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1. Measurement and analysis of the $^{246}$Cm and $^{248}$Cm neutron capture cross-sections at the EAR2 of the n TOF facility

Author: Alcayne, V., Kimura, A., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Aberle, O., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Bellia, G., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Busso, M., Caamaño, M., Caballero-Ontanaya, L., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fernández-Domınguez, B., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Garg, R., Gawlik-Ramiega, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Martınez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Ogállar, F., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., de Rada, A. Pérez, Perkowski, J., Persanti, L., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Ramos-Doval, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Talip, T., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Torres-Sánchez, P., Tsinganis, A., Ulrich, J., Urlass, S., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The $^{246}$Cm(n,$\gamma$) and $^{248}$Cm(n,$\gamma$) cross-sections have been measured at the Experimental Area 2 (EAR2) of the n_TOF facility at CERN with three C$_6$D$_6$ detectors. This measurement is part of a collective effort to improve the capture cross-section data for Minor Actinides (MAs), which are required to estimate the production and transmutation rates of these isotopes in light water reactors and innovative reactor systems. In particular, the neutron capture in $^{246}$Cm and $^{248}$Cm open the path for the formation of other Cm isotopes and heavier elements such as Bk and Cf and the knowledge of (n,$\gamma$) cross-sections of these Cm isotopes plays an important role in the transport, transmutation and storage of the spent nuclear fuel. The reactions $^{246}$Cm(n,$\gamma$) and $^{248}$Cm(n,$\gamma$) have been the two first capture measurements analyzed at n_TOF EAR2. Until this experiment and two recent measurements performed at J-PARC, there was only one set of data of the capture cross-sections of $^{246}$Cm and $^{248}$Cm, that was obtained in 1969 in an underground nuclear explosion experiment. In the measurement at n_TOF a total of 13 resonances of $^{246}$Cm between 4 and 400 eV and 5 of $^{248}$Cm between 7 and 100 eV have been identified and fitted. The radiative kernels obtained for $^{246}$Cm are compatible with JENDL-5, but some of them are not with JENDL-4, which has been adopted by JEFF-3.3 and ENDF/B-VIII.0. The radiative kernels obtained for the first three $^{248}$Cm resonances are compatible with JENDL-5, however, the other two are not compatible with any other evaluation and are 20% and 60% larger than JENDL-5.
Published: 2024

2. Pushing the high count rate limits of scintillation detectors for challenging neutron-capture experiments

Author: Correa, J. Balibrea, Lerendegui-Marco, J., Babiano-Suarez, V., Domingo-Pardo, C., Ladarescu, I., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Alcayne, V., Cano-Ott, D., González-Romero, E., Martínez, T., Mendoza, E., de Rada, A. Pérez, del Olmo, J. Plaza, Sánchez-Caballero, A., Casanovas, A., Calviño, F., Valenta, S., Aberle, O., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Bacak, M., Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Beyer, R., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviani, M., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Camprini, P. Console, Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernández, B., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., Furman, V., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramikega, A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kyritsis, N., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamati, M. E., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarrío, D., Torres-Sánchez, P., Vagena, E., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zarrella, R., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: One of the critical aspects for the accurate determination of neutron capture cross sections when combining time-of-flight and total energy detector techniques is the characterization and control of systematic uncertainties associated to the measuring devices. In this work we explore the most conspicuous effects associated to harsh count rate conditions: dead-time and pile-up effects. Both effects, when not properly treated, can lead to large systematic uncertainties and bias in the determination of neutron cross sections. In the majority of neutron capture measurements carried out at the CERN n\_TOF facility, the detectors of choice are the C$_{6}$D$_{6}$ liquid-based either in form of large-volume cells or recently commissioned sTED detector array, consisting of much smaller-volume modules. To account for the aforementioned effects, we introduce a Monte Carlo model for these detectors mimicking harsh count rate conditions similar to those happening at the CERN n\_TOF 20~m fligth path vertical measuring station. The model parameters are extracted by comparison with the experimental data taken at the same facility during 2022 experimental campaign. We propose a novel methodology to consider both, dead-time and pile-up effects simultaneously for these fast detectors and check the applicability to experimental data from $^{197}$Au($n$,$\gamma$), including the saturated 4.9~eV resonance which is an important component of normalization for neutron cross section measurements.
Published: 2023

3. A Plastic Scintillation Muon Veto for Sub-Kelvin Temperatures

Author: Erhart, A., Wagner, V., Wex, A., Goupy, C., Lhuillier, D., Namuth, E., Nones, C., Rogly, R., Savu, V., Schwarz, M., Strauss, R., Vivier, M., Abele, H., Angloher, G., Bento, A., Burkhart, J., Canonica, L., Cappella, F., Casali, N., Cerulli, R., Cruciani, A., del Castello, G., Roccagiovine, M. del Gallo, Doblhammer, A., Dorer, S., Friedl, M., Garai, A., Ghete, V. M., Hauff, D., Jeanneau, F., Jericha, E., Kaznacheeva, M., Kinast, A., Kluck, H., Langenkämper, A., Lasserre, T., Mancuso, M., Martin, R., Mazzolari, A., Mazzucato, E., Neyrial, H., Oberauer, L., Ortmann, T., Pattavina, L., Peters, L., Petricca, F., Potzel, W., Pröbst, F., Pucci, F., Reindl, F., Romagnoni, M., Rothe, J., Schermer, N., Schieck, J., Schönert, S., Schwertner, C., Scola, L., Soum-Sidikov, G., Stodolsky, L., Tamisari, M., Tomei, C., and Vignati, M.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Rare-event search experiments located on-surface, such as short-baseline reactor neutrino experiments, are often limited by muon-induced background events. Highly efficient muon vetos are essential to reduce the detector background and to reach the sensitivity goals. We demonstrate the feasibility of deploying organic plastic scintillators at sub-Kelvin temperatures. For the NUCLEUS experiment, we developed a cryogenic muon veto equipped with wavelength shifting fibers and a silicon photo multiplier operating inside a dilution refrigerator. The achievable compactness of cryostat-internal integration is a key factor in keeping the muon rate to a minimum while maximizing coverage. The thermal and light output properties of a plastic scintillation detector were examined. We report first data on the thermal conductivity and heat capacity of the polystyrene-based scintillator UPS-923A over a wide range of temperatures extending below one Kelvin. The light output was measured down to 0.8K and observed to increase by a factor of 1.61$\pm$0.05 compared to 300K. The development of an organic plastic scintillation muon veto operating in sub-Kelvin temperature environments opens new perspectives for rare-event searches with cryogenic detectors at sites lacking substantial overburden.
Published: 2023

4. Study of collision and $\gamma$-cascade times following neutron-capture processes in cryogenic detectors

Author: CRAB collaboration, Soum-Sidikov, G., Abele, H., Burkhart, J., Cappella, F., Casali, N., Cerulli, R., Chalil, A., Chebboubi, A., Crocombette, J-P., del Castello, G., Roccagiovine, M. del Gallo, Doblhammer, A., Dorer, S., Dumonteil, E., Erhart, A., Giuliani, A., Goupy, C., Gunsing, F., Jericha, E., Kaznacheeva, M., Kinast, A., Kluck, H., Langenkämper, A., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Litaize, O., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Martin, R., Materna, T., Mazzucato, E., Nones, C., Ortmann, T., Pattavina, L., Poda, D. V., Peters, L., Rothe, J., Schermer, N., Schieck, J., Schönert, S., Serot, O., Stodolsky, L., Strauss, R., Thulliez, L., Vignati, M., Vivier, M., Wagner, V., and Wex, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The emission of $\gamma$-rays after a neutron capture in a cryogenic detector can generate mono-energetic nuclear recoils in the sub-keV regime, of direct interest for the calibration of Dark Matter and Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering experiments. Here we show that accurate predictions of the nuclear recoil spectra induced by neutron captures require taking into account the interplay between the development in time of the de-excitation $\gamma$-cascade of the target nucleus and that of the associated atomic collisions in matter. We present detailed simulations coupling the FIFRELIN code for the description of the $\gamma$-cascades and the IRADINA code for the modelling of the fast atomic movements in matter. Nuclear recoil spectra are predicted, and made available to the community, for concrete cases of Al$_2$O$_3$, Si, Ge and CaWO$_4$ crystals exposed to a low intensity beam of thermal neutrons. We find that timing effects cause new calibration peaks to emerge in the recoil spectra and also impact the shape of the continuous recoil distribution. We discuss how they could give access to a rich physics program, spanning the accurate study of the response of cryogenic detectors in the sub-keV range, tests of solid state physics simulations and tests of nuclear models.
Published: 2023

5. First measurement of the $^{94}$Nb($n$,$\gamma$) cross section at the CERN n\_TOF facility

Author: Balibrea-Correa, J., Babiano-Suarez, V., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Domingo-Pardo, C., Ladarescu, I., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Alcayne, V., Cano-Ott, D., González-Romero, E., Martínez, T., Mendoza, E., Plaza, J., Sánchez-Caballero, A., Calviño, F., Casanovas, A., Guerrero, C., Heinitz, S., Köster, U., Maugeri, E. A., Dressler, R., Schumann, D., Mönch, I., Cristallo, S., Lederer-Woods, C., Aberle, O., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Bacak, M., Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviani, M., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Camprini, P. Console, Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernández, B., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., Furman, V., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramięga, A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kyritsis, N., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Mazzone, A., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., de Rada, A. Pérez, Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Sekhar, A., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamati, M. E., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarrío, D., Torres-Sánchez, P., Urlass, S., Vagena, E., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, T., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zarrella, R., Žugec, P., and Collaboration, the n_TOF
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: One of the crucial ingredients for the improvement of stellar models is the accurate knowledge of neutron capture cross-sections for the different isotopes involved in the $s$-,$r$- and $i$- processes. These measurements can shed light on existing discrepancies between observed and predicted isotopic abundances and help to constrain the physical conditions where these reactions take place along different stages of stellar evolution.In the particular case of the radioactive $^{94}$Nb, the $^{94}$Nb($n$,$\gamma$) cross-section could play a role in the determination of the $s$-process production of $^{94}$Mo in AGB stars, which presently cannot be reproduced by state-of-the-art stellar models. There are no previous $^{94}$Nb($n$,$\gamma$) experimental data for the resolved and unresolved resonance regions mainly due to the difficulties in producing high-quality samples and also due to limitations in conventional detection systems commonly used in time-of-flight experiments.Motivated by this situation, a first measurement of the $^{94}$Nb($n$,$\gamma$) reaction was carried out at CERN n\_TOF, thereby exploiting the high luminosity of the EAR2 area in combination with a new detection system of small-volume C6D6-detectors and a high quality $^{94}$Nb-sample. The latter was based on hyper-pure $^{93}$Nb material activated at the high-flux reactor of ILL-Grenoble. An innovative ring-configuration detection system in close geometry around the capture sample allowed us to significantly enhance the signal-to-background ratio. This set-up was supplemented with two conventional C$_{6}$D$_{6}$ detectors and a high-resolution LaCl$_{3}$(Ce)-detector, which will be employed for addressing reliably systematic effects and uncertainties.At the current status of the data analysis, 18 resonance in $^{94}$Nb+$n$ have been observed for the first time in the neutron energy range from thermal up to 10 keV., Comment: NPA-X conference proceeding
Published: 2023
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6. Measurement of the $^{14}$N(n,p)$^{14}$C cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility from sub-thermal energy to 800 keV

Author: Torres-Sánchez, P., Praena, J., Porras, I., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Lederer-Woods, C., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Bellia, G., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Busso, M., Caamaño, M., Caballero, L., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferrer, F. J., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Garg, R., Gawlik-Ramięga, A., Geslot, B., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Ladarescu, I., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Ogállar, F., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Piersanti, L., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Ramos-Doval, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Rubbia, C., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Talip, T., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Ulrich, J., Urlass, S., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Background: The $^{14}$N(n,p)$^{14}$C reaction is of interest in neutron capture therapy, where nitrogen-related dose is the main component due to low-energy neutrons, and in astrophysics, where 14N acts as a neutron poison in the s-process. Several discrepancies remain between the existing data obtained in partial energy ranges: thermal energy, keV region and resonance region. Purpose: Measuring the 14N(n,p)14C cross section from thermal to the resonance region in a single measurement for the first time, including characterization of the first resonances, and providing calculations of Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACS). Method: Time-of-flight technique. Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) of the neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN. $^{10}$B(n,${\alpha}$)$^7$Li and $^{235}$U(n,f) reactions as references. Two detection systems running simultaneously, one on-beam and another off-beam. Description of the resonances with the R-matrix code sammy. Results: The cross section has been measured from sub-thermal energy to 800 keV resolving the two first resonances (at 492.7 and 644 keV). A thermal cross-section (1.809$\pm$0.045 b) lower than the two most recent measurements by slightly more than one standard deviation, but in line with the ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 evaluations has been obtained. A 1/v energy dependence of the cross section has been confirmed up to tens of keV neutron energy. The low energy tail of the first resonance at 492.7 keV is lower than suggested by evaluated values, while the overall resonance strength agrees with evaluations. Conclusions: Our measurement has allowed to determine the $^{14}$N(n,p) cross-section over a wide energy range for the first time. We have obtained cross-sections with high accuracy (2.5 %) from sub-thermal energy to 800 keV and used these data to calculate the MACS for kT = 5 to kT = 100 keV., Comment: 18 pages, 15 figures, 4 tables
Published: 2022
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7. Particle Physics at the European Spallation Source

Author: Abele, H., Alekou, A., Algora, A., Andersen, K., Baessler, S., Barron-Palos, L., Barrow, J., Baussan, E., Bentley, P., Berezhiani, Z., Bessler, Y., Bhattacharyya, A. K., Bianchi, A., Bijnens, J., Blanco, C., Kraljevic, N. Blaskovic, Blennow, M., Bodek, K., Bogomilov, M., Bohm, C., Bolling, B., Bouquerel, E., Brooijmans, G., Broussard, L. J., Buchan, O., Burgman, A., Calen, H., Carlile, C. J., Cederkall, J., Chanel, E., Christiansen, P., Cirigliano, V., Collar, J. I., Collins, M., Crawford, C. B., Morales, E. Cristaldo, Cupial, P., D'Alessi, L., Damian, J. I. M., Danared, H., Dancila, D., de Andre, J. P. A. M., Delahaye, J. P., Degenkolb, S., Di Julio, D. D., Dracos, M., Dunne, K., Efthymiopoulos, I., Ekelof, T., Eklund, L., Eshraqi, M., Esteban, I., Fanourakis, G., Farricker, A., Fernandez-Martinez, E., Ferreira, M. J., Fertl, M., Fierlinger, P., Folsom, B., Frank, A., Fratangelo, A., Friman-Gayer, U., Fukuda, T., Fynbo, H . O . U., Sosa, A. Garcia, Gazis, N., Galnander, B., Geralis, Th., Ghosh, M., Gokbulut, G., Gomez-Cadenas, J . J., Gonzalez-Alonso, M., Gonzalez, F., Halic, L., Happe, C., Heil, P., Heinz, A., Herde, H., Holl, M., Jenke, T., Jenssen, M., Jericha, E., Johansson, H. T., Johansson, R., Johansson, T., Kamyshkov, Y., Topaksu, A. Kayis, Kildetoft, B., Kirch, K., Klicek, B., Klinkby, E., Kolevatov, R., Konrad, G., Koziol, M., Krhac, K., Kupsc, A., Lacny, L., Larizgoitia, L., Lewis, C. M., Lindroos, M., Lychagin, E., Lytken, E., Maiano, C., Marciniewski, P., Markaj, G., Markisch, B., Marrelli, C., Martins, C., Meirose, B., Mezzetto, M., Milas, N., Milstead, D., Monrabal, F., Muhrer, G., Nepomuceno, A., Nesvizhevsky, V., Nilsson, T., Novella, P., Oglakci, M., Ohlsson, T., Olvegard, M., Oskarsson, A., Ota, T., Park, J., Patrzalek, D., Perrey, H., Persoz, M., Petkov, G., Piegsa, F. M., Pistillo, C., Poussot, P., Privitera, P., Rataj, B., Ries, D., Rizzi, N., Rosauro-Alcaraz, S., Rozpedzik, D., Saiang, D., Santoro, V., Schmidt, U., Schober, H., Schulthess, I., Silverstein, S., Simon, A., Sina, H., Snamina, J., Snow, W. M., Soldner, T., Stavropoulos, G., Stipcevic, M., Szybinski, B., Takibayev, A., Tang, Z., Tarkeshian, R., Theroine, C., Thorne, J., Terranova, F., Thomas, J., Tolba, T., Torres-Sanchez, P., Trachanas, E., Tsenov, R., Uggerhoj, U. I., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Wagner, R., Wang, X., Wildner, E., Wolke, M., Wurtz, J., Yiu, S. C., Yoon, S. G., Young, A. R., Zanini, L., Zejma, J., Zerzion, D., Zimmer, O., Zormpa, O., and Zou, Y.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Presently under construction in Lund, Sweden, the European Spallation Source (ESS) will be the world's brightest neutron source. As such, it has the potential for a particle physics program with a unique reach and which is complementary to that available at other facilities. This paper describes proposed particle physics activities for the ESS. These encompass the exploitation of both the neutrons and neutrinos produced at the ESS for high precision (sensitivity) measurements (searches)., Comment: 121 pages, updated version after referee comments
Published: 2022
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8. Exploring coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering of reactor neutrinos with the NUCLEUS experiment

