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1. Radioactivity Backgrounds in ZEPLIN-III

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Araujo, H. M., Akimov, D. Yu., Barnes, E. J., Belov, V. A., Bewick, A., Burenkov, A. A., Currie, V. Chepel. A., DeViveiros, L., Edwards, B., Ghag, C., Hollingsworth, A., Horn, M., Kalmus, G. E., Kobyakin, A. S., Kovalenko, A. G., Lebedenko, V. N., Lindote, A., Lopes, M. I., Luscher, R., Majewski, P., Neves, A. StJ. Murphy. F., Paling, S. M., da Cunha, J. Pinto, Preece, R., Quenby, J. J., Reichhart, L., Scovell, P. R., Silva, C., Solovov, V. N., Smith, N. J. T., Smith, P. F., Stekhanov, V. N., Sumner, T. J., Thorne, C., and Walker, R. J.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We examine electron and nuclear recoil backgrounds from radioactivity in the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment at Boulby. The rate of low-energy electron recoils in the liquid xenon WIMP target is 0.75$\pm$0.05 events/kg/day/keV, which represents a 20-fold improvement over the rate observed during the first science run. Energy and spatial distributions agree with those predicted by component-level Monte Carlo simulations propagating the effects of the radiological contamination measured for materials employed in the experiment. Neutron elastic scattering is predicted to yield 3.05$\pm$0.5 nuclear recoils with energy 5-50 keV per year, which translates to an expectation of 0.4 events in a 1-year dataset in anti-coincidence with the veto detector for realistic signal acceptance. Less obvious background sources are discussed, especially in the context of future experiments. These include contamination of scintillation pulses with Cherenkov light from Compton electrons and from $\beta$ activity internal to photomultipliers, which can increase the size and lower the apparent time constant of the scintillation response. Another challenge is posed by multiple-scatter $\gamma$-rays with one or more vertices in regions that yield no ionisation. If the discrimination power achieved in the first run can be replicated, ZEPLIN-III should reach a sensitivity of $\sim 1 \times 10^{-8}$ pb$\cdot$year to the scalar WIMP-nucleon elastic cross-section, as originally conceived., Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures

Published
2011
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4. First results on FHM -- a Floating Hole Multiplier

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V. Chepel, G. Martinez-Lema, A. Roy, and A. Breskin

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Mathematical Physics
Abstract

A proof of principle of a novel concept for event recording in dual-phase liquid xenon detectors -- the Floating Hole Multiplier (FHM) -- is presented. It is shown that a standard Thick Gaseous Electron Multiplier (THGEM), freely floating on the liquid xenon surface permits extraction of electrons from the liquid to the gas. Secondary scintillation induced by the extracted electrons in the THGEM holes as well as in the uniform field above it was observed. The first results with the FHM indicate that the concept of floating electrodes may offer new prospects for large-scale dual-phase detectors, for dark matter searches in particular., 12 pages

Published
2023

5. Astrophysics at n_TOF facility

Author

G. Tagliente, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, S. Bisterzo, F. Calvino, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapico, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillman, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, R. Gallino, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Kappeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, 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, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, 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, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak

Subjects
Astrophysics, r-process., Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter, QC170-197
Abstract

The neutron time of flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN is a neutron spallation source, its white neutron energy spectrum ranges from thermal to several GeV, covering the full energy range of interest for nuclear astrophysics, in particular for measurements of the neutron capture cross-section required in s-process nucleosynthesis. This contribution gives an overview on the astrophysical program made at n_TOF facility, the results and the implications will be considered.

Published
2009
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6. Two-Phase Emission Detectors

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Alexander Bolozdynya, Dmitry Yu Akimov, Alexey F Buzulutskov, and V. Chepel

Subjects
Optics, Materials science, business.industry, Detector, Phase (waves), business
Published
2021

8. Information and propaganda work as one of the forms of service discipline maintenance in educational organizations of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia

Author

Aleksandr V. Nikishkin, Igor V. Stepanov, and Viktoriia V. Chepel

Subjects
воспитание, education, advocacy, training, обучение, internal affairs bodies, информационно-пропагандистская работа, Petersburg University of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia, service discipline, служебная дисциплина, Санкт-Петербургский университет МВД России, органы внутренних дел, выступление, performance
Abstract

В статье рассматривается информационно-пропагандистская работа в органах внутренних дел, а именно в Санкт-Петербургском университете МВД России как важная составляющая воспитания будущих сотрудников. Особое внимание авторы уделяют вопросам формирования профессионально-значимых качеств личности через привитие необходимых навыков публичного выступления и ораторской речи., The article discusses advocacy in the bodies of internal Affairs, namely in Saint-Petersburg University of MIA of Russia as an important component of education of future employees. Special attention is paid to the formation of professionally significant qualities of the person through instilling the necessary skills of public speaking and oratory

Published
2019

9. Iterative reconstruction of SiPM light response functions in a square-shaped compact gamma camera

Author

L. Pereira, V. Chepel, A. Morozov, V. N. Solovov, J. Marcos, Francisco Alves, and R. Martins

Subjects
Photomultiplier, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Monte Carlo method, FOS: Physical sciences, Iterative reconstruction, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, Lyso, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Optics, Silicon photomultiplier, law, 0103 physical sciences, Gamma Cameras, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Radionuclide Imaging, Gamma camera, Physics, Likelihood Functions, Photons, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Centroid, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Physics - Medical Physics, Gamma Rays, Medical Physics (physics.med-ph), business, Monte Carlo Method
Abstract

Compact gamma cameras with a square-shaped monolithic scintillator crystal and an array of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are actively being developed for applications in areas such as small animal imaging, cancer diagnostics and radiotracer guided surgery. Statistical methods of position reconstruction, which are potentially superior to the traditional centroid method, require accurate knowledge of the spatial response of each photomultiplier. Using both Monte Carlo simulations and experimental data obtained with a camera prototype, we show that the spatial response of all photomultipliers (light response functions) can be parameterized with axially symmetric functions obtained iteratively from flood field irradiation data. The study was performed with a camera prototype equipped with a 30 × 30 × 2 mm3 LYSO crystal and an 8 × 8 array of SiPMs for 140 keV gamma rays. The simulations demonstrate that the images, reconstructed with the maximum likelihood method using the response obtained with the iterative approach, exhibit only minor distortions: the average difference between the reconstructed and the true positions in X and Y directions does not exceed 0.2 mm in the central area of 22 × 22 mm2 and 0.4 mm at the periphery of the camera. A similar level of image distortions is shown experimentally with the camera prototype.

Published
2016

10. Neutron-induced fission cross section of U-234 measured at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author

D. Karadimos, R. Vlastou, K. Ioannidis, P. Demetriou, M. Diakaki, V. Vlachoudis, P. Pavlopoulos, V. Konovalov, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, A. C. de, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo Pardo, A. Dorochenko, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais Koelbl, K. Fuji, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, R. Gallino, P. Cennini, E. Gonzalez Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Kaeppeler, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, D. Kolokolov, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marques, S. Marrone, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, L. Perrot, 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, M. Sedysheva, K. Stamoulis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, A. Tsinganis, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, F. Voss, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, D. Karadimo, R. Vlastou, K. Ioannidi, P. Demetriou, M. Diakaki, V. Vlachoudi, P. Pavlopoulo, V. Konovalov, 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, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, A. C. de, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. David, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. Dorochenko, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fuji, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, R. Gallino, P. Cennini, E. Gonzalez-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, Y. Kadi, F. Kaeppeler, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, D. Kolokolov, M. Krticka, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, S. Marrone, 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. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, L. Perrot, 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, M. Sedysheva, K. Stamouli, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, A. Tsingani, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, F. Vo, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak

Subjects
MINOR ACTINIDES TRANSMUTATIONS, Nuclear Experiment, NEUTRON TIME OF FLIGHT, NEUTRON INDUCED FISSION
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.

Published
2014

11. Measurement and analysis of the Am-243 neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author

E. Mendoza, D. Cano Ott, C. Guerrero, E. Berthoumieux, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, J. Balibrea, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, F. Calvino, M. Calviani, R. Capote, C. Carrapico, A. C. de, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, V. Ketlerov, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, M. Krticka, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, S. L. Meo, I. Lopes, R. Lossito, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marques, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, M. Oshima, 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, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, VANNINI, GIANNI, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vicente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, E. Mendoza, D. Cano-Ott, C. Guerrero, E. Berthoumieux, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, J. Balibrea, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, F. Calvino, M. Calviani, R. Capote, C. Carrapico, A. C. de, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, V. Ketlerov, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionide, M. Krticka, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, S. L. Meo, I. Lope, R. Lossito, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, 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, 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, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak

Subjects
RADIATIVE NEUTRON CAPTURE, NEUTRON TIME OF FLIGHT
Abstract

Background: The design of new nuclear reactors and transmutation devices requires to reduce the present neutron cross section uncertainties of minor actinides. Purpose: Improvement of the Am243(n,γ) cross section uncertainty. Method: The Am243(n,γ) cross section has been measured at the n-TOF facility at CERN with a BaF2 total absorption calorimeter, in the energy range between 0.7 eV and 2.5 keV. Results: The Am243(n,γ) cross section has been successfully measured in the mentioned energy range. The resolved resonance region has been extended from 250 eV up to 400 eV. In the unresolved resonance region our results are compatible with one of the two incompatible capture data sets available below 2.5 keV. The data available in EXFOR and in the literature have been used to perform a simple analysis above 2.5 keV. Conclusions: The results of this measurement contribute to reduce the Am243(n,γ) cross section uncertainty and suggest that this cross section is underestimated up to 25% in the neutron energy range between 50 eV and a few keV in the present evaluated data libraries. Background: The design of new nuclear reactors and transmutation devices requires to reduce the present neutron cross section uncertainties of minor actinides. Purpose: Improvement of the Am243(n,γ) cross section uncertainty. Method: The Am243(n,γ) cross section has been measured at the n-TOF facility at CERN with a BaF2 total absorption calorimeter, in the energy range between 0.7 eV and 2.5 keV. Results: The Am243(n,γ) cross section has been successfully measured in the mentioned energy range. The resolved resonance region has been extended from 250 eV up to 400 eV. In the unresolved resonance region our results are compatible with one of the two incompatible capture data sets available below 2.5 keV. The data available in EXFOR and in the literature have been used to perform a simple analysis above 2.5 keV. Conclusions: The results of this measurement contribute to reduce the Am243(n,γ) cross section uncertainty and suggest that this cross section is underestimated up to 25% in the neutron energy range between 50 eV and a few keV in the present evaluated data libraries.

Published
2014

12. 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

13. B-spline parameterization of spatial response in a monolithic scintillation camera

Author

V. Chepel, R. Martins, A. Morozov, V. N. Solovov, and V. Domingos

Subjects
Data processing, Scintillation, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Computer science, business.industry, B-spline, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, Physics - Medical Physics, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Anger Camera, 03 medical and health sciences, Spline (mathematics), 0302 clinical medicine, Software, 0103 physical sciences, Medical Physics (physics.med-ph), business, Instrumentation, Algorithm, Mathematical Physics, Computer memory
Abstract

A framework for parameterization of the light response functions (LRFs) in a scintillation camera is presented. It is based on approximation of the measured or simulated photosensor response with weighted sums of uniform cubic B-splines or their tensor products. The LRFs represented in this way are smooth, computationally inexpensive to evaluate and require much less computer memory than non-parametric alternatives. The parameters are found in a straightforward way by the linear least squares method. Several techniques that allow to reduce the storage and processing power requirements were developed. A software library for fitting simulated and measured light response with spline functions was developed and integrated into an open source software package ANTS2 designed for simulation and data processing for Anger camera type detectors., Comment: 16 pages, 9 figures, Published in JINST

Published
2016
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14. Radioactivity backgrounds in ZEPLIN–III

Author

J. Pinto da Cunha, J. J. Quenby, A. St. J. Murphy, L. Reichhart, A. Hollingsworth, E. J. Barnes, M.I. Lopes, L. DeViveiros, Robert D. Preece, N. J. T. Smith, S. M. Paling, G. E. Kalmus, P.F. Smith, V. A. Belov, V. N. Stekhanov, A. S. Kobyakin, A. Bewick, D.Yu. Akimov, T. J. Sumner, A. Currie, R. Lüscher, C. Thorne, V. N. Lebedenko, C. Ghag, Rodney Walker, P.R. Scovell, M. Horn, F. Neves, A. G. Kovalenko, V. N. Solovov, Henrique Araujo, V. Chepel, B. N. Edwards, A. A. Burenkov, Catarina Silva, P. Majewski, and A. Lindote

Subjects
Physics, Elastic scattering, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, ZEPLIN-III, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), WIMP, 13. Climate action, 0103 physical sciences, Scintillation counter, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

We examine electron and nuclear recoil backgrounds from radioactivity in the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment at Boulby. The rate of low-energy electron recoils in the liquid xenon WIMP target is 0.75$\pm$0.05 events/kg/day/keV, which represents a 20-fold improvement over the rate observed during the first science run. Energy and spatial distributions agree with those predicted by component-level Monte Carlo simulations propagating the effects of the radiological contamination measured for materials employed in the experiment. Neutron elastic scattering is predicted to yield 3.05$\pm$0.5 nuclear recoils with energy 5-50 keV per year, which translates to an expectation of 0.4 events in a 1-year dataset in anti-coincidence with the veto detector for realistic signal acceptance. Less obvious background sources are discussed, especially in the context of future experiments. These include contamination of scintillation pulses with Cherenkov light from Compton electrons and from $\beta$ activity internal to photomultipliers, which can increase the size and lower the apparent time constant of the scintillation response. Another challenge is posed by multiple-scatter $\gamma$-rays with one or more vertices in regions that yield no ionisation. If the discrimination power achieved in the first run can be replicated, ZEPLIN-III should reach a sensitivity of $\sim 1 \times 10^{-8}$ pb$\cdot$year to the scalar WIMP-nucleon elastic cross-section, as originally conceived., Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures

Published
2012

15. 237Np(n,f) Cross Section: New Data and Present Status

Author

B. Haas, I. Savvidis, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, G. Cortes, Martin Heil, P. Cennini, S. David, D. Tarrío, D. Cano-Ott, W. Dridi, Roberto Capote, P.A. Assimakopoulos, M. Mosconi, S. O'Brien, G. Tagliente, Marco Calviani, M. Oshima, R. Terlizzi, Corrie S. Moreau, S. Walter, J. Andrzejewski, L. Tavora, Ralf Plag, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Salgado, Isabel Lopes, P. Rullhusen, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, A. Poch, C. Santos, E. Kossionides, E. Chiaveri, K. Wisshak, P. F. Mastinu, A. J. M. Plompen, Christoph A. Stephan, J. Pancin, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, A. Ventura, F. Gunsing, D. Trubert, L. Ferrant, Cristian Massimi, Javier Praena, I. Duran, Arnaud Ferrari, G. Aerts, M. Dahlfors, Y. Kadi, R. C. Haight, M. Embid-Segura, P. Vaz, Rene Reifarth, H. Álvarez, S. Lukic, D. Villamarin, Alberto Mengoni, James L. Cox, C. Paradela, M. C. Vicente, C. Eleftheriadis, Thomas Rauscher, Aaron Couture, M. Krtička, S. Isaev, J. M. Quesada, Manuel Lozano, L. Tassan-Got, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, J. L. Tain, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, P. E. Koehler, L. Sarchiapone, D. Karadimos, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, Heinz Oberhummer, E. Jericha, C. Le Naour, E. González-Romero, P. Pavlopoulos, Michael Wiescher, F. Voss, F. Becvar, W.I. Furman, F. Alvarez-Velarde, R. Vlastou, Marco T. Pigni, Nicola Colonna, Masayuki Igashira, E. Berthoumieux, Gerald Badurek, A. Plukis, Vasilis Vlachoudis, C. A. Papachristodoulou, F. Gramegna, K. Fujii, C. T. Papadopoulos, A. Lindote, C. Rubbia, C. Pretel, F. Käppeler, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, M. Kerveno, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, L. Perrot, V. Chepel, G. Rudolf, P. Baumann, G. Vannini, C. Carrapiço, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, 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, Paradela C., Tassan-Got L., Audouin L., Berthier B., Ferrant L., Isaev S., Naour C. Le, Stephan C., Trubert D., David S., Duran I., Tarrio D., Alvarez H., Abbondanno U., Fujii K., Milazzo P. M., Moreau C., Aerts G., Alvarez-Velarde F., Cano-Ott D., Embid-Segura M., Gonzalez-Romero E., Guerrero C., Martinez T., Villamarin D., Vicente M. C., Andriamonje S., Berthoumieux E., Dridi W., Gunsing F., Pancin J., Perrot L., Plukis A., Andrzejewski J., Marganiec J., Assimakopoulos P., Karadimos D., Karamanis D., Papachristodoulou C., Patronis N., Badurek G., Jericha E., Leeb H., Oberhummer H., Pigni M. T., Baumann P., Kerveno M., Lukic S., Rudolf G., Becvar F., Krticka M., Calvino F., Cortes G., Poch A., Pretel C., Calviani M., Gramegna F., Mastinu P., Praena J., Capote R., Carrapico C., Cennini P., Chiaveri E., Dahlfors M., Ferrari A., Herrera-Martinez A., Kadi Y., Sarchiapone L., Vlachoudis V., Chepel V., Ferreira-Marques R., Lindote A., Lopes I., Neves F., Colonna N., Tagliente G., Terlizzi R., Couture A., Cox J., Marrone S., Obrien S., Wiescher M., Dillmann I., Heil M., Kappeler F., Mosconi M., Voss F., Walter S., Wisshak K., Domingo-Pardo C., Plag R., Plompen A., Tain J. L., Eleftheriadis C., Savvidis I., Furman W., Goncalves I., Salgado J., Santos C., Tavora L., Vaz P., Haas B., Haight R., Reifarth R., Igashira M., Koehler P., Kossionides E., Lampoudis C., Lozano M., Quesada J., Massimi C., Vannini G., Mengoni A., Oshima M., Papadopoulos C., Pavlik A., Pavlopoulos P., Vlastou R., Rauscher T., Rubbia C., Rullhusen P., Ventura A., 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, 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), 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), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), nTOF, 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 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 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)

Subjects
Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics, neutron fission cross section, Np-237, Fission, Nuclear data, General Physics and Astronomy, Nuclear energy, 020206 networking & telecommunications, Energies::Energia nuclear::Reactors nuclears de fissió [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 02 engineering and technology, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear physics, TIME-OF-FLIGHT, Cross section (physics), Fusion reactors, Reactors nuclears, n TOF experiment, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Energia nuclear, 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing, Energy (signal processing), Neutron-induced ssion reactions
Abstract

In this document, we present the nal result obtained at the n TOF experiment for the neutron- induced ssion cross section of the 237Np, from the ssion threshold up to 1 GeV. The method applied to get this result is brie y discussed. n TOF data are compared to the last experimental measurements using other TOF facilities or the surrogate method, reported experiments performed with monoenergetic sources and the FISCAL systematic, including a discussion about the existing discrepancies.

Published
2011

16. High-energy Neutron-induced Fission Cross Sections of Natural Lead and Bismuth-209

Author

D. Tarrio, L. Tassan-Got, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, L. Ferrant, S. Isaev, C. Le Naour, C. Stephan, D. Trubert, S. David, I. Duran, C. Paradela, H. Alvarez, U. Abbondanno, K. Fujii, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, G. Aerts, F. Alvarez-Velarde, D. Cano-Ott, M. Embid-Segura, E. Gonzalez-Romero, C. Guerrero, T. Martinez, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vicente, S. Andriamonje, E. Berthoumieux, W. Dridi, F. Gunsig, J. Pancin, L. Perrot, A. Plukis, J. Andrzejewski, J. Marganiec, P. Assimakopoulos, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, C. Papachristodoulou, N. Patronis, G. Badurek, E. Jericha, H. Leeb, H. Oberhummer, M. T. Pigni, P. Baumann, M. Kerveno, S. Lukic, G. Rudolf, F. Becvar, M. Krticka, F. Calvino, G. Cortes, A. Poch, C. Pretel, M. Calviani, F. Gramegna, P. Mastinu, J. Praena, R. Capote, C. Carrapico, P. Cennini, E. Chiaveri, M. Dahlfors, A. Ferrari, I. Goncalves, A. Herrera-Martinez, Y. Kadi, L. Sarchiapone, V. Vlachoudis, V. Chepel, R. Ferreira-Marques, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, F. Neves, N. Colonna, G. Tagliente, R. Terlizzi, A. Couture, J. Cox, S. Marrone, S. O'brien, M. Wiescher, I. Dillmann, M. Heil, F. Kappeler, M. Mosconi, F. Voss, S. Walter, K. Wisshak, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Plag, A. Plompen, J. L. Tain, C. Eleftheriadis, I. Savvidis, W. Furman, B. Haas, R. Haight, R. Reifarth, M. Igashira, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, C. Lampoudis, M. Lozano, J. Quesada, C. Massimi, G. Vannini, A. Mengoni, M. Oshima, C. Papadopoulos, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, R. Vlastou, T. Rauscher, C. Rubbia, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Tavora, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, 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), 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), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), nTOF, 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 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), 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), Tarrno D., Tassan-Got L., Audouin L., Berthier B., Ferrant L., Isaev S., Naour C. Le, Stephan C., Trubert D., David S., Duran I., Paradela C., Alvarez H., Abbondanno U., Fujii K., Milazzo P. M., Moreau C., Aerts G., Alvarez-Velarde F., Cano-Ott D., Embid-Segura M., Gonzalez-Romero E., Guerrero C., Martinez T., Villamarin D., Vicente M. C., Andriamonje S., Berthoumieux E., Dridi W., Gunsig F., Pancin J., Perrot L., Plukis A., Andrzejewski J., Marganiec J., Assimakopoulos P., Karadimos D., Karamanis D., Papachristodoulou C., Patronis N., Badurek G., Jericha E., Leeb H., Oberhummer H., Pigni M. T., Baumann P., Kerveno M., Lukic S., Rudolf G., Becvar F., Krticka M., Calvino F., Cortes G., Poch A., Pretel C., Calviani M., Gramegna F., Mastinu P., Praena J., Capote R., Carrapico C., Cennini P., Chiaveri E., Dahlfors M., Ferrari A., Goncalves I., Herrera-Martinez A., Kadi Y., Sarchiapone L., Vlachoudis V., Chepel V., Ferreira-Marques R., Lindote A., Lopes I., Neves F., Colonna N., Tagliente G., Terlizzi R., Couture A., Cox J., Marrone S., Obrien S., Wiescher M., Dillmann I., Heil M., Kappeler F., Mosconi M., Voss F., Walter S., Wisshak K., Domingo-Pardo C., Plag R., Plompen A., Tain J. L., Eleftheriadis C., Savvidis I., Furman W., Haas B., Haight R., Reifarth R., Igashira M., Koehler P., Kossionides E., Lampoudis C., Lozano M., Quesada J., Massimi C., Vannini G., Mengoni A., Oshima M., Papadopoulos C., Pavlik A., Pavlopoulos P., Vlastou R., Rauscher T., Rubbia C., Rullhusen P., Salgado J., Santos C., Tavora L., Vaz P., and Ventura A.

Subjects
Pb-nat(n, Fission, Nuclear data, Nuclear Theory, General Physics and Astronomy, chemistry.chemical_element, f), Energies::Energia nuclear::Reactors nuclears de fissió [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, Bismuth, Nuclear physics, Nuclear reactors, Reactors nuclears, Neutron, Spallation, Nuclear Experiment, EMERGING NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES, Neutron-induced ssion reactions, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics, Cluster decay, Nuclear energy, Bi-209(n, n TOF facility, TIME-OF-FLIGHT, chemistry, Spallation neutron source, Energia nuclear, Neutron source, PPAC fission detector, Spallation Neutron Source
Abstract

The CERN Neutron Time-Of-Flight (n-TOF) facility is well suited to measure small neutron-induced fission cross sections, as those of subactinides. The cross section ratios of {sup nat}Pb and {sup 209}Bi relative to {sup 235}U and {sup 238}U were measured using PPAC detectors. The fragment coincidence method allows to unambiguously identify the fission events. The present experiment provides the first results for neutron-induced fission up to 1 GeV for {sup nat}Pb and {sup 209}Bi. A good agreement with previous experimental data below 200 MeV is shown. The comparison with proton-induced fission indicates that the limiting regime where neutron-induced and proton-induced fission reach equal cross section is close to 1 GeV.

Published
2011

17. A model of the reflection distribution in the vacuum ultra violet region

Author

V. N. Solovov, M.I. Lopes, F. Neves, J. Pinto da Cunha, V. Chepel, Anabela Pereira, and Catarina Silva

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Scintillation, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Monte Carlo method, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Optics, Xenon, Distribution function, chemistry, Reflection (physics), Diffuse reflection, Specular reflection, business, Instrumentation, Intensity (heat transfer)
Abstract

A reflection model with three components, a specular spike, a specular lobe and a diffuse lobe is discussed. This model was successfully applied to describe reflection of xenon scintillation light ( λ = 175 nm ) by PTFE and other fluoropolymers and can be used for Monte Carlo simulation and analysis of scintillation detectors. The measured data favor a Trowbridge–Reitz distribution function of ellipsoidal micro-surfaces. The intensity of the coherent reflection increases with increasing angle of incidence, as expected, since the surface appears smoother at grazing angles. The total reflectance obtained for PTFE is about 70% for VUV light at normal incidence in vacuum and estimated to go up to 100% in contact with liquid xenon, depending of the angle.

Published
2010

18. Measurement of single electron emission in two-phase xenon

Author

T. J. Sumner, R. M. Preece, P.F. Smith, G. Salinas, David B. Cline, R.J. Walker, B. N. Edwards, F.L.H. Wolfs, E.V. Korolkova, J. T. White, V. Chepel, C. Thorne, F. Neves, N. J. T. Smith, C. Ghag, A. St. J. Murphy, J. Pinto da Cunha, J. Gao, M.I. Lopes, V. N. Lebedenko, Henrique Araujo, Hongwei Wang, W. Ooi, T. Durkin, A. Lindote, C. Silva, V. N. Solovov, R. Lüscher, and Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, PHASE, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Electron, Photoionization, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Electroluminescence, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Particle detector, 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics, Xenon, LIQUID ARGON, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, SCATTERING, FIELD, 010306 general physics, DETECTOR, Physics, DARK-MATTER DETECTION, Science & Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, EXCITONS, PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS, Krypton, ZEPLIN-II, Noble gas, Astronomy and Astrophysics, SOLID XENON, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Nuclear & Particles Physics, Radiation detectors, 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, KRYPTON, chemistry, Physical Sciences, LUMINESCENCE, Liquid xenon, Atomic physics
Abstract

We present the first measurements of the electroluminescence response to the emission of single electrons in a two-phase noble gas detector. Single ionization electrons generated in liquid xenon are detected in a thin gas layer during the 31-day background run of the ZEPLIN-II experiment, a two-phase xenon detector for WIMP dark matter searches. Both the pressure dependence and magnitude of the single-electron response are in agreement with previous measurements of electroluminescence yield in xenon. We discuss different photoionization processes as possible cause for the sample of single electrons studied in this work. This observation may have implications for the design and operation of future large-scale two-phase systems., 11 pages, 6 figures

Published
2008

19. Stimulating income generation for the population in Uzbekistan: an econometric analysis

Author

Sergey V. Chepel

Subjects
Estimation, Macroeconomics, education.field_of_study, Government, Variables, Public economics, media_common.quotation_subject, Money supply, Population, General Medicine, Index of Economic Freedom, Gross domestic product, population disposable incomes, factors of incom, average salary, econometric analysis and modeling, economic reforms and liberalization, index of economic freedom, sensitivity of disposable incomes, GDP deflator, regression equations, dependent variable, money supply, contribution to growth of disposable incomesm inequality in distribution of income, forecast, alternative assumptions, economic policy measures, jel:E17, Economics, GDP deflator, education, media_common
Abstract

The core issue of national anti-crisis programmes in many countries is to stimulate domestic demand. Anti-crisis programme in Uzbekistan also includes such measures as reducing tax burden, expanding access to credit resources for producers and providing additional government support for small and medium-sized enterprises. These measures are expected to have an impact on income growth in small and medium-sized enterprises as well as in the population, in turn stimulating the expansion of cumulative demand and its positive influence on the dynamics of gross domestic product. This paper outlines channels and mechanisms through which these measures can be carried out, and explores methodological approaches and methods of quantitative estimation used in medium-term forecasting. Based on the results, scenarios are constructed to analyse and compare the rates of disposable-income increases that could potentially result from various combinations of measures and economic policy parameters.

Published
2008

20. A survey of energy loss calculations for heavy ions between 1 and 100kev

Author

V. Chepel, J. Pinto da Cunha, A. Lindote, M. L. Benabderrahmane, A. Mangiarotti, P. Sona, and M.I. Lopes

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Energy loss, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Neutron scattering, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Ion, Nuclear physics, Recoil, astro-ph, Cascade, 0103 physical sciences, Stopping power (particle radiation), Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, physics.ins-det, Instrumentation
Abstract

The original Lindhard-Scharff-Schi{\o}tt (LSS) theory and the more recent Tilinin theory for calculating the nuclear and electronic stopping powers of slow heavy ions are compared with predictions from the SRIM code by Ziegler. While little discrepancies are present for the nuclear contribution to the energy loss, large differences are found in the electronic one. When full ion recoil cascade simulations are tested against the elastic neutron scattering data available in the literature, it can be concluded that the LSS theory is the more accurate., Comment: Presented at the 10th International Symposium on Radiation Physics, 17-22 September, 2006, Coimbra, Portugal; style corrections, small change to fig.2

Published
2007

21. Operation of gas electron multipliers in pure xenon at low temperatures

Author

M.I. Lopes, Anabela Pereira, V. N. Solovov, V. Chepel, F. Balau, and F. Neves

Subjects
Physics, Two-phase detectors, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Continuous operation, chemistry.chemical_element, Electron, Gas electron muliplier, Xenon, chemistry, Maximum gain, Gas electron multiplier, Vapor–liquid equilibrium, Atomic physics, Instrumentation
Abstract

Operation of Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) in ultra-pure xenon was studied for gas at 25 °C, cold but not saturated gas at -90 °C and saturated xenon vapour at -102 °C. The most stable operation was observed at -90 °C for which the maximum visible gain of 150 was obtained from a single GEM. The maximum gain of [approximate]40 was achieved for saturated xenon vapour at -102 °C and of [approximate]25 for two-phase configuration at the same temperature. Continuous operation of a GEM in two-phase mode for periods of several hours was routinely achieved. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-4NS0KHR-T/1/35eba27b4e775450c0b1ff38cd656379

Published
2007

22. Position reconstruction in a liquid xenon scintillation chamber for low-energy nuclear recoils and γ-rays

Author

F. Neves, Catarina Silva, J. Pinto da Cunha, V. N. Solovov, M.I. Lopes, V. Chepel, and A. Lindote

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Scintillation, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Resolution (electron density), Detector, chemistry.chemical_element, Reconstruction algorithm, Neutron scattering, Nuclear physics, Optics, Xenon, chemistry, Position (vector), business, Instrumentation, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

A position reconstruction algorithm was implemented for a liquid xenon scintillation camera aiming to reduce the uncertainty in the measurement of the energy of nuclear recoils from neutron scattering. The algorithm is based on the maximum likelihood (ML) technique. The performance of the algorithm was assessed both with simulated and experimental data. A resolution of σxy=6.7 mm was measured with 122 keV γ-rays at the bottom of the chamber. For 10 keV γ-rays simulated events, a resolution of σxy⩽20 mm was obtained for 80% of the active volume of the detector. By means of the position reconstruction, the uncertainty of the nuclear recoil energy in the neutron scattering experiment was reduced by a factor of 2–3, depending on the energy.

Published
2007

23. 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

24. Iterative reconstruction of detector response of an Anger gamma camera

Author

Francisco Alves, R. Martins, V. N. Solovov, A. Morozov, V. Chepel, F. Neves, and V. Domingos

Subjects
Photomultiplier, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Amplifiers, Electronic, Iterative method, Event (computing), business.industry, Computer science, Detector, ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION, Centroid, Iterative reconstruction, law.invention, law, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Computer vision, Gamma Cameras, Irradiation, Artificial intelligence, business, Radiometry, Algorithms, Event reconstruction, Gamma camera
Abstract

Statistical event reconstruction techniques can give better results for gamma cameras than the traditional centroid method. However, implementation of such techniques requires detailed knowledge of the photomultiplier tube light-response functions. Here we describe an iterative method which allows one to obtain the response functions from flood irradiation data without imposing strict requirements on the spatial uniformity of the event distribution. A successful application of the method for medical gamma cameras is demonstrated using both simulated and experimental data. An implementation of the iterative reconstruction technique capable of operating in real time is presented. We show that this technique can also be used for monitoring photomultiplier gain variations.

Published
2015

25. 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

26. Liquid Hole Multipliers: bubble-assisted electroluminescence in liquid xenon

Author

V. Chepel, David Vartsky, A.E.C. Coimbra, Amos Breskin, Lior Arazi, E. Erdal, and Michael Rappaport

Subjects
Scintillation, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Dark matter, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Electroluminescence, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Xenon, chemistry, Electric field, Scintillation counter, Gas electron multiplier, Neutrino, Atomic physics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Mathematical Physics
Abstract

In this work we discuss the mechanism behind the large electroluminescence signals observed at relatively low electric fields in the holes of a Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) electrode immersed in liquid xenon. We present strong evidence that the scintillation light is generated in xenon bubbles trapped below the THGEM holes. The process is shown to be remarkably stable over months of operation, providing - under specific thermodynamic conditions - energy resolution similar to that of present dual-phase liquid xenon experiments. The observed mechanism may serve as the basis for the development of Liquid Hole Multipliers (LHMs), capable of producing local charge-induced electroluminescence signals in large-volume single-phase noble-liquid detectors for dark matter and neutrino physics experiments., Comment: Submitted to JINST

Published
2015
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27. Direct observation of bubble-assisted electroluminescence in liquid xenon

Author

David Vartsky, Lior Arazi, E. Erdal, Amos Breskin, Michael Rappaport, and V. Chepel

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Bubble, Electron multiplier, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Electroluminescence, Physics::Fluid Dynamics, Xenon, chemistry, Ionization, Boiling, Gas electron multiplier, Liquid bubble, Atomic physics, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
Abstract

Bubble formation in liquid xenon underneath a Thick Gaseous Electron Multiplier (THGEM) electrode immersed in liquid xenon was observed with a CCD camera. With voltage across the THGEM, the appearance of bubbles was correlated with that of electroluminescence signals induced by ionization electrons from alpha-particle tracks. This confirms recent indirect evidence that the observed photons are due to electroluminescence within a xenon vapor layer trapped under the electrode. The bubbles seem to emerge spontaneously due to heat flow from 300K into the liquid, or in a controlled manner, by locally boiling the liquid with resistive wires. Controlled bubble formation resulted in energy resolution of {\sigma}/E~7.5% for ~6,000 ionization electrons. The phenomenon could pave ways towards the conception of large-volume 'local dual-phase' noble-liquid TPCs., Comment: Submitted to JINST

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2015
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28. Performance of a chamber for studying the liquid xenon response to /spl gamma/-rays and nuclear recoils

Author

V. Chepel, C. Silva, Pedro Cabral Mendes, V. N. Solovov, M.I. Lopes, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, R. Ferreira Marques, A. Lindote, A. Pereira, F. Neves, and J. Pinto da Cunha

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Scintillation, Photomultiplier, Materials science, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Position resolution, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Resolution (electron density), chemistry.chemical_element, Photoelectric effect, Full width at half maximum, Optics, Xenon, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, chemistry, Neutron, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business
Abstract

The design and performance of a 1.2 liter liquid xenon chamber equipped with 7 two-inch photomultiplier tubes, with the purpose of studying the scintillation response of xenon to gamma-rays and neutrons, is described. Measurements with gamma-rays indicate a high VUV light collection efficiency resulting in ~5.5 photoelectrons per 1 keV of deposited energy. The energy resolution (FWHM) is 18% and 22%, for 122 keV and 511 keV gamma-rays, respectively. An algorithm for the reconstruction of the scintillation coordinates in (x,y) plane was developed and tested. The position resolution is estimated to be 6.9 mm (sigma) for 122 keV gamma-rays.

Published
2005

29. Primary scintillation yield and ratio in liquid xenon

Author

V. N. Solovov, M.I. Lopes, and V. Chepel

Subjects
Physics, Scintillation, Radiation, Photon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Analytical chemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Electron, Particle detector, Amplitude, Xenon, chemistry, Yield (chemistry), Electric field, Atomic physics
Abstract

Scintillation of liquid xenon due to 5.486 MeV α -particles and 59.54 keV γ -rays, both emitted by a 241 Am source, was observed. By measuring in the same spectrum the amplitudes A α and A γ corresponding to the peaks due to α -particles and γ -rays, respectively, the ratio of the scintillation yield for these two types of particles (in short, referred to as α / β ) was found to be 1.07±0.02 at zero electric field. The mean energy expended per scintillation photon, i.e., W s , in liquid xenon was determined as W s = 18.3 ± 1.5 eV for 59.54 keV γ -rays and W s = 17.1 ± 1.4 eV for α -particles. Using the available data on the dependence of the scintillation light yield of liquid xenon on γ -ray energy, the α / β ratio and W s value were estimated for 1 MeV electrons.

Published
2005

30. Resonance neutron-capture cross sections of stable magnesium isotopes and their astrophysical implications

Author

MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, P. Koehler, S. Bisterzo, N. Colonna, R. Gallino, F. Gunsing, F. Käppeler, G. Lorusso, A. Mengoni, M. Pignatari, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, M. Barbagallo, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, M. Bennett, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, F. Herwig, R. Hirschi, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, V. Konovalov, S. Kopecky, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, C. Lederer, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, R. Losito, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marques, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, M. Oshima, 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, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, G. Rockefeller, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, R. Sarmento, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, 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), Theorical Division (LANL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci (PULV), C. Massimi, P. Koehler, S. Bisterzo, N. Colonna, R. Gallino, F. Gunsing, F. Käppeler, G. Lorusso, A. Mengoni, M. Pignatari, G. Vannini, 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, F. Belloni, M. Bennett, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, 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, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, F. Herwig, R. Hirschi, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, V. Konovalov, S. Kopecky, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, C. Lederer, A. Lindote, I. Lope, R. Losito, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, 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, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, G. Rockefeller, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, J. Salgado, C. Santo, L. Sarchiapone, R. Sarmento, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, 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, 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)-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-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and TOF

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, STELLAR CROSS SECTION, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Neutrons--Captura, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutrons--Capture, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Isotopes of magnesium, Physics, NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Large Hadron Collider, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear energy, NEUTRON INDUCED NUCLEAR REACTION, Neutron spectroscopy, Neutron capture, 13. Climate action, S PROCESS, Energia nuclear, RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY, Atomic physics, s-process, Shape analysis (digital geometry)
Abstract

We have measured the neutron capture cross sections of the stable magnesium isotopes 24,25,26Mg in the energy range of interest to the s process using the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Capture events from a natural metal sample and from samples enriched in 25Mg and 26Mg were recorded using the total energy method based on C6 2H6 detectors. Neutron resonance parameters were extracted by a simultaneous resonance shape analysis of the present capture data and existing transmission data on a natural isotopic sample. Maxwellian-averaged capture cross sections for the three isotopes were calculated up to thermal energies of 100 keV and their impact on s-process analyses was investigated. At 30 keV the new values of the stellar cross section for 24Mg, 25Mg, and 26Mg are 3.8±0.2 mb, 4.1±0.6 mb, and 0.14±0.01 mb, respectively.

Published
2012

31. 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

32. 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

33. Neutron-induced fission cross section of nat-Pb and 209-Bi from threshold to 1 GeV: An improved parametrization

Author

D. Tarrío, L. Tassan Got, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, I. Duran, L. Ferrant, S. Isaev, C. Le Naour, C. Paradela, C. Stephan, D. Trubert, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo Pardo, W. Dridi, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid Segura, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan-Got, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, I. Duran, L. Ferrant, S. Isaev, C. Le Naour, C. Paradela, C. Stephan, D. Trubert, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, 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, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, 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, 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, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak.

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, NEUTRON-INDUCED REACTION, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment, FISSION
Abstract

Neutron-induced fission cross sections for natPb and 209Bi were measured with a white-spectrum neutron source at the CERN Neutron Time-of-Flight (n_TOF) 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 235U and 238U 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

34. 197-Au(n,gamma) cross section in the uresolved resonance region

Author

C. Lederer, N. Colonna, C. Domingo Pardo, F. Gunsing, F. Käppeler, A. Mengoni, A. Wallner, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, P. Assimakopoulos, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, 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, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, S. Galanopoulos, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, G. Perdikakis, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, L. Sarchiapone, R. Sarmento, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, C. Lederer, N. Colonna, C. Domingo-Pardo, F. Gunsing, F. Käppeler, C.Massimi, A. Mengoni, A. Wallner, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, P. Assimakopoulo, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillmann, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, L. Ferrant, †, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, K. Fujii, W. Furman, S. Galanopoulo, I. F. Gonçalve, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, G. Perdikaki, 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, L. Sarchiapone, R. Sarmento, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak.

Subjects
NEUTRON-INDUCED REACTION, NEUTRON CAPTURE
Abstract

The cross section of the reaction 197Au(n,γ) 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 C6D6 (where D denotes 2H) liquid scintillators for the detection of prompt capture γ 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

35. Neutron-induced fission cross-sectionof 233-U in the energy range 0.5<20 MeV

Author

The n_TOF Collaboration, F. Belloni, M. Calviani, N. Colonna, P. Mastinu, P. M. Milazzo, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, 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, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, 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, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martınez, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, M. H. Meaze, A. Mengoni, 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, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, VANNINI, GIANNI, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, The n_TOF Collaboration, F. Belloni, M. Calviani, N. Colonna, P. Mastinu, P. M. Milazzo, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martınez, C. Massimi, M. H. Meaze, A. Mengoni, 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, 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, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak

Subjects
NEUTRON-INDUCED REACTION, Nuclear Experiment, FISSION
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 α -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 ≈ 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

36. Low-temperature performance of a large area avalanche photodiode

Author

V. Chepel, M.I. Lopes, V. N. Solovov, F. Neves, R.F. Marques, and A.J.P.L. Policarpo

Subjects
Light detector, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Materials science, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Photodetectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Avalanche photodiode, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Noise figure, 01 natural sciences, Low intensity light, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Photodiode, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Excess noise factor, business, Instrumentation
Abstract

A Large Area Avalanche Photodiode (LAAPD) was studied, aiming to access its performance as light detector at low temperatures, down to -80 C. The excess noise factor, F, was measured and found to be approximately independent of the temperature. A linear dependence of F on the APD gain with a slope of 0.00239 +/- 0.00008 was observed for gains above 100. The detection of low intensity light pulses, producing only a few primary electron-hole pairs in the photodiode, is reported., 16 pages, 7 figures; was presented at 3-rd conference "New Developments in Photodetection" Beaune, France, June 17-21, 2002; submitted to NIM

Published
2003

37. Neutron-induced fission cross section of 234U and 237Np measured at the CERN Neutron Time-of-Flight (n TOF) facility

Author

C. Paradela, L. Tassan Got, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, I. Duran, L. Ferrant, S. Isaev, C. Le Naour, C. Stephan, D. Tarrío, D. Trubert, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo Pardo, W. Dridi, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid Segura, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, 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, 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 Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-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, 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 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), C. Paradela, L. Tassan-Got, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, I. Duran, L. Ferrant, S. Isaev, C. Le Naour, C. Stephan, D. Tarrío, D. Trubert, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, 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, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, 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, 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, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak

Subjects
NEUTRON-INDUCED REACTIONS, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment, NUCLEAR FISSION, 25.85.Ec, 28.65.+a, 28.41.Kw, 28.41.Vx
Abstract

A high-resolution measurement of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 234U and 237Np 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 235U cross section as reference. In these measurements the energy determination for the 234U resonances could be improved, whereas previous discrepancies for the 237Np 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 237Np.

Published
2010

38. Astrophysics at n-TOF facility at CERN

Author

G. Vannini, L. Perrot, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, J. Salgado, A. Poch, P. E. Koehler, I. Goncalves, L. Tavora, Ralf Plag, Thomas Rauscher, M. Embid-Segura, E. Jericha, R. Vlastou, I. Duran, Sara Bisterzo, M. Kerveno, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, C. Santos, E. Kossionides, Manuel Lozano, D. Karadimos, C. Pretel, W.I. Furman, V. Chepel, P. Rullhusen, J. Cox, T. Martinez, Javier Praena, F. Bečvář, Rene Reifarth, P. Baumann, I. Dillman, G. Aerts, Masayuki Igashira, Laurent Tassan-Got, A. Lindote, S. David, K. Fujii, Marco Calviani, P. Pavlopoulos, G. Cortes, G. Tagliente, P. Cennini, J. M. Quesada, S. Walter, A. J. M. Plompen, R. Gallino, C. Carrapiço, C Papadopoulos, E. Berthoumieux, Alberto Mengoni, G. Rudolf, I. Lopes, M. Mosconi, E. Gonzalez-Romero, Fabio Belloni, B. Haas, P. M. Milazzo, Michael Heil, F. Alvarez-Velarde, C. Stephan, L. Sarchiapone, Roberto Capote, R. Terlizzi, Gerald Badurek, A. Plukis, F. Neves, W. Dridi, Carlos Guerrero, D. Karamanis, S. Marrone, F. Gramegna, H. Álvarez, Heinz Oberhummer, J. L. Tain, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, I. Savvidis, J. Andrzejewski, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, P. F. Mastinu, M. C. Vincente, C. Papachristodoulou, U. Abbondanno, J. Pancin, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, R. C. Haight, M. Dahlfors, L. Audouin, Michael Wiescher, P. Vaz, D. Villamarin, Marco T. Pigni, Alberto Ventura, Aaron Couture, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, C. Eleftheriadis, C. Paradela, S. Lukic, Yacine Kadi, F. Käppeler, F. Voss, Nicola Colonna, H. Leeb, K. Wisshak, H. Wendler, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, G Tagliente, U Abbondanno, G Aert, H Alvarez, F Alvarez-Velarde, S Andriamonje, J Andrzejewski, L Audouin, G Badurek, P Baumann, F Bečvář, F Belloni, E Berthoumieux, S Bisterzo, F Calviño, M Calviani, D Cano-Ott, R Capote, C Carrapiço, P Cennini, V Chepel, E Chiaveri, N Colonna, G Corte, A Couture, J Cox, M Dahlfor, S David, I Dillman, C Domingo-Pardo, W Dridi, I Duran, C Eleftheriadi, M Embid-Segura, A Ferrari, R Ferreira-Marque, K Fujii, W Furman, R Gallino, I Goncalve, E Gonzalez-Romero, F Gramegna, C Guerrero, F Gunsing, B Haa, R Haight, M Heil, A Herrera-Martinez, M Igashira, E Jericha, F Käppeler, Y Kadi, D Karadimo, D Karamani, M Kerveno, P Koehler, E Kossionide, M Krtička, H Leeb, A Lindote, I Lope, M Lozano, S Lukic, J Marganiec, S Marrone, T Martinez, C Massimi, P Mastinu, A Mengoni, P M Milazzo, M Mosconi, F Neve, H Oberhummer, 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, 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, and K Wisshak

Subjects
s proce, Nuclear reaction, History, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear physics, Astrophysics, Education, CERN, Neutron cross section, Nuclear astrophysics, Neutron, Spallation, n_TOF, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], nucleosynthesis, Computer Science Applications, Neutron source, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Física nuclear, s-process, Nucleosynthesis, Spallation Neutron Source
Abstract

The neutron time of flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN is a spallation neutron source with white neutron energy spectrum (from thermal to several GeV), covering the full energy range of interest for nuclear astrophysics, in particular for measurements of the neutron capture cross section required in s-process nucleosynthesis. This contribution presents an overview on the astrophysical program carried on at the n_TOF facility, the main results and their implications.

Published
2010

39. Neutron physics of the Re/Os clock. I. Measurements of the (n,gamma) cross sections of the 186,187,188-Os at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author

M. MOSCONI, K. FUJII, A. MENGONI, C. DOMINGO PARDO, F. KAPPELER, U. ABBONDANNO, G. AERTS, H. ALVAREZ, F. ALVAREZ VELARDE, S. ANDRIAMONJE, J. ANDRZEJEWSKI, P. ASSIMAKOPOULOS, 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. CORTES, A. COUTURE, J. COX, M. DAHLFORS, S. DAVID, I. DILLMANN, W. DRIDI, I. DURAN, C. ELEFTHERIADIS, L. FERRANT, A. FERRARI, R. FERREIRA MARQUES, L. FITZPATRICK, H. FRAIS KOELBL, W. FURMAN, R. GALLINO, I. GONCALVES, E. GONZALEZ ROMERO, A. GOVERDOVSKI, F. GRAMEGNA, E. GRIESMAYER, C. GUERRERO, F. GUNSING, B. HAAS, R. HAIGHT, M. HEIL, A. HERRERA MARTINEZ, M. IGASHIRA, E. JERICHA, Y. KADI, D. KARADIMOS, M. KERVENO, P. KOEHLER, E. KOSSIONIDES, M. KRTICKA, C. LAMPOUDIS, H. LEEB, A. LINDOTE, I. LOPES, M. LOZANO, S. LUKIC, J. MARGANIEC, S. MARRONE, T. MARTINEZ, P. MASTINU, E. MENDOZA, P. M. MILAZZO, C. MOREAU, 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, J. PRAENA, C. PRETEL, J. QUESADA, T. RAUSCHER, R. REIFARTH, C. RUBBIA, G. RUDOLF, P. RULLHUSEN, J. SALGADO, C. SANTOS, L. SARCHIAPONE, I. SAVVIDIS, C. STEPHAN, G. TAGLIENTE, J. L. TAIN, L. TASSAN GOT, L. TAVORA, R. TERLIZZI, P. VAZ, A. VENTURA, D. VILLAMARIN, M. C. VICENTE, V. VLACHOUDIS, R. VLASTOU, F. VOSS, S. WALTER, M. WIESCHER, K. WISSHAK, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, M. MOSCONI, K. FUJII, A. MENGONI, C. DOMINGO-PARDO, F. KAPPELER, U. ABBONDANNO, G. AERTS, H. ALVAREZ, F. ALVAREZ-VELARDE, S. ANDRIAMONJE, J. ANDRZEJEWSKI, P. ASSIMAKOPOULOS, 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. CORTES, A. COUTURE, J. COX, M. DAHLFORS, S. DAVID, I. DILLMANN, W. DRIDI, I. DURAN, C. ELEFTHERIADIS, L. FERRANT, A. FERRARI, R. FERREIRA-MARQUES, L. FITZPATRICK, H. FRAIS-KOELBL, W. FURMAN, R.GALLINO, I. GONCALVES, E. GONZALEZ-ROMERO, A. GOVERDOVSKI, F. GRAMEGNA, E. GRIESMAYER, C. GUERRERO, F. GUNSING, B. HAAS, R. HAIGHT, M. HEIL, A. HERRERA-MARTINEZ, M. IGASHIRA, E. JERICHA, Y. KADI, D. KARADIMOS, M. KERVENO, P. KOEHLER, E. KOSSIONIDES, M. KRTICKA, C. LAMPOUDIS, H. LEEB, A. LINDOTE, I. LOPES, M. LOZANO, S. LUKIC, J. MARGANIEC, S. MARRONE, T. MARTINEZ, C. MASSIMI, P. MASTINU, E. MENDOZA, P.M. MILAZZO, C. MOREAU, 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, J. PRAENA, C. PRETEL, J. QUESADA, T. RAUSCHER, R. REIFARTH, C. RUBBIA, G. RUDOLF, P. RULLHUSEN, J. SALGADO, C. SANTOS, L. SARCHIAPONE, I. SAVVIDIS, C. STEPHAN, G. TAGLIENTE, J.L. TAIN, L. TASSAN-GOT, L. TAVORA, R. TERLIZZI, VANNINI G., P. VAZ, A. VENTURA, D. VILLAMARIN, M.C. VICENTE, V. VLACHOUDIS, R. VLASTOU, F. VOSS, S. WALTER, M. WIESCHER, and K. WISSHAK

Subjects
AGE OF THE UNIVERSE, NEUTRON CAPTURE CROSS SECTIONS, NEUTRON PHYSICS, COSMOCHRONOMETER
Abstract

The precise determination of the neutron capture cross sections of Os186 and Os187 is important to define the s-process abundance of Os187 at the formation of the solar system. This quantity can be used to evaluate the radiogenic component of the abundance of Os187 due to the decay of the unstable Re187 (t1/2=41.2 Gyr) and from this to infer the time duration of the nucleosynthesis in our galaxy (Re/Os cosmochronometer). The neutron capture cross sections of Os186, Os187, and Os188 have been measured at the CERN n-TOF facility from 1 eV to 1 MeV, covering the entire energy range of astrophysical interest. The measurement has been performed by time-of-flight technique using isotopically enriched samples and two C6D6 scintillation detectors for recording the prompt γ rays emitted in the capture events. Maxwellian averaged capture cross sections have been determined for thermal energies between kT=5 and 100 keV corresponding to all possible s-process scenarios. The estimated uncertainties for the values at 30 keV are 4.1, 3.3, and 4.7% for Os186, Os187, and Os188, respectively. © 2010 The American Physical Society

Published
2010

40. Astrophysics at n-TOF facility

Author

G. Tagliente, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillman, 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. Gonzalez Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Ricardo Alarcon, Phil Cole, Andres J. Kreiner, Hugo F. Arellano, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Commission (EC), Ricardo Alarcon , Phil Cole , Andres J. Kreiner and Hugo F. Arellano, G. Tagliente, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillman, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Pluki, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, J. Salgado, C. Santo, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, 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, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Ricardo Alarcon, Phil Cole, Andres J. Kreiner, and Hugo F. Arellano

Subjects
Physics, Neutron cross-section, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Astrophysics, Neutron scattering, Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Elemental Nucleosynthesi, N_TOF, Nuclear astrophysics, Neutron cross section, r-process, Neutron, n_TOF CERN, s-process, Nuclear Experiment, s process
Abstract

Heavy elements with Z ≥ 30 are made by neutron capture reactions during stellar He burning and presumably in supernovae. This contribution deals mainly with the slow neutron capture (s) process which is responsible for about one half of the abundances in the mass region between Fe and Bi. The slow time scale implies that the reaction path of this process involves mostly stable isotopes which can be studied in detail in laboratory experiments. The neutron time of flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN is a neutron spallation source, its white neutron energy spectrum ranges from thermal to several MeV, covering the full energy range of interest for nuclear astrophysics, in particular for measurements of the neutron capture cross section required in s-process nucleosynthesis. This contribution gives an overview on the astrophysical program made at n_TOF facility, the results and the implications will be considered. European Commission (EC) FIKW-CT-2000-00107

Published
2010

41. 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

42. Study of Neutron-Induced Fission Cross Sections of U, Am, and Cm at ṉTOF

Author

P. M. Milazzo, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becčvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillman, 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. Gonzalez Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Ricardo Alarcon, Phil Cole, Andres J. Kreiner, Hugo F. Arellano, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Commission Joint Research Centre European Community (EC), Ricardo Alarcon , Phil Cole , Andres J. Kreiner and Hugo F. Arellano, P. M. Milazzo, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becčvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillman, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Paradela, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, R. Plag, A. Pluki, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, 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, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Ricardo Alarcon, Phil Cole, Andres J. Kreiner, and Hugo F. Arellano

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Isotopes of uranium, Isotope, Chemistry, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Radiochemistry, Alpha particle, NEUTRON INDUCED REACTIONS, Neutron cross section, Nuclear physics, Neutron-induced fission reactions, N_TOF, Uranium-233, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Neutron, Spallation, Nuclear Experiment, TIME-OF-Flight
Abstract

Neutron induced fission cross sections of several isotopes have been measured at the CERN n_TOF spallation neutron facility. Between them some measurements involve isotopes (233U, 241Am, 243Am, 245Cm) relevant for applications to nuclear technologies. The n_TOF facility delivers neutrons with high instantaneous flux and in a wide energy range, from thermal up to 250 MeV. The experimental apparatus consists of an ionization chamber that discriminates fission fragments and α particles coming from natural radioactivity of the samples. All the measurements were performed referring to the standard cross section of 235U. European Commission Joint Research Centre European Community (EC) FIKW-CT-2000-00107

Published
2010

43. 197-Au(n,gamma) cross section in the resonance region

Author

MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, C. Domingo Pardo, VANNINI, GIANNI, L. Audouin, C. Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, S. Galanopoulos, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González Romero, F. Gramegna, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, G. Perdikakis, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, L. Sarchiapone, R. Sarmento, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, C.Massimi, C. Domingo-Pardo, G. Vannini, L. Audouin, C. Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillmann, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadi, L. Ferrant, †, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, K. Fujii, W. Furman, S. Galanopoulo, I. F. Gonçalve, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, F. Gunsing, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudi, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papadopoulo, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, G. Perdikaki, 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, L. Sarchiapone, R. Sarmento, I. Savvidi, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak

Subjects
NEUTRON CAPTURE
Abstract

The (n,γ) cross section of Au197 has been measured at n_TOF in the resolved resonance region, up to 5 keV, 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.

Published
2010

44. Neutron physics of the Re/Os clock. III. Resonance analyses and stellar (n,γ) cross sections of 186,187,188Os

Author

K. FUJII, M. MOSCONI, A. MENGONI, C. DOMINGO PARDO, F. KAPPELER, U. ABBONDANNO, G. AERTS, H. ALVAREZ, F. ALVAREZ VELARDE, S. ANDRIAMONJE, J. ANDRZEJEWSKI, P. ASSIMAKOPOULOS, 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. CORTES, A. COUTURE, J. COX, M. DAHLFORS, S. DAVID, I. DILLMANN, W. DRIDI, I. DURAN, C. ELEFTHERIADIS, L. FERRANT, A. FERRARI, R. FERREIRA MARQUES, L. FITZPATRICK, H. FRAIS KOELBL, W. FURMAN, R. GALLINO, I. GONCALVES, E. GONZALEZ ROMERO, A. GOVERDOVSKI, F. GRAMEGNA, E. GRIESMAYER, C. GUERRERO, F. GUNSING, B. HAAS, R. HAIGHT, M. HEIL, A. HERRERA MARTINEZ, M. IGASHIRA, E. JERICHA, Y. KADI, D. KARADIMOS, M. KERVENO, P. KOEHLER, E. KOSSIONIDES, M. KRTICKA, C. LAMPOUDIS, H. LEEB, A. LINDOTE, I. LOPES, M. LOZANO, S. LUKIC, J. MARGANIEC, S. MARRONE, T. MARTINEZ, P. MASTINU, E. MENDOZA, P. M. MILAZZO, C. MOREAU, 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, J. PRAENA, C. PRETEL, J. QUESADA, T. RAUSCHER, R. REIFARTH, C. RUBBIA, G. RUDOLF, P. RULLHUSEN, J. SALGADO, C. SANTOS, L. SARCHIAPONE, I. SAVVIDIS, C. STEPHAN, G. TAGLIENTE, J. L. TAIN, L. TASSAN GOT, L. TAVORA, R. TERLIZZI, P. VAZ, A. VENTURA, D. VILLAMARIN, M. C. VICENTE, V. VLACHOUDIS, R. VLASTOU, F. VOSS, S. WALTER, M. WIESCHER, K. WISSHAK, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, K. FUJII, M. MOSCONI, A. MENGONI, C. DOMINGO-PARDO, F. KAPPELER, U. ABBONDANNO, G. AERTS, H. ALVAREZ, F. ALVAREZ-VELARDE, S. ANDRIAMONJE, J. ANDRZEJEWSKI, P. ASSIMAKOPOULOS, 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. CORTES, A. COUTURE, J. COX, M. DAHLFORS, S. DAVID, I. DILLMANN, W. DRIDI, I. DURAN, C. ELEFTHERIADIS, L. FERRANT, A. FERRARI, R. FERREIRA-MARQUES, L. FITZPATRICK, H. FRAIS-KOELBL, W. FURMAN, R.GALLINO, I. GONCALVES, E. GONZALEZ-ROMERO, A. GOVERDOVSKI, F. GRAMEGNA, E. GRIESMAYER, C. GUERRERO, F. GUNSING, B. HAAS, R. HAIGHT, M. HEIL, A. HERRERA-MARTINEZ, M. IGASHIRA, E. JERICHA, Y. KADI, D. KARADIMOS, M. KERVENO, P. KOEHLER, E. KOSSIONIDES, M. KRTICKA, C. LAMPOUDIS, H. LEEB, A. LINDOTE, I. LOPES, M. LOZANO, S. LUKIC, J. MARGANIEC, S. MARRONE, T. MARTINEZ, C. MASSIMI, P. MASTINU, E. MENDOZA, P.M. MILAZZO, C. MOREAU, 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, J. PRAENA, C. PRETEL, J. QUESADA, T. RAUSCHER, R. REIFARTH, C. RUBBIA, G. RUDOLF, P. RULLHUSEN, J. SALGADO, C. SANTOS, L. SARCHIAPONE, I. SAVVIDIS, C. STEPHAN, G. TAGLIENTE, J.L. TAIN, L. TASSAN-GOT, L. TAVORA, R. TERLIZZI, VANNINI G., P. VAZ, A. VENTURA, D. VILLAMARIN, M.C. VICENTE, V. VLACHOUDIS, R. VLASTOU, F. VOSS, S. WALTER, M. WIESCHER, and K. WISSHAK

Subjects
STELLAR NUCLEOSYNTHESIS, NEUTRON RESONANCE ANALYSES, R-MATRIX ANALYSIS, NEUTRON CAPTURE REACTIONS, TIME DURATION OF GALACTIC NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
Abstract

Neutron resonance analyses have been performed for the capture cross sections of 186Os, 187Os, and 188Os 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 187Os abundance and the related impact on the evaluation of the time duration of galactic nucleosynthesis via the Re/Os cosmochronometer are discussed.

Published
2010

45. Liquid-xenon γ-camera with ionisation readout

Author

V. N. Solovov, F. Neves, R. Ferreira Marques, M.I. Lopes, A.J.P.L. Policarpo, and V. Chepel

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Position resolution, Computation, Metal strips, chemistry.chemical_element, Optics, Xenon, Successful operation, chemistry, Ionization, Slab, Perpendicular, business, Instrumentation
Abstract

The successful operation of a liquid-xenon ionisation chamber with imaging capability is reported. A bi-dimensional readout based on a mini-strip plate—a glass slab with metal strips deposited along two perpendicular directions—was developed and studied both experimentally and by computation. An image of a 122 keV γ-source of 5 mm diameter was obtained with a liquid-xenon ionisation chamber equipped with such readout. A position resolution better than 2 mm was achieved.

Published
2002

46. Two-dimensional readout in a liquid xenon ionisation chamber

Author

A.J.P.L. Policarpo, M.I. Lopes, V. N. Solovov, R. Ferreira Marques, A. Pereira, and V. Chepel

Subjects
Ionisation chamber, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, medicine.diagnostic_test, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Resolution (electron density), chemistry.chemical_element, Gamma-ray detection, Particle detector, Nuclear physics, Full width at half maximum, Xenon, chemistry, Ionization, medicine, Measuring instrument, Tomography, Liquid xenon, Atomic physics, Instrumentation, Emission computed tomography
Abstract

A two-dimensional readout with metal strips deposited on both sides of a glass plate is investigated aiming to assess the possibility of its use in a liquid xenon ionisation chamber for positron emission tomography. Here, we present results obtained with an [alpha]-source. It is shown that position resolution of [less-than-or-equals, slant]1 mm, fwhm, can be achieved for free charge depositions equivalent to those due to [gamma]-rays with energy from 220 down to 110 keV. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TJM-45F4WHB-R/1/f1ebd065662334c6319e5191e97c1498

Published
2002

47. n_TOF Experiment: Past, Present And Future

Author

S. Marrone, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, A. Carnllo de Albornoz, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, R. Dolfini, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, L. Fitzpatrick, H. Frais-Koelbl, K. Fujii, W. Furman, R. Gallino, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez-Romero, A. Goverdovski, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, S. Isaev, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karamanis, D. Karadimos, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marques, 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. Pignatari, 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, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Dugersuren Dashdorj, Undraa Agvaanluvsan, Gary E. Mitchell, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, European Commission Joint Research Centre European Community (EC), Dugersuren Dashdorj , Undraa Agvaanluvsan and Gary E. Mitchell, S. Marrone, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, A. Carnllo de Albornoz, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, 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, R. Gallino, I. Goncalve, E. Gonzalez-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, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karamani, D. Karadimo, M. Kerveno, V. Ketlerov, P. Koehler, V. Konovalov, E. Kossionide, M. Krtička, C. Lamboudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, L. Marque, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, 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. Pignatari, 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, Dugersuren Dashdorj, Undraa Agvaanluvsan, and Gary E. Mitchell

Subjects
Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Fission, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Theory, Measure (physics), Th/U fuel cycle, nuclear technologie, spallation neutron source, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture and fission cross sections, Neutron capture, Nuclear technology, Upgrade, MINOR ACTINIDES TRANSMUTATIONS, Photon strength function, Data analysis, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The neutron Time-of-Flight facility at CERN was built to measure the neutron capture and fission cross sections. A short description of the facility, the detectors and the data analysis techniques will be illustrated. A short review of the preliminary results on the fission cross sections is presented together with the implications in fundamental nuclear physics and in nuclear technologies. Future perspectives both for the experimental campaign and for the upgrade of the facility are discussed. European Commission Joint Research Centre European Community (EC) FIKW-CT-2000-00107

Published
2009

48. High-accuracy U233(n,f) cross-section measurement at the white-neutron source n_TOF from near-thermal to 1 MeV neutron energy

Author

M. Calviani, J. Praena, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Alvarez, F. Alvarez Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvar, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calvino, D. Cano Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapico, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Kappeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krticka, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martinez, P. Mastinu, E. Mendoza, 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, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vicente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, MASSIMI, CRISTIAN, VANNINI, GIANNI, M. Calviani, J. Praena, 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, 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, C. Guerrero, 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, 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, and K. Wisshak

Subjects
NETRON INDUCED REACTIONS, Nuclear Experiment, NUCLEAR FISSION
Abstract

The U233(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 ∼30 meV to 1 MeV neutron energy. The U233(n,f) cross section has been determined relative to a reference sample of U235(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% in the whole energy 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 U233 fission cross section and for improving the reliability of databases needed for the design of new energy systems based on the Th/U cycle. © 2009 The American Physical Society

Published
2009

49. 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

50. Measurement and analysis of theAm243neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author

N. Colonna, S. David, G. Tagliente, B. Haas, M. Dahlfors, Masayuki Igashira, C. T. Papadopoulos, P. Vaz, W. Dridi, A. Ventura, Rene Reifarth, M. Oshima, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Aaron Couture, K. Wisshak, I. Savvidis, A. Plukis, C. Rubbia, J. Andrzejewski, Marco T. Pigni, J. Salgado, A. Poch, F. Voss, G. Vannini, L. Tavora, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, Christoph A. Stephan, J. Marganiec, L. Ferrant, L. Sarchiapone, M. C. Vicente, C. Pretel, G. Aerts, P. Rullhusen, Vasilis Vlachoudis, M. Krtička, D. Karamanis, I. Dillmann, E. Kossionides, J. Balibrea, H. Wendler, L. Fitzpatrick, F. Neves, R. C. Haight, J. L. Tain, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, F. Gramegna, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, P. M. Milazzo, P. Cennini, Matthias Heil, J. Pancin, D. Villamarin, F. Gunsing, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, S. Andriamonje, A. Lindote, C. Lampoudis, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, Isabel Lopes, M. Mosconi, Y. Kadi, H. Frais-Koelbl, M. Kerveno, G. Cortes, A. Goverdovski, Michael Wiescher, S. Isaev, P. E. Koehler, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Cristian Massimi, Gerald Badurek, S. O'Brien, C. Carrapiço, Arnaud Ferrari, L. Perrot, K. Fujii, Marco Calviani, R. Dolfini, Roberto Capote, R. Terlizzi, A. Carrillo de Albornoz, P.A. Assimakopoulos, S. Lukic, P. Pavlopoulos, Fabio Belloni, D. Cano-Ott, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, V. Chepel, C. Santos, G. Rudolf, F. Bečvář, E. Mendoza, E. Jericha, R. Lossito, E. Griesmayer, P. Baumann, I. Duran, Carlos Guerrero, U. Abbondanno, C. Eleftheriadis, Heinz Oberhummer, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, E. González-Romero, A. Mengoni, V. Ketlerov, W.I. Furman, C. A. Papachristodoulou, S. Walter, Ralf Plag, V. Konovalov, F. Käppeler, L. Marques, Manuel Lozano, Corrie S. Moreau, A. J. M. Plompen, and James L. Cox

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cross section (physics), Nuclear transmutation, Neutron cross section, Neutron, 7. Clean energy, Resonance (particle physics), Neutron temperature, Calorimeter
Abstract

Background: The design of new nuclear reactors and transmutation devices requires to reduce the present neutron cross section uncertainties of minor actinides. Purpose: Improvement of the 243Am(n,? ) cross section uncertainty. Method: The 243Am(n,? ) cross section has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN with a BaF2 total absorption calorimeter, in the energy range between 0.7 eV and 2.5 keV. Results: The 243Am(n,? ) cross section has been successfully measured in the mentioned energy range. The resolved resonance region has been extended from 250 eV up to 400 eV. In the unresolved resonance region our results are compatible with one of the two incompatible capture data sets available below 2.5 keV. The data available in EXFOR and in the literature have been used to perform a simple analysis above 2.5 keV. Conclusions: The results of this measurement contribute to reduce the 243Am(n,? ) cross section uncertainty and suggest that this cross section is underestimated up to 25% in the neutron energy range between 50 eV and a few keV in the present evaluated data libraries.

Published
2014

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