Coballes, H. Leeb, A. J. M. Plompen, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, W.I. Furman, A. Lindote, M. Kerveno, José M. Martínez-Val, José Manuel Perlado, Heinz Oberhummer, S. Marrone, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, F. Alvarez-Velarde, H. Alvarez-Pol, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, J. Benlliure, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, D. Cortina, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. Dababneh, M. Dahlfor, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, H. Frais-Koelbl, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, R. Gallino, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdoski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, G. Lorusso, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, J. Martinez-Val, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P.M. Milazzo, A. Molina-Coballe, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, T. Papaevangelou, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, J.M. Perlado, L. Perrot, M. Pignatari, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, A. Policarpo, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, W. Rapp, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, J.C. Soare, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, F. Vo, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, 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 Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), L. Buchmann, M. Comyn, J. Thomson, and nTOF
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrofísica nuclear, Neutron cross sections, Proton, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Neutrons -- Seccions, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Nuclear astrophysics, Spallation, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Neutrons, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Radioactivity, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Física nuclear
Abstract: A series of neutron capture cross section measurements of interest to nuclear astrophysics have been recently performed at n_TOF, the neutron spallation source operating at CERN. The low repetition frequency of the proton beam driver, the extremely high instantaneous neutron flux, and the low background conditions in the experimental area are optimal for capture cross section measurements on low-mass or radioactive samples. An overview of the measurements performed during the two experimental campaigns in 2002 and 2003 is presented with special emphasis on the measurement of the capture cross sections of the Os isotopes relevant for the cosmochronology based on the Re/Os clock. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVB-4GFTP27-40/1/e75becb4002b5a2d671901c2aa851543
Published: 2005
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42. Measurements of the 90,91,92,94,96 Zr n, gamma cross-sections at n_TOF

Author: G. Cortes, Roberto Capote, P. Cennini, A. J. M. Plompen, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, C. Pretel, G. Vannini, M. Mosconi, P. Pavlopoulos, A. Pavlik, James L. Cox, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, C. Domingo-Pardo, S. David, R. Gallino, R. Terlizzi, G. Tagliente, F. Voss, J. Andrzejewski, Michael Heil, F. Käppeler, E. Griesmayer, V. Ketlerov, A. Molina-Coballes, L. Ferrant, L. Tavora, W. Rapp, Rene Reifarth, José M. Martínez-Val, J. Pancin, G. Aerts, J. Salgado, M. C. Vincente, A. Poch, A. Herrera-Martinez, Arnaud Ferrari, Nicola Colonna, P. Rullhusen, Corrie S. Moreau, L. Perrot, Alberto Mengoni, J.C. Soares, I. Duran, José Manuel Perlado, Heinz Oberhummer, Thomas Rauscher, Vasilis Vlachoudis, H. Alvarez-Pol, M. Dahlfors, J. M. Quesada, V. Chepel, L. Tassan-Got, V. Konovalov, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, P. Baumann, H. Frais-Koelbl, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, D. Cano-Ott, W.I. Furman, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, P. Vaz, Aaron Couture, S. Lukic, G. Lorusso, B. Haas, E. Gonzalez-Romero, E. Berthoumieux, P. E. Koehler, Enrico Chiaveri, M. Rosetti, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, F. Gramegna, A. Plukis, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, R. C. Haight, M. Kerveno, C. Paradela, M. Krtička, A. Ventura, Saed Dababneh, Michael Wiescher, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, D. Villamarin, P. F. Mastinu, Marco Pignatari, M. Embid-Segura, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, C. Rubbia, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, E. Jericha, K. Wisshak, H. Wendler, F. Gunsing, F. Neves, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, P. M. Milazzo, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Papaevangelou, F. Bečvář, A. Lindote, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, L. Buchmann, M. Comyn, J. Thomson, Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), nTOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, G. Tagliente, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, F. Alvarez-Velarde, H. Alvarez-Pol, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, J. Benlliure, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, D. Cortina, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. Dababneh, M. Dahlfor, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferrera-Marque, H. Frais-Koelbl, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, R. Gallino, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdoski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, G. Lorusso, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, J. Martinez-Val, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P.M. Milazzo, A. Molina-Coballe, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, T. Papaevangelou, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, J.M. Perlado, L. Perrot, M. Pignatari, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, A. Policarpo, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, W. Rapp, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, I.C. Soare, C. Stephan, J.L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M.C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, F. Vo, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Neutron cross sections, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Neutron scattering, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutrons -- Seccions, Neutron time-of-flight scattering, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutrons -- Mesurament, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Bonner sphere, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutrons--Measurement, Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography, Neutron temperature, Neutron capture, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics::Accelerator Physics
Abstract: Neutron capture cross sections of the 90,91,92,94,96Zr have been measured over the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV at the spallation neutron facility n TOF at CERN in 2003. The innovative features of the neutron beam, in particular the high instantaneous flux, the high energy resolution and low background, together with improvements of the neutron sensitivity of the capture detectors make this facility unique for neutron-induced reaction cross section measurements with much improved accuracy. The preliminary results of the Zr measurements show capture resonance strengths generally smaller than in previous measurements.
Published: 2005
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43. Neutron Capture Cross Section Measurement ofSm151at the CERN Neutron Time of Flight Facility (n_TOF)

Author: I. Goncalves, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, Thomas Rauscher, L. Tavora, M. Embid-Segura, D. Karadimos, Rene Reifarth, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, José M. Martínez-Val, F. Gramegna, P. Pavlopoulos, P. Rullhusen, J. Andrzejewski, M. Kerveno, F. Käppeler, M. Krtička, T. Papaevangelou, J. M. Quesada, Carlo Rubbia, A. Pavlik, José Manuel Perlado, L. Ferrant, Heinz Oberhummer, G. Cortes, C. Domingo-Pardo, V. Vlachoudis, Saed Dababneh, M. Rosetti, V. Konovalov, F. Voss, W.I. Furman, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, Nicola Colonna, E. Gonzalez-Romero, S. Marrone, H. Alvarez-Pol, A. Plukis, A. Lindote, Subramanian Raman, J. Pancin, R. Gallino, J. Cox, C. Paradela, G. Aerts, V. Ketlerov, J. Marganiec, E. Griesmayer, P. M. Milazzo, E. Chiaveri, Laurent Tassan-Got, S. Lukic, S. Andriamonje, D. Cano-Ott, Michael Heil, P. F. Mastinu, Marco Pignatari, Roberto Capote, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, W. Rapp, H. Frais-Koelbl, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, C. Pretel, F. Neves, E. Jericha, I. Duran, D. Villamarin, P. E. Koehler, E. Berthoumieux, A. Herrera-Martinez, R. C. Haight, Alberto Mengoni, A. Molina-Coballes, G. Vannini, F. Bečvář, L. Perrot, S. David, G. Tagliente, V. Chepel, J. Salgado, A. Poch, P. Baumann, Michael Wiescher, Yacine Kadi, C. Moreau, M. C. Vincente, J.C. Soares, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, F. Gunsing, A. J. M. Plompen, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, P. Cennini, K. Wisshak, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, R. Dolfini, M. Mosconi, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, R. Terlizzi, H. Wendler, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, and B. Haas
Subjects: Physics, Luminosity (scattering theory), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Time of flight, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Spallation, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, s-process
Abstract: The Sm-151(n,gamma)Sm-152 cross section has been measured at the spallation neutron facility n_TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV. The new facility combines excellent resolution in neutron time-of-flight, low repetition rates, and an unsurpassed instantaneous luminosity, resulting in rather favorable signal/background ratios. The Sm-151 cross section is of importance for characterizing neutron capture nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars. At a thermal energy of kT=30 keV the Maxwellian averaged cross section of this unstable isotope (t(1/2)=93 yr) was determined to be 3100+/-160 mb, significantly larger than theoretical predictions.
Published: 2004
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44. Measurement of the neutron-induced fission cross-section of 241Am at the time-of-flight facility n_TOF

Author: S. David, G. Tagliente, P. E. Koehler, G. Cortes, D. Tarrío, A. J. M. Plompen, A. Goverdovski, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Manuel Lozano, M. Krtička, J. Salgado, F. Calviño, A. Poch, E. Kossionides, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, Marco T. Pigni, I. Dillmann, Roberto Capote, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, L. Tavora, M. Kerveno, Gerald Badurek, J. Marganiec, Javier Praena, S. Andriamonje, C. Carrapiço, M. Embid-Segura, James L. Cox, E. Gonzalez-Romero, E. Chiaveri, G. Aerts, P. F. Mastinu, G. Vannini, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, Mario Barbagallo, Corrie S. Moreau, H. Leeb, E. Jericha, F. Belloni, L. Sarchiapone, Alberto Ventura, Rene Reifarth, Aaron Couture, K. Wisshak, K. Fujii, I. Duran, M. Meaze, A. Pavlik, Michael Heil, J. M. Quesada, P. Rullhusen, L. Tassan-Got, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, B. Haas, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Plukis, R. C. Haight, Arnaud Ferrari, S. Walter, Thomas Rauscher, C. Paradela, F. Gunsing, W.I. Furman, A. Lindote, Alberto Mengoni, C. Santos, W. Dridi, R. Vlastou, Cristian Massimi, Michael Wiescher, D. Karadimos, Masayuki Igashira, F. Neves, J. Andrzejewski, P. Pavlopoulos, P. Cennini, Y. Kadi, F. Bečvář, P. M. Milazzo, D. Karamanis, L. Perrot, C. T. Papadopoulos, F. Käppeler, M. Rosetti, F. Voss, Marco Calviani, M. Mosconi, D. Cano-Ott, V. Chepel, C. Pretel, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, D. Villamarin, P. Baumann, R. Terlizzi, C. Rubbia, L. Audouin, C. A. Papachristodoulou, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, H. Álvarez, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, Ralf Plag, Carlos Guerrero, Heinz Oberhummer, M. C. Vincente, U. Abbondanno, I. Savvidis, E. Berthoumieux, Nicola Colonna, Vasilis Vlachoudis, S. Lukic, F. Gramegna, Belloni F., Calviani M., Colonna N., Mastinu P., Milazzo P.M., Abbondanno U., Aerts G., Álvarez H., Alvarez-Velarde F., Andriamonje S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Badurek G., Barbagallo M., Baumann P., Bečvář F., Berthoumieux E., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D., Capote R., Carrapiço C., Cennini P., Chepel V., Chiaveri E., Cortes G., Couture A., Cox J., Dahlfors M., David S., Dillmann I., Domingo-Pardo C., Dridi W., Duran I., Eleftheriadis C., Embid-Segura M., Ferrari A., Ferreira-Marques R., Fujii K., Furman W., Goncalves I., Gonzalez-Romero E., Goverdovski A., Gramegna F., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Haas B., Haight R., Heil M., Herrera-Martinez A., Igashira M., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Karadimos D., Karamanis D., Kerveno M., Koehler P., Kossionides E., Krtička M., Lamboudis C., Leeb H., Lindote A., Lopes I., Lozano M., Lukic S., Marganiec J., Marrone S., Martínez T., Massimi C., Meaze M.H., Mengoni A., Moreau C., Mosconi M., Neves F., Oberhummer H., O’Brien S., Papachristodoulou C., Papadopoulos C., Paradela C., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Pavlopoulos P., Perrot L., Pigni M.T., Plag R., Plompen A., Plukis A., Poch A., Praena J., Pretel C., Quesada J., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rosetti M., Rubbia C., Rudolf G., Rullhusen P., Salgado J., Santos C., Sarchiapone L., Savvidis I., Stephan C., Tagliente G., Tain J.L., Tarrio D., Tassan-Got L., Tavora L., Terlizzi R., Vannini G., Vaz P., Ventura A., Villamarin D., Vincente M.C., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Voss F., Walter S., Wiescher M., Wisshak K., Ventura, A., and Rosetti, M.
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Hadron, Nuclear data, FISSION, 01 natural sciences, NEUTRON TIME-OF-FLIGHT, Nuclear physics, Time of flight, 13. Climate action, Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, Ionization chamber, Nuclear fusion, Neutron, MEASUREMENTS, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract: The neutron-induced fission cross-section of 241Am has been measured relative to the standard fission cross-section of 235U between 0.5 and 20MeV. The experiment was performed at the CERN n_TOF facility. Fission fragments were detected by a fast ionization chamber by discriminating against the α- particles from the high radioactivity of the samples. The high instantaneous neutron flux and the low background of the n_TOF facility enabled us to obtain uncertainties of ≈ 5%. With the present results it was possible to resolve discrepancies between previous data sets and to confirm current evaluations, thus providing important information for design studies of future reactors with improved fuel burn-up. © The Author(s) 2013.
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45. A low-mass neutron flux monitor for the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: S. David, G. Tagliente, G. Vannini, F. Käppeler, E. Savvidis, F. Rejmund, M. Terrani, V. Chepel, L. Ferrant, A. Lindote, D. Karamanis, P. Baumann, T. Papaevangelou, E. Chiaveri, Per Carlson, A. Perez-Parra, P. E. Koehler, P. F. Mastinu, Corrie S. Moreau, J. Salgado, V. Peskov, B. Berthier, A. Poch, M. Loriggiola, S. Andriamonje, J.C. Soares, G. Cortes, C. Borcea, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, M. Vincente-Vincente, W.I. Furman, H. Leeb, A. Goverdovski, E. Mínguez, F. Neves, L. Ferreira-Lourenco, Y. Kadi, D. Villamarin-Fernandez, H. Frais-Koelbl, V. Lacoste, P. M. Milazzo, D. Cortina, Manuel Lozano, Gerald Badurek, A. Angelopoulos, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, F. Voss, F. Becvar, I. Duran, N. Tsangas, M. Rosetti, R. C. Haight, Nicola Colonna, K. Wisshak, H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, L. Zanini, E. Jericha, Thomas Rauscher, C. Paradela, Vasilis Vlachoudis, R. Dolfini, M.I. Lopes, R. Ferreira-Marques, R. Vlastou, H. Beer, L. Perrot, C. Tapia, I. F. Gonçalves, H. Wendler, K.G. Ioannides, F. Gramegna, Saed Dababneh, George Kitis, E. Kossionides, F. Gunsing, E. Boscolo-Marchi, Sigfrido Boffi, Michael Wiescher, A. Ventura, D. Cano-Ott, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Y. Giomataris, Ralf Plag, J. Benlliure, Marco Radici, N. Janeva, C. Rubbia, P. Pavlopoulos, Ch.O. Bacri, A. Plukis, E. Griesmayer, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, Subramanian Raman, S. Lukic, N. Bustreo, S. Marrone, A. J. M. Plompen, José M. Martínez-Val, U. Abbondanno, José Manuel Perlado, Heinz Oberhummer, G. Rudolf, W. Rapp, Michael Heil, P. Calviño, E. Berthomieux, V. Konovalov, C. Pretel, James L. Cox, V. Ketlerov, G. Aerts, P. Cennini, A. Herrera-Martinez, Arnaud Ferrari, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, Alberto Mengoni, R. Terlizzi, A. Molina-Coballes, L. Tavora, P. Rullhusen, J. Pancin, S. Markov, S. Marigo, M. Dahlfors, P. Vaz, Aaron Couture, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, Rene Reifarth, A. Kelic, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, C. Coceva, 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 Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and TOF
Subjects: TheoryofComputation_COMPUTATIONBYABSTRACTDEVICES, Silicon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, chemistry.chemical_element, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, ComputingMethodologies_ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Scattering, Detector, TheoryofComputation_GENERAL, Neutron radiation, Neutron capture, ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION, chemistry, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Low Mass
Abstract: A small-mass system has been developed for monitoring the flux of neutrons with energy up to 1 MeV at the new time-of-flight facility at CERN, n_TOF. The monitor is based on a thin Mylar foil with a 6Li deposit, placed in the neutron beam, and an array of Silicon detectors, placed outside the beam, for detecting the products of the 6Li(n, alpha)³H reaction. The small amount of material on the beam ensures a minimal perturbation of the flux and minimizes the background related to scattered neutrons. Moreover, a further reduction of the gamma-ray background has been obtained by constructing the scattering chamber hosting the device in carbon fibre. A detailed description of the flux monitor is here presented, together with the characteristics of the device, in terms of efficiency, resolution and induced background. The use of the monitor in the measurement of neutron capture cross-sections at n_TOF is discussed

46. Measurement of the neutron-induced fission cross-section of 243Am relative to 235U from 0.5 to 20 MeV

Author: Rene Reifarth, Manuel Lozano, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, M. Krtička, G. Aerts, Mario Barbagallo, I. Duran, I. Dillmann, E. Berthoumieux, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, L. Perrot, S. David, V. Chepel, L. Audouin, M. C. Vincente, P. Baumann, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, C. Santos, Ralf Plag, G. Tagliente, L. Tavora, Masayuki Igashira, C. T. Papadopoulos, F. Gunsing, F. Bečvář, M. Dahlfors, B. Haas, U. Abbondanno, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, J. Andrzejewski, G. Cortes, P. Rullhusen, Carlos Guerrero, P. Vaz, D. Karamanis, Carlo Rubbia, A. Goverdovski, Nicola Colonna, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Heinz Oberhummer, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, E. Kossionides, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, I. Savvidis, Isabel S. Gonçalves, Gerald Badurek, R. C. Haight, D. Tarrío, Cristian Massimi, A. Pavlik, W. Dridi, C. Domingo-Pardo, S. Marrone, P. Cennini, Arnaud Ferrari, E. Jericha, C. Paradela, S. Lukic, M. Kerveno, F. Käppeler, M. Mosconi, J. Salgado, D. Cano-Ott, P. E. Koehler, A. Poch, W.I. Furman, C. Stephan, S. O'Brien, P. Pavlopoulos, S. Walter, Javier Praena, C. A. Papachristodoulou, Alberto Mengoni, R. Terlizzi, A. Lindote, K. Wisshak, Michael Wiescher, A. Plukis, F. Gramegna, D. Villamarin, Roberto Capote, M. Embid-Segura, F. Neves, H. Álvarez, Marco T. Pigni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Lamboudis, J. L. Tain, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, F. Belloni, G. Vannini, Michael Heil, C. Pretel, C. Carrapiço, A. J. M. Plompen, E. Gonzalez-Romero, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, James L. Cox, Corrie S. Moreau, K. Fujii, L. Sarchiapone, M. Meaze, M. Rosetti, F. Voss, J. Pancin, R. Vlastou, C. Eleftheriadis, Y. Kadi, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, Marco Calviani, 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 Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Département Recherches Subatomiques (DRS-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), 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, Belloni F., Calviani M., Colonna N., Mastinu P., Milazzo P., Abbondanno U., Aerts G., Álvarez H., Alvarez-Velarde F., Andriamonje S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Badurek G., Barbagallo M., Baumann P., Bečvář F., Berthoumieux E., Calviño F., Cano-Ott D., Capote R., Carrapiço C., Cennini P., Chepel V., Chiaveri E., Cortes G., Couture A., Cox J., Dahlfors M., David S., Dillmann I., Domingo-Pardo C., Dridi W., Duran I., Eleftheriadis C., Embid-Segura M., Ferrari A., Ferreira-Marques R., Fujii K., Furman W., Goncalves I., Gonzalez-Romero E., Goverdovski A., Gramegna F., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Haas B., Haight R., Heil M., Herrera-Martinez A., Igashira M., Jericha E., Käppeler F., Kadi Y., Karadimos D., Karamanis D., Kerveno M., Koehler P., Kossionides E., Krtička M., Lamboudis C., Leeb H., Lindote A., Lopes I., Lozano M., Lukic S., Marganiec J., Marrone S., Martínez T., Massimi C., Meaze M., Mengoni A., Moreau C., Mosconi M., Neves F., Oberhummer H., O’Brien S., Pancin J., Papachristodoulou C., Papadopoulos C., Paradela C., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Pavlopoulos P., Perrot L., Pigni M., Plag R., Plompen A., Plukis A., Poch A., Praena J., Pretel C., Quesada J., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rosetti M., Rubbia C., Rudolf G., Rullhusen P., Salgado J., Santos C., Sarchiapone L., Savvidis I., Stephan C., Tagliente G., Tain J., Tarrio D., Tassan-Got L., Tavora L., Terlizzi R., Vannini G., Vaz P., Ventura A., Villamarin D., Vincente M., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Voss F., Walter S., Wiescher M., Wisshak K., Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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 and High Energy Physics, NEUTRON-INDUCED FISSION, Fission, Flux, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Nuclear reactors, Reactors nuclears, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear fusion, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Time of flight, TIME-OF-FLIGHT, Energies::Energia nuclear::Reactors nuclears de fusió [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Ionization chamber, CROSS SECTION
Abstract: See paper for full list of authors.; The ratio of the neutron-induced fission cross-sections of 243Am and 235U was measured in the energy range from 0.5 to 20 MeV with uncertainties of ≈ 4%. The experiment was performed at the CERN n_TOF facility using a fast ionization chamber. With the good counting statistics that could be achieved thanks to the high instantaneous flux and the low backgrounds, the present results are useful for resolving discrepancies in previous data sets and are important for future reactors with improved fuel burn-up.
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