151. Measurement of the 240Pu(n,f) cross-section at the CERN n-TOF facility: First results from EAR-2
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Tsinganis, A., Stamatopoulos, A., Colonna, N., Vlastou, R., Schillebeeckx, P., Plompen, A., Heyse, J., Kokkoris, M., Barbagallo, M., Berthoumieux, E., Calviani, M., Chiaveri, E., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea Correa, J., Barros, S., Bécares, Null, Bečvár, F., Beinrucker, C., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Cano Ott, D., Cerutti, F., Cortés, G., Cortés Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Domingo Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira Gonalves, I., Finocchiaro, P., Frost, R., Furman, W., Göbel, K., Ganesan, S., Gheorghe, A., Glodariu, T., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Hehrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández Prieto, A., Jenkins, D., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kriťka, M., Leal Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui, J., Licata, M., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Palomo Pinto, F., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras Sanchez, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J., Sabaté Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, G., Steinegger, P., Suryanarayana, S. V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeõ Saldivia, A., Tassan Got, L., Valenta, V., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Weigand, M., Wright, T., Žugec, P., LO MEO, SERGIO, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, MINGRONE, FEDERICA, VANNINI, GIANNI, Tsinganis, A., Stamatopoulos, A., Colonna, N., Vlastou, R., Schillebeeckx, P., Plompen, A., Heyse, J., Kokkoris, M., Barbagallo, M., Berthoumieux, E., Calviani, M., Chiaveri, E., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Barros, S., Bécares, Null, Bečvár, F., Beinrucker, C., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Cerutti, F., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira-Gonalves, I., Finocchiaro, P., Frost, R., Furman, W., Göbel, K., Ganesan, S., Gheorghe, A., Glodariu, T., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Hehrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kriťka, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui, J., Licata, M., Lo Meo, S., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Mastinu, P., Massimi, C., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Palomo-Pinto, F., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras-Sanchez, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, G., Steinegger, P., Suryanarayana, S.V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeõ-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, V., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Weigand, M., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Nuclear Energy and Engineering ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology - Abstract
The accurate knowledge of neutron cross-sections of a variety of plutonium isotopes and other minor actinides, such as neptunium, americium and curium, is crucial for feasibility and performance studies of advanced nuclear systems (Generation-IV reactors, Accelerator Driven Systems). In this context, the 240Pu(n,f) cross-section was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the CERN n-TOF facility at incident neutron energies ranging from thermal to several MeV. The present measurement is the first to have been performed at n-TOF's newly commissioned Experimental Area II (EAR-2), which is located at the end of an 18 m neutron beam-line and features a neutron fluence that is 25-30 times higher with respect to the existing 185 m flight-path (EAR-1), as well as stronger suppression of sample-induced backgrounds, due to the shorter times-of-flight involved. Preliminary results are presented.
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- 2015