Author: The NUCLEUS collaboration, Goupy, C., Abele, H., Angloher, G., Bento, A., Canonica, L., Cappella, F., Cardani, L., Casali, N., Cerulli, R., Colantoni, I., Cruciani, A., Del Castello, G., Roccagiovine, M. del Gallo, Doblhammer, A., Dorer, S., Erhart, A., Friendl, M., Garai, A., Ghete, V. M., Hauff, D., Jeanneau, F., Jericha, E., Kaznacheeva, M., Kinast, A., Kluck, H., Langenkämper, A., Lasserre, T., Lhuillier, D., Mancuso, M., Mauri, B., Mazzolari, A., Mazzucato, E., Neyrial, H., Nones, C., Oberauer, L., Ortmann, T., Pattavina, L., Peters, L., Petricca, F., Potzel, W., Pröbst, F., Pucci, F., Riendl, F., Rogly, R., Romagnoni, M., Rothe, J., Schermer, N., Schieck, J., Schönert, S., Schwertner, C., Scola, L., Sidikov, G. Soum, Stodolsky, L., Strauss, R., Tamisari, M., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., Vivier, M., Wagner, V., and Wex, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The NUCLEUS experiment aims to perform a high-precision measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS) at the EdF Chooz B nuclear power plant in France. CEvNS is a unique process to study neutrino properties and to search for physics beyond the Standard Model. The study of CEvNS is also important for light Dark-Matter searches. It could be a possible irreducible background for high-sensitivity Dark-Matter searches. NUCLEUS is an experiment under construction based on ultra-low threshold (20 eVnr) cryogenic calorimeters, operated at tens-of-mK temperatures., Comment: Procceding for 14th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter Vienna, Austria, 18-22 July 2022 - Submitted to SciPost
Published: 2022

9. Observation of a nuclear recoil peak at the 100 eV scale induced by neutron capture

Author: CRAB Collaboration, NUCLEUS Collaboration, Abele, H., Angloher, G., Bento, A., Canonica, L., Cappella, F., Cardani, L., Casali, N., Cerulli, R., Chalil, A., Chebboubi, A., Colantoni, I., Crocombette, J. -P., Cruciani, A., Del Castello, G., Roccagiovine, M. del Gallo, Desforge, D., Doblhammer, A., Dumonteil, E., Dorer, S., Erhart, A., Fuss, A., Friedl, M., Garai, A., Ghete, V. M., Giuliani, A., Goupy, C., Gunsing, F., Hauff, D., Jeanneau, F., Jericha, E., Kaznacheeva, M., Kinast, A., Kluck, H., Langenkämper, A., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Lhuillier, D., Litaize, O., Mancuso, M., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Materna, T., Mauri, B., Mazzolari, A., Mazzucato, E., Neyrial, H., Nones, C., Oberauer, L., Ortmann, T., Ouzriat, A., Pattavina, L., Peters, L., Petricca, F., Poda, D. V., Potzel, W., Pröbst, F., Reindl, F., Rogly, R., Romagnoni, M., Rothe, J., Schermer, N., Schieck, J., Schönert, S., Schwertner, C., Scola, L., Serot, O., Soum-Sidikov, G., Stodolsky, L., Strauss, R., Tamisari, M., Thulliez, L., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., Vivier, M., Wagner, V., and Wex, A.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and low-mass Dark Matter detectors rely crucially on the understanding of their response to nuclear recoils. We report the first observation of a nuclear recoil peak at around 112 eV induced by neutron capture. The measurement was performed with a CaWO$_4$ cryogenic detector from the NUCLEUS experiment exposed to a $^{252}$Cf source placed in a compact moderator. The measured spectrum is found in agreement with simulations and the expected peak structure from the single-$\gamma$ de-excitation of $^{183}$W is identified with 3 $\sigma$ significance. This result demonstrates a new method for precise, in-situ, and non-intrusive calibration of low-threshold experiments.
Published: 2022
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10. The CERN n TOF NEAR station for astrophysics- and application-related neutron activation measurements

Author: Patronis, N., Mengoni, A., Colonna, N., Cecchetto, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Aberle, O., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Gervino, G., Stamati, M. E., Goula, S., Bernardes, A. P., Mastromarco, M., Manna, A., Vlastou, R., Massimi, C., Calviani, M., Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Berthoumieux, E., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamano, M., Calvino, F., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Colombetti, P., Camprini, P. Console, Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernandez, B., Fernandez-Dominguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., Furman, V., Garcia-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramiega, A., Gilardoni, S., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krticka, M., Kyritsis, N., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerner, G., Martınez, T., Masi, A., Mastinu, P., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P. M., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., de Rada, A. Perez, Perez-Maroto, P., Pavon-Rodrıguez, J. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., Plaza, J., Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sanchez, A., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarrio, D., Torres-Sanchez, P., Urlass, S., Vagena, E., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Wallner, T., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zarrella, R., and Zugec, P.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: A new experimental area, the NEAR station, has recently been built at the CERN n TOF facility, at a short distance from the spallation target (1.5 m). The new area, characterized by a neutron beam of very high flux, has been designed with the purpose of performing activation measurements of interest for astrophysics and various applications. The beam is transported from the spallation target to the NEAR station through a hole in the shielding wall of the target, inside which a collimator is inserted. The new area is complemented with a {\gamma}-ray spectroscopy laboratory, the GEAR station, equipped with a high efficiency HPGe detector, for the measurement of the activity resulting from irradiation of a sample in the NEAR station. The use of a moderator/filter assembly is envisaged, in order to produce a neutron beam of Maxwellian shape at different thermal energies, necessary for the measurement of Maxwellian Averaged Cross Sections of astrophysical interest. A new fast-cycling activation technique is also being investigated, for measurements of reactions leading to isotopes of very short half life.
Published: 2022

11. Advances and new ideas for neutron-capture astrophysics experiments at CERN n_TOF

Author: Domingo-Pardo, C., Babiano-Suarez, V., Balibrea-Correa, J., Caballero, L., Ladarescu, I., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Bacak, M., Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Chiera, N. M., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Camprini, P. Console, Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernández, B., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., Furman, V., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramiega, A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino0, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Käppeler, F., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Koester, U., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kyritsis, N., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mönch, I., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., de Rada, A. Pérez, Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., Plaza, J., Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sánchez, A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamati, M., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarrío, D., Torres-Sánchez, P., Turko, J., Urlass, S., Vagena, E., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, T., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zarrella, R., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: This article presents a few selected developments and future ideas related to the measurement of $(n,\gamma)$ data of astrophysical interest at CERN n_TOF. The MC-aided analysis methodology for the use of low-efficiency radiation detectors in time-of-flight neutron-capture measurements is discussed, with particular emphasis on the systematic accuracy. Several recent instrumental advances are also presented, such as the development of total-energy detectors with $\gamma$-ray imaging capability for background suppression, and the development of an array of small-volume organic scintillators aimed at exploiting the high instantaneous neutron-flux of EAR2. Finally, astrophysics prospects related to the intermediate $i$ neutron-capture process of nucleosynthesis are discussed in the context of the new NEAR activation area., Comment: preprint submitted to the European Physical Journal A, 11 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2022
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12. Measurement of the prompt fission γ235-rays from slow neutron-induced fission of γ235U with STEFF

Author: Wright, T., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Bennett, S. A., Davies, P. J., Popescu, A. V., Ryan, J. A., Sekhar, A., Warren, S., Aberle, O., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Gawlik-Ramięga, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer-Woods, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J., and Žugec, P.
Published: 2024
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13. Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering: Terrestrial and astrophysical applications

Author: Abdullah, M., Abele, H., Akimov, D., Angloher, G., Aristizabal-Sierra, D., Augier, C., Balantekin, A. B., Balogh, L., Barbeau, P. S., Baudis, L., Baxter, A. L., Beaufort, C., Beaulieu, G., Belov, V., Bento, A., Berge, L., Bernardi, I. A., Billard, J., Bolozdynya, A., Bonhomme, A., Bres, G., Bret, J-. L., Broniatowski, A., Brossard, A., Buck, C., Cadeddu, M., Calvo, M., Canonica, L., Cappella, F., Cardani, L., Casali, N., Cazes, A., Cerulli, R., Chaize, D., Chang, C., Chapellier, M., Chaplinsky, L., Chemin, G., Chen, R., Colantoni, I., Colas, J., Coloma, P., Corcoran, E. C., Crawford, S., Cruciani, A., Fard, A. Dastgheibi, De Jesus, M., de Marcillac, P., De Romeri, V., del Castello, G., del GalloRoccagiovine, M., Delicato, D., Demarteau, M., Deng, Y., Dent, J. B., Denton, P. B., Dering, K., Doblhammer, A., Dordei, F., Dorer, S., Dumoulin, L., Dunford, D., Dutta, B., Erhart, A., Exshaw, O., Ferriol, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Filippini, J. B., Flores, L . J., Formaggio, J. A., Friedl, M., Fuard, S., Gao, F., Garai, A., Garces, E. A., Gascon, J., Gehrlein, J., Gerbier, G., Ghete, V. M., Giomataris, I., Giroux, G., Giuliani, A., Giunti, C., Gorel, P., Goupy, C., Goupy, J., Goy, C., Green, M. P., Gros, M., Guerin, C., Guidi, V., Guillaudin, O., Guy, E., Ha, C., Hauff, D., Hakenmuller, J., Harrington, P. M., Hedges, S., Heine, S. T., Hertel, S., Heusch, M., Hoarau, C., Hoferichter, M., Hoppe, E. W., Hong, Z., Horiuchi, S., Huber, P., Ianigro, J. C., Jachowicz, N., Jericha, E., Jin, Y., Johnston, J. P., Juillard, A., Katsioulas, I., Kazarcev, S., Kaznacheeva, M., Kelly, F., Kelly, K. J., Kim, D., Kinast, A., Klinkenberg, L., Kluck, H., Knights, P., Ko, Y. J., Kosmas, T. S., Kwon, L., Lamblin, J., Lang, R. F., Langenkamper, A., Langrock, S., Lasserre, T., Lattaud, H., Lautridou, P., Lee, H. S., Lenardo, B. G., Lhuillier, D., Li, M., Li, S. C., Li, Y. F., Li, Z., Lindner, M., Liu, J., Loomba, D., Lubashevskiy, A., Machado, P. A. N., Mancuso, M., Maneschg, W., Markoff, D. M., Marnieros, S., Martin, R., Martin, R. D., Mauri, B., Mayer, D. W., Mazzolari, A., Mazzucato, E., Menendez, J., Minet, J., Miranda, O. G., Misiak, D., Mols, J. -P., Monfardini, A., Mounier, F., Muraz, J. F., Neep, T., Neilson, R., Newby, J., Newstead, J. L., Neyrial, H., Ni, K., Nikolopoulos, K., Nones, C., Norcini, D., Pandey, V., O'Brien, P., O'Hare, C. A. J., Oberauer, L., Oliver, W., Olivieri, E., Onillon, A., Oriol, C., Ortmann, T., Owen, R., Palladino, K. J., Papoulias, D. K., Park, J. C., Parno, D. S., Patel, P. K., Pattavina, L., Peinado, E., Perbet, E., Peters, L., Petricca, F., Pinckney, H. D., Piro, M. -C., Ponomarev, D., Poda, D., Potzel, W., Probst, F., Pucci, F., Rarbi, F., Rapp, R., Ray, H., Real, J. -S., Reindl, F., Rich, G. C., Ricol, J. S., Rink, T., Redon, T., Rogly, R., Robert, A., Rothe, J., Rozov, S., Rozova, I., Salagnac, T., Garcia, E. Sanchez, Garcia, G. Sanchez, Sanders, O., Sanglard, V., Santos, D., Sarkis, Y., Savu, V., Savvidis, G., Savvidis, I., Schermer, N., Schieck, J., Schmidt, B., Schonert, S., Scholberg, K., Schwenk, A., Schwertner, C., Scola, L., Shevchik, Ye., Shin, S., Sibille, V., Shoemaker, I. M., Snowden-Ifft, D. P., Soldner, T., Soum, G., Spooner, N. J. C., Stachurska, J., Stodolsky, L., Strauss, R., Strigari, L. E., Stutz, A., Suh, B. D., Suhonen, J., Tabrizi, Z., Takhistov, V., Thompson, A., Tomei, C., Tortola, M., Tripathi, M., Vagneron, L., Valle, J. W. F., Mirbach, K. v., Van De Ponteseele, W., Vignati, M., Vivier, M., Fernandez, F. Vazquez de Sola, Vezzu, F., Vidal, M., Wagner, V., Walker, J. W., Ward, R., Wex, A., Winslow, L., Wong, H. T., Wood, M. H., Xu, J., Yang, L., Yakushev, E., Zampaolo, M., Zettlemoyer, J., Zhang, Y. Y., and Zinatulina, D.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) is a process in which neutrinos scatter on a nucleus which acts as a single particle. Though the total cross section is large by neutrino standards, CE$\nu$NS has long proven difficult to detect, since the deposited energy into the nucleus is $\sim$ keV. In 2017, the COHERENT collaboration announced the detection of CE$\nu$NS using a stopped-pion source with CsI detectors, followed up the detection of CE$\nu$NS using an Ar target. The detection of CE$\nu$NS has spawned a flurry of activities in high-energy physics, inspiring new constraints on beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics, and new experimental methods. The CE$\nu$NS process has important implications for not only high-energy physics, but also astrophysics, nuclear physics, and beyond. This whitepaper discusses the scientific importance of CE$\nu$NS, highlighting how present experiments such as COHERENT are informing theory, and also how future experiments will provide a wealth of information across the aforementioned fields of physics., Comment: contribution to Snowmasss 2021. Contact authors: P. S. Barbeau, R. Strauss, L. E. Strigari
Published: 2022

14. Multi-section fission ionization chamber for measurement of [formula omitted] reaction in fission tagging method

Author: Perkowski, J., Alcayne, V., Andrzejewski, J., Cano-Ott, D., Gawlik-Ramięga, A., Mendoza, E., Sánchez-Caballero, A., Sibbens, G., Vanleeuw, D., Aberle, O., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Correa, J. Balibrea, Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Bernardes, A.P., Berthoumieux, E., Beyer, R., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Camprini, P. Console, Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernández, B., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., Furman, V., García-Infantes, F., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kyritsis, N., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P.M., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., de Rada Fiol, A. Pérez, Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J.A., Pellegriti, M.G., Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., del Olmo, J. Plaza, Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamati, M.E., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Torres-Sánchez, P., Vagena, E., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Zarrella, R., and Žugec, P.
Published: 2024
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15. High accuracy, high resolution 235U(n,f) cross section from n_TOF (CERN) in the thermal to 10 keV energy range

Author: collaboration, n_TOF, Mastromarco, M., Amaducci, S., Colonna, N., Finocchiaro, P., Cosentino, L., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The 235U(n,f) cross section was measured in a wide energy range (25 meV - 170 keV) at the n_TOF facility at CERN, relative to 6Li(n,t) and 10B(n,alpha) standard reactions, with high resolution and accuracy, with a setup based on a stack of six samples and six silicon detectors placed in the neutron beam. In this paper we report on the results in the region between thermal and 10 keV neutron energy. A resonance analysis has been performed up to 200 eV, with the code SAMMY. The resulting fission kernels are compared with the ones extracted on the basis of the resonance parameters of the most recent major evaluated data libraries. A comparison of the n_TOF data with the evaluated cross sections is also performed from thermal to 10 keV neutron energy for the energy-averaged cross section in energy groups of suitably chosen width. A good agreement is found in average between the new results and the latest evaluated data files ENDF-B/VIII and JEFF-3.3, as well as with respect to the IAEA reference files. However, some discrepancies are still present in some specific energy regions. The new dataset here presented, characterized by unprecedented resolution and accuracy, can help improving the evaluations in the Resolved Resonance Region and up to 10 keV, and reduce the uncertainties that affect this region.
Published: 2022

16. Pushing the high count rate limits of scintillation detectors for challenging neutron-capture experiments

Author: Balibrea-Correa, J., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Babiano-Suarez, V., Domingo-Pardo, C., Ladarescu, I., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Fuente-Rosales, G. de la, Alcayne, V., Cano-Ott, D., González-Romero, E., Martínez, T., Mendoza, E., de Rada, A. Pérez, del Olmo, J. Plaza, Sánchez-Caballero, A., Casanovas, A., Calviño, F., Valenta, S., Aberle, O., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Bacak, M., Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Bernardes, A.P., Berthoumieux, E., Beyer, R., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviani, M., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Camprini, P. Console, Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernández, B., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., Furman, V., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramikega, A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kyritsis, N., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P.M., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J.A., Pellegriti, M.G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamati, M.E., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarrío, D., Torres-Sánchez, P., Vagena, E., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Zarrella, R., and Žugec, P.
Published: 2024
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17. High-resolution cross section measurements for neutron interactions on 89Y with incident neutron energies up to 95 keV

Author: Tagliente, G., Milazzo, P. M., Paradela, C., Kopecky, S., Vescovi, D., Alaerts, G., Damone, L. A., Heyse, J., Krtička, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Mengoni, A., Wynants, R., Valenta, S., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Bellia, G., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A. S., Busso, M., Caamaño, M., Caballero, L., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G. P., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fernández-Domíngez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferro-Gonçalves, I., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Garg, R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Göbel, K., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Kurtulgil, D., Ladarescu, I., Larsen, A. C., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S. J., Lugaro, M., Macina, D., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P. F., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Michalopoulou, V., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Ogállar, F., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Piersanti, L., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Ramos Doval, D., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schumann, D., Smith, A. G., Spelta, M., Sosnin, N., Stamatopoulos, A., Tain, J. L., Talip, Z., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. E., Tassan-Got, L., Torres-Sánchez, P., Tsinganis, A., Ulrich, J., Urlass, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wright, T. J., and Žugec, P.
Published: 2024
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18. A plastic scintillation muon veto for sub-Kelvin temperatures

Author: Erhart, A., Wagner, V., Wex, A., Goupy, C., Lhuillier, D., Namuth, E., Nones, C., Rogly, R., Savu, V., Schwarz, M., Strauss, R., Vivier, M., Abele, H., Angloher, G., Bento, A., Burkhart, J., Canonica, L., Cappella, F., Casali, N., Cerulli, R., Cruciani, A., del Castello, G., del Gallo Roccagiovine, M., Doblhammer, A., Dorer, S., Friedl, M., Garai, A., Ghete, V. M., Hauff, D., Jeanneau, F., Jericha, E., Kaznacheeva, M., Kinast, A., Kluck, H., Langenkämper, A., Lasserre, T., Mancuso, M., Martin, R., Mauri, B., Mazzolari, A., Mazzucato, E., Neyrial, H., Oberauer, L., Ortmann, T., Pattavina, L., Peters, L., Petricca, F., Potzel, W., Pröbst, F., Pucci, F., Reindl, F., Romagnoni, M., Rothe, J., Schermer, N., Schieck, J., Schönert, S., Schwertner, C., Scola, L., Soum-Sidikov, G., Stodolsky, L., Tamisari, M., Tomei, C., and Vignati, M.
Published: 2024
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19. Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period

Author: Patronis, N., Mengoni, A., Goula, S., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea Correa, J., Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Beyer, R., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Console Camprini, P., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernández, B., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramiega, A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kyritsis, N., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Pérez de Rada, A., Pérez-Maroto, P., Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., Plaza del Olmo, J., Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sánchez-Caballero, A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamati, M. E., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Torres-Sánchez, P., Vagena, E., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Zarrella, R., and Zugec, P.
Published: 2023
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20. A Segmented Total Energy Detector (sTED) optimized for (n, [formula omitted]) cross-section measurements at n_TOF EAR2

Author: Alcayne, V., Cano-Ott, D., Garcia, J., González-Romero, E., Martínez, T., Rada, A. Pérez de, Plaza, J., Sánchez-Caballero, A., Balibrea-Correa, J., Domingo-Pardo, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Casanovas, A., Calviño, F., Aberle, O., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Bernardes, A.P., Berthoumieux, E., Beyer, R., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviani, M., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Camprini, P. Console, Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernández, B., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., Furman, V., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramiega, A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kyritsis, N., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P.M., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J.A., Pellegriti, M.G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Piersanti, L., Pirovano, E., Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Spelta, M., Stamati, M.E., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Torres-Sánchez, P., Vagena, E., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Zarrella, R., and Žugec, P.
Published: 2024
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21. Calibration of nuclear recoils at the 100 eV scale using neutron capture

Author: Thulliez, L., Lhuillier, D., Cappella, F., Casali, N., Cerulli, R., Chalil, A., Chebboubi, A., Dumonteil, E., Erhart, A., Giuliani, A., Gunsing, F., Jericha, E., Kaznacheeva, M., Kinast, A., Langenkämper, A., Lasserre, T., Letourneau, A., Litaize, O., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Materna, T., Mauri, B., Mazzucato, E., Nones, C., Ortmann, T., Pattavina, L., Poda, D. V., Rogly, R., Schermer, N., Serot, O., Soum, G., Stodolsky, L., Strauss, R., Vignati, M., Vivier, M., Wagner, V., and Wex, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The development of low-threshold detectors for the study of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and for the search for light dark matter necessitates methods of low-energy calibration. We suggest this can be provided by the nuclear recoils resulting from the $\gamma$ emission following thermal neutron capture. In particular, several MeV-scale single-$\gamma$ transitions induce well-defined nuclear recoil peaks in the 100 eV range. Using the FIFRELIN code, complete schemes of $\gamma$-cascades for various isotopes can be predicted with high accuracy to determine the continuous background of nuclear recoils below the calibration peaks. We present a comprehensive experimental concept for the calibration of CaWO$_4$ and Ge cryogenic detectors at a research reactor. For CaWO$_4$ the simulations show that two nuclear recoil peaks at 112.5 eV and 160.3 eV should be visible above background simply in the spectrum of the cryogenic detector. Then we discuss how the additional tagging for the associated $\gamma$ increases the sensitivity of the method and extends its application to a wider energy range and to Ge cryogenic detectors., Comment: 21 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2020
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22. Review and new concepts for neutron-capture measurements of astrophysical interest

Author: Domingo-Pardo, C., Babiano-Suarez, V., Balibrea-Correa, J., Caballero, L., Ladarescu, I., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Tain, J. L., Calviño, F., Casanovas, A., Segarra, A., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. E., Guerrero, C., Millán-Callado, M. A., Quesada, J. M., Rodríguez-González, M. T., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Bennett, S., Berthoumieux, E., Bosnar, D., Brown, A. S., Busso, M., Caamaño, M., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G. P., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Damone, L. A., Davies, P. J., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Dressler, R., Ducasse, Q., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fernández-Domíngez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferro-Goncalves, I., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Garg, R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Göbel, K., González-Romero, E., Gunsing, F., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Jiri, U., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Lederer-Woods, C., Lonsdale, S. -J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P. F., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Moreno-Soto, J., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Ogállar, F., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Piersanti, L., Pirovano, E., Porras, I., Praena, J., Doval, D. Ramos, Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N., Sprung, P., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tassan-Got, L., Thomas, B., Torres-Sánchez, P., Tsinganis, A., Urlass, S., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wright, T. J., Zugec, P. v, and Collaboration, The n_TOF
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The idea of slow-neutron capture nucleosynthesis formulated in 1957 triggered a tremendous experimental effort in different laboratories worldwide to measure the relevant nuclear physics input quantities, namely ($n,\gamma$) cross sections over the stellar temperature range (from few eV up to several hundred keV) for most of the isotopes involved from Fe up to Bi. A brief historical review focused on total energy detectors will be presented to illustrate how, advances in instrumentation have led, over the years, to the assessment and discovery of many new aspects of $s$-process nucleosynthesis and to the progressive refinement of theoretical models of stellar evolution. A summary will be presented on current efforts to develop new detection concepts, such as the Total-Energy Detector with $\gamma$-ray imaging capability (i-TED). The latter is based on the simultaneous combination of Compton imaging with neutron time-of-flight (TOF) techniques, in order to achieve a superior level of sensitivity and selectivity in the measurement of stellar neutron capture rates., Comment: Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics IX - Conference Proceedings
Published: 2019
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23. Constraints on the Dark Matter Interpretation $n \rightarrow \chi + e^+ e^-$ of the Neutron Decay Anomaly with the PERKEO II experiment

Author: Klopf, M., Jericha, E., Märkisch, B., Saul, H., Soldner, T., and Abele, H.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Discrepancies from in-beam and in-bottle type experiments measuring the neutron lifetime are on the 4$\sigma$ standard deviation level. In a recent publication Fornal and Grinstein proposed that the puzzle could be solved if the neutron would decay on the one percent level via a dark decay mode, one possible branch being $n \rightarrow \chi + e^+ e^-$. With data from the \perkeoII experiment we set limits on the branching fraction and exclude a one percent contribution for $95\,\%$ of the allowed mass range for the dark matter particle., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures
Published: 2019
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24. Measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section relative to the 6Li(n,t) and 10B(n,alpha) standards from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy range at n_TOF

Author: Amaducci, S., Cosentino, L., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Mengoni, A., Massimi, C., Meo, S. Lo, Finocchiaro, P., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The 235U(n,f) cross section was measured in a wide energy range at n_TOF relative to 6Li(n,t) and 10B(n,alpha), with high resolution and in a wide energy range, with a setup based on a stack of six samples and six silicon detectors placed in the neutron beam. This allowed us to make a direct comparison of the reaction yields under the same experimental conditions, and taking into account the forward/backward emission asymmetry. A hint of an anomaly in the 10{\div}30 keV neutron energy range had been previously observed in other experiments, indicating a cross section systematically lower by several percent relative to major evaluations. The present results indicate that the evaluated cross section in the 9{\div}18 keV neutron energy range is indeed overestimated, both in the recent updates of ENDF/B-VIII.0 and of the IAEA reference data. Furthermore, these new high-resolution data confirm the existence of resonance-like structures in the keV neutron energy region. The new, high accuracy results here reported may lead to a reduction of the uncertainty in the 1{\div}100 keV neutron energy region. Finally, the present data provide additional confidence on the recently re-evaluated cross section integral between 7.8 and 11 eV., Comment: 22 pages, 20 figures, submitted to PRC
Published: 2019
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25. Particle physics at the European Spallation Source

Author: Abele, H., Alekou, A., Algora, A., Andersen, K., Baeßler, S., Barron-Pálos, L., Barrow, J., Baussan, E., Bentley, P., Berezhiani, Z., Beßler, Y., Bhattacharyya, A.K., Bianchi, A., Bijnens, J., Blanco, C., Kraljevic, N. Blaskovic, Blennow, M., Bodek, K., Bogomilov, M., Bohm, C., Bolling, B., Bouquerel, E., Brooijmans, G., Broussard, L.J., Buchan, O., Burgman, A., Calén, H., Carlile, C.J., Cederkall, J., Chanel, E., Christiansen, P., Cirigliano, V., Collar, J.I., Collins, M., Crawford, C.B., Morales, E. Cristaldo, Cupiał, P., D’Alessi, L., Damian, J.I. M., Danared, H., Dancila, D., de André, J.P.A.M., Delahaye, J.P., Degenkolb, S., Di Julio, D.D., Dracos, M., Dunne, K., Efthymiopoulos, I., Ekelöf, T., Eklund, L., Eshraqi, M., Esteban, I., Fanourakis, G., Farricker, A., Fernandez-Martinez, E., Ferreira, M.J., Fertl, M., Fierlinger, P., Folsom, B., Frank, A., Fratangelo, A., Friman-Gayer, U., Fukuda, T., Fynbo, H.O.U., Sosa, A. Garcia, Gazis, N., Gålnander, B., Geralis, Th., Ghosh, M., Gokbulut, G., Gomez-Cadenas, J.J., Gonzalez-Alonso, M., Gonzalez, F., Halić, L., Happe, C., Heil, P., Heinz, A., Herde, H., Holl, M., Jenke, T., Jenssen, M., Jericha, E., Johansson, H.T., Johansson, R., Johansson, T., Kamyshkov, Y., Topaksu, A. Kayis, Kildetoft, B., Kirch, K., Kliček, B., Klinkby, E., Kolevatov, R., Konrad, G., Kozioł, M., Krhač, K., Kupść, A., Łacny, Ł., Larizgoitia, L., Lewis, C.M., Lindroos, M., Lychagin, E., Lytken, E., Maiano, C., Marciniewski, P., Markaj, G., Märkisch, B., Marrelli, C., Martins, C., Meirose, B., Mezzetto, M., Milas, N., Milstead, D., Monrabal, F., Muhrer, G., Nepomuceno, A., Nesvizhevsky, V., Nilsson, T., Novella, P., Oglakci, M., Ohlsson, T., Olvegård, M., Oskarsson, A., Ota, T., Park, J., Patrzalek, D., Perrey, H., Persoz, M., Petkov, G., Piegsa, F.M., Pistillo, C., Poussot, P., Privitera, P., Rataj, B., Ries, D., Rizzi, N., Rosauro-Alcaraz, S., Rozpedzik, D., Saiang, D., Santoro, V., Schmidt, U., Schober, H., Schulthess, I., Silverstein, S., Simón, A., Sina, H., Snamina, J., Snow, W.M., Soldner, T., Stavropoulos, G., Stipčević, M., Szybiński, B., Takibayev, A., Tang, Z., Tarkeshian, R., Theroine, C., Thorne, J., Terranova, F., Thomas, J., Tolba, T., Torres-Sánchez, P., Trachanas, E., Tsenov, R., Uggerhøj, U.I., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Vassilopoulos, N., Wagner, R., Wang, X., Wildner, E., Wolke, M., Wurtz, J., Yiu, S.C., Yoon, S.G., Young, A.R., Zanini, L., Zejma, J., Zerzion, D., Zimmer, O., Zormpa, O., and Zou, Y.
Published: 2023
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26. A plastic scintillation muon veto for sub-Kelvin temperatures

Author: Erhart, A, Wagner, V, Wex, A, Goupy, C, Lhuillier, D, Namuth, E, Nones, C, Rogly, R, Savu, V, Schwarz, M, Strauss, R, Vivier, M, Abele, H, Angloher, G, Bento, A, Burkhart, J, Canonica, L, Cappella, F, Casali, N, Cerulli, R, Cruciani, A, del Castello, G, del Gallo Roccagiovine, M, Doblhammer, A, Dorer, S, Friedl, M, Garai, A, Ghete, V, Hauff, D, Jeanneau, F, Jericha, E, Kaznacheeva, M, Kinast, A, Kluck, H, Langenkämper, A, Lasserre, T, Mancuso, M, Martin, R, Mauri, B, Mazzolari, A, Mazzucato, E, Neyrial, H, Oberauer, L, Ortmann, T, Pattavina, L, Peters, L, Petricca, F, Potzel, W, Pröbst, F, Pucci, F, Reindl, F, Romagnoni, M, Rothe, J, Schermer, N, Schieck, J, Schönert, S, Schwertner, C, Scola, L, Soum-Sidikov, G, Stodolsky, L, Tamisari, M, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, Erhart, A., Wagner, V., Wex, A., Goupy, C., Lhuillier, D., Namuth, E., Nones, C., Rogly, R., Savu, V., Schwarz, M., Strauss, R., Vivier, M., Abele, H., Angloher, G., Bento, A., Burkhart, J., Canonica, L., Cappella, F., Casali, N., Cerulli, R., Cruciani, A., del Castello, G., del Gallo Roccagiovine, M., Doblhammer, A., Dorer, S., Friedl, M., Garai, A., Ghete, V. M., Hauff, D., Jeanneau, F., Jericha, E., Kaznacheeva, M., Kinast, A., Kluck, H., Langenkämper, A., Lasserre, T., Mancuso, M., Martin, R., Mauri, B., Mazzolari, A., Mazzucato, E., Neyrial, H., Oberauer, L., Ortmann, T., Pattavina, L., Peters, L., Petricca, F., Potzel, W., Pröbst, F., Pucci, F., Reindl, F., Romagnoni, M., Rothe, J., Schermer, N., Schieck, J., Schönert, S., Schwertner, C., Scola, L., Soum-Sidikov, G., Stodolsky, L., Tamisari, M., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., Erhart, A, Wagner, V, Wex, A, Goupy, C, Lhuillier, D, Namuth, E, Nones, C, Rogly, R, Savu, V, Schwarz, M, Strauss, R, Vivier, M, Abele, H, Angloher, G, Bento, A, Burkhart, J, Canonica, L, Cappella, F, Casali, N, Cerulli, R, Cruciani, A, del Castello, G, del Gallo Roccagiovine, M, Doblhammer, A, Dorer, S, Friedl, M, Garai, A, Ghete, V, Hauff, D, Jeanneau, F, Jericha, E, Kaznacheeva, M, Kinast, A, Kluck, H, Langenkämper, A, Lasserre, T, Mancuso, M, Martin, R, Mauri, B, Mazzolari, A, Mazzucato, E, Neyrial, H, Oberauer, L, Ortmann, T, Pattavina, L, Peters, L, Petricca, F, Potzel, W, Pröbst, F, Pucci, F, Reindl, F, Romagnoni, M, Rothe, J, Schermer, N, Schieck, J, Schönert, S, Schwertner, C, Scola, L, Soum-Sidikov, G, Stodolsky, L, Tamisari, M, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, Erhart, A., Wagner, V., Wex, A., Goupy, C., Lhuillier, D., Namuth, E., Nones, C., Rogly, R., Savu, V., Schwarz, M., Strauss, R., Vivier, M., Abele, H., Angloher, G., Bento, A., Burkhart, J., Canonica, L., Cappella, F., Casali, N., Cerulli, R., Cruciani, A., del Castello, G., del Gallo Roccagiovine, M., Doblhammer, A., Dorer, S., Friedl, M., Garai, A., Ghete, V. M., Hauff, D., Jeanneau, F., Jericha, E., Kaznacheeva, M., Kinast, A., Kluck, H., Langenkämper, A., Lasserre, T., Mancuso, M., Martin, R., Mauri, B., Mazzolari, A., Mazzucato, E., Neyrial, H., Oberauer, L., Ortmann, T., Pattavina, L., Peters, L., Petricca, F., Potzel, W., Pröbst, F., Pucci, F., Reindl, F., Romagnoni, M., Rothe, J., Schermer, N., Schieck, J., Schönert, S., Schwertner, C., Scola, L., Soum-Sidikov, G., Stodolsky, L., Tamisari, M., Tomei, C., and Vignati, M.
Abstract: Rare-event search experiments located on-surface, such as short-baseline reactor neutrino experiments, are often limited by muon-induced background events. Highly efficient muon vetos are essential to reduce the detector background and to reach the sensitivity goals. We demonstrate the feasibility of deploying organic plastic scintillators at sub-Kelvin temperatures. For the NUCLEUS experiment, we developed a cryogenic muon veto equipped with wavelength shifting fibers and a silicon photo multiplier operating inside a dilution refrigerator. The achievable compactness of cryostat-internal integration is a key factor in keeping the muon rate to a minimum while maximizing coverage. The thermal and light output properties of a plastic scintillation detector were examined. We report first data on the thermal conductivity and heat capacity of the polystyrene-based scintillator UPS-923A over a wide range of temperatures extending below one Kelvin. The light output was measured down to 0.8 K and observed to increase by a factor of 1.61 ± 0.05 compared to 300 K. The development of an organic plastic scintillation muon veto operating in sub-Kelvin temperature environments opens new perspectives for rare-event searches with cryogenic detectors at sites lacking substantial overburden.
Published: 2024

27. The n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Tagliente G., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Balibrea Correa J., Bernardes A.P., Berthoumieux E., Beyer R., Boromiza M., Bosnar D., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Casanovas A., Castelluccio D.M., Cerutti F., Cescutti G., Chasapoglou S., Chiaveri E., Claps G., Colombetti P., Colonna N., Console Camprini P., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M.A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Dellmann S., Diacono D., Di Castro M., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Eslami M., Fargier S., Fernández-Domínguez B., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Gandhi A., García-Infantes F., Gawlik-Ramięga A., Gervino G., Gilardoni S., González-Romero E., Goula S., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Gustavino C., Heyse J., Hillman W., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Kaperoni K., Kokkoris M., Koll D., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kyritsis N., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lerner G., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E.A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P.M., Mucciola R., Musacchio-Gonzalez E., Musumarra A., Negret A., Pérez de Rada A., Pérez-Maroto P., Patronis N., Pavón-Rodríguez J.A., Pellegriti M.G., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Piersanti L., Pirovano E., Plaza del Olmo J., Pomp S., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Romanets Y., Rooney A., Rubbia C., Sánchez-Caballero A., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Scarpa D., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Smith A.G., Sosnin N.V., Spelta M., Stamati M.E., Tamburrino A., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tarrío D., Torres-Sánchez P., Tosi S., Tsiledakis G., Valenta S., Vaz P., Vecchio G., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Weiss C., Woods P.J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The neutron Time-of-Flight (TOF) research facility at CERN, n_TOF, has been a pioneering platform for neutron cross-section measurements since its inception in 2001. It boasts three distinct experimental areas, each tailored to address a specific range of neutron energies. This paper delves into the intricacies of the n_TOF facility, including its recent upgrade during the Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) at CERN. Additionally, it highlights the key characteristics of the detectors employed for capture and fission cross-section measurements, paving the way for future research endeavors.
Published: 2024
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28. Description and outlook of the 50,53Cr(n,γ) cross section measurement at n_TOF and HiSPANoS

Author: Pérez-Maroto P., Guerrero C., Casanovas A., Fernández B., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Altieri S., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Balibrea Correa J., Beltrami C., Bennett S., Bernardes A. P., Berthoumieux E., Beyer R., Boromiza M., Bosnar D., Caamaño M., Calviño F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Castelluccio D. M., Cerutti F., Cescutti G., Chasapoglou S., Chiaveri E., Colombetti P., Colonna N., Console Camprini P., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Dellmann S., Di Castro M., Di Maria S., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fargier S., Fernández-Domínguez B., Finocchiaro P., Fiore S., Furman V., García-Infantes F., Gawlik-Ramięga A., Gervino G., Gilardoni S., González-Romero E., Gunsing F., Gustavino C., Heyse J., Hillman W., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Junghans A., Kadi Y., Kaperoni K., Kaur G., Kimura A., Knapová I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kyritsis N., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lerner G., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mucciola R., Murtas F., Musacchio-Gonzalez E., Musumarra A., Negret A., Pérez de Rada A., Patronis N., Pavón-Rodríguez J. A., Pellegriti M. G., Perkowski J., Petrone C., Pirovano E., Plaza del Olmo J., Pomp S., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Romanets Y., Rubbia C., Sánchez-Caballero A., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamati M. E., Sturniolo A., Tagliente G., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tarrío D., Torres-Sánchez P., Vagena E., Valenta S., Variale V., Vaz P., Vecchio G., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T., Zarrella R., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Chromium is a very relevant element regarding criticality safety in nuclear reactors because of its presence in stainless steel, an important structural material. Currently, there are serious discrepancies between the different evaluations regarding the neutron capture cross sections of 50Cr and 53Cr, most probably related to the difficulty of reducing and then estimating the very large neutron scattering effects on the shape of the resonances. In this context, there is a recent entry in the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) High Priority Request List (HPRL) to measure these reactions between 1 and 100 keV with an accuracy of 8-10%. In response to this request, we have performed a time-of-flight experiment at CERN n_TOF (Switzerland) and a complementary activation experimenton 50Crat30and90keVatCNAHiSPANoS(Spain).Theexperiments are presented herein, together with a discussion on the quality of the preliminary data and the results to be expected.
Published: 2024
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29. The $^{7}$Be($\boldsymbol{n,p}$)$^{7}$Li reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: measurement of the cross section in a wide energy range at n_TOF (CERN)

Author: Damone, L., Barbagallo, M., Mastromarco, M., Mengoni, A., Cosentino, L., Maugeri, E., Heinitz, S., Schumann, D., Dressler, R., Käppeler, F., Colonna, N., Finocchiaro, P., Andrzejewski, J., Perkowski, J., Gawlik, A., Aberle, O., Altstadt, S., Ayranov, M., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Ballof, J., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Bellia, G., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Borge, M. J. G., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Brugger, M., Busso, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Catherall, R., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cristallo, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dorsival, A., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Fernandez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Furman, W., Ganesan, S., García-Rio, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Göbel, K., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Goodacre, T. D., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Johnston, K., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kohester, U., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer-Woods, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Marsh, B., Martíne, T., Correia, J. G. Martins, Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Matteucci, F., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Piersanti, L., Piscopo, M., Plompen, A., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rothe, S., Rout, P., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schell, J., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Sedyshev, P., Seiffert, C., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Stora, T., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report on the measurement of the $^{7}$Be($n, p$)$^{7}$Li cross section from thermal to approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area (EAR2) of the n\_TOF facility at CERN. This reaction plays a key role in the lithium yield of the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) for standard cosmology. The only two previous time-of-flight measurements performed on this reaction did not cover the energy window of interest for BBN, and showed a large discrepancy between each other. The measurement was performed with a Si-telescope, and a high-purity sample produced by implantation of a $^{7}$Be ion beam at the ISOLDE facility at CERN. While a significantly higher cross section is found at low-energy, relative to current evaluations, in the region of BBN interest the present results are consistent with the values inferred from the time-reversal $^{7}$Li($p, n$)$^{7}$Be reaction, thus yielding only a relatively minor improvement on the so-called Cosmological Lithium Problem (CLiP). The relevance of these results on the near-threshold neutron production in the p+$^{7}$Li reaction is also discussed.
Published: 2018
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30. Cross section measurements of $^{155,157}$Gd(n,$\gamma$) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons

Author: Mastromarco, M., Manna, A., Aberle, O., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Becvar, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamano, M., Calvino, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Clai, G., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Fernandez-Domnguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gobel, K., Garca, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Guglielmelli, A., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kaeppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krticka, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer-Woods, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martnez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rocchi, F., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeno-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Zugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Neutron capture measurements on $^{155}$Gd and $^{157}$Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n\_TOF facility at CERN. Four samples in form of self-sustaining metallic discs isotopically enriched in $^{155}$Gd and $^{157}$Gd were used. The measurements were carried out at the experimental area (EAR1) at 185 m from the neutron source, with an array of 4 C$_6$D$_6$ liquid scintillation detectors. The capture cross sections of $^{155}$Gd and $^{157}$Gd at neutron kinetic energy of 0.0253 eV have been estimated to be 62.2(2.2) kb and 239.8(9.3) kb, respectively, thus up to 6\% different relative to the ones reported in the nuclear data libraries. A resonance shape analysis has been performed in the resolved resonance region up to 180 eV and 300 eV, respectively, in average resonance parameters have been found in good agreement with evaluations. Above these energies the observed resonance-like structures in the cross section have been tentatively characterised in terms of resonance energy and area up to 1 keV.
Published: 2018
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31. Advances and new ideas for neutron-capture astrophysics experiments at CERN n_TOF

Author: Domingo-Pardo, C., Babiano-Suarez, V., Balibrea-Correa, J., Caballero, L., Ladarescu, I., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Bacak, M., Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Chiera, N. M., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Camprini, P. Console, Cortés, G., A. Cortés-Giraldo, M., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernández, B., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramięga , A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Käppeler, F., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Köster, U., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kyritsis, N., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mönch, I., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Pérez de Rada, A., Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., Plaza, J., Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sánchez, A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamati, M., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarrío, D., Torres-Sánchez, P., Turko, J., Urlass, S., Vagena, E., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, T., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zarrella, R., and Žugec, P.
Published: 2023
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32. 74n,γGe(74n,γ) cross section below 70 keV measured at n_TOF CERN

Author: Lederer-Woods, C., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Battino, U., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Gawlik-Ramięga, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E. A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P. C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Published: 2022
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33. Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,p)7Li reaction at n_TOF

Author: Barbagallo, M., Andrzejewski, J., Mastromarco, M., Perkowski, J., Damone, L. A., Gawlik, A., Cosentino, L., Finocchiaro, P., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Dressler, R., Heinitz, S., Kivel, N., Schumann, D., Colonna, N., Aberle, O., Amaducci, S., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Bečvář, F., Bellia, G., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cristallo, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Johnston, K., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Martins-Correia, J. G., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Pappalardo, A. D., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Piscopo, M., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Robles, M. S., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schell, J., Schillebeeckx, P., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Following the completion of the second neutron beam line and the related experimental area (EAR2) at the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN, several experiments were planned and performed. The high instantaneous neutron flux available in EAR2 allows to investigate neutron indiced reactions with charged particles in the exit channel even employing targets made out of small amounts of short-lived radioactive isotopes. After the successful measurement of the 7Be(n,{\alpha}){\alpha} cross section, the 7Be(n,p)7Li reaction was studied in order to provide still missing cross section data of relevance for Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN), in an attempt to find a solution to the cosmological Lithium abundance problem. This paper describes the experimental setup employed in such a measurement and its characterization.
Published: 2017
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34. Neutron capture cross section measurement of 238U at the n TOF CERN facility with C6D6 scintillation detectors in the energy region from 1 eV to 700 keV

Author: Collaboration, n_TOF, Mingrone, F., Massimi, C., Vannini, G., Colonna, N., Gunsing, F., Žugec, P., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Duran, I., Dressler, R., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A. R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, 1 M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L. S., Meo, S. Lo, Losito, R., Mallick, A., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Mastinu, P. F., Mastromarco, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Robles, M. S., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M. J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., and Wright, T.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The aim of this work is to provide a precise and accurate measurement of the 238U(n,g) reaction cross section in the energy region from 1 eV to 700 keV. This reaction is of fundamental importance for the design calculations of nuclear reactors, governing the behaviour of the reactor core. In particular, fast reactors, which are experiencing a growing interest for their ability to burn radioactive waste, operate in the high energy region of the neutron spectrum. In this energy region most recent evaluations disagree due to inconsistencies in the existing measurements of up to 15%. In addition, the assessment of nuclear data uncertainty performed for innovative reactor systems shows that the uncertainty in the radiative capture cross-section of 238U should be further reduced to 1-3% in the energy region from 20 eV to 25 keV. To this purpose, addressed by the Nuclear Energy Agency as a priority nuclear data need, complementary experiments, one at the GELINA and two at the n_TOF facility, were proposed and carried out within the 7th Framework Project ANDES of the European Commission. The results of one of these 238U(n,g) measurements performed at the n_TOF CERN facility are presented in this work. The gamma-ray cascade following the radiative neutron capture has been detected exploiting a setup of two C6D6 liquid scintillators. Resonance parameters obtained from this work are on average in excellent agreement with the ones reported in evaluated libraries. In the unresolved resonance region, this work yields a cross section in agreement with evaluated libraries up to 80 keV, while for higher energies our results are significantly higher., Comment: 15 pages, 10 captioned figures
Published: 2016
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35. A Segmented Total Energy Detector (sTED) optimized for (n, γ) cross-section measurements at n_TOF EAR2

Author: Alcayne, V., primary, Cano-Ott, D., additional, Garcia, J., additional, González-Romero, E., additional, Martínez, T., additional, Rada, A. Pérez de, additional, Plaza, J., additional, Sánchez-Caballero, A., additional, Balibrea-Correa, J., additional, Domingo-Pardo, C., additional, Lerendegui-Marco, J., additional, Casanovas, A., additional, Calviño, F., additional, Aberle, O., additional, Altieri, S., additional, Amaducci, S., additional, Andrzejewski, J., additional, Babiano-Suarez, V., additional, Bacak, M., additional, Beltrami, C., additional, Bennett, S., additional, Bernardes, A.P., additional, Berthoumieux, E., additional, Beyer, R., additional, Boromiza, M., additional, Bosnar, D., additional, Caamaño, M., additional, Calviani, M., additional, Castelluccio, D.M., additional, Cerutti, F., additional, Cescutti, G., additional, Chasapoglou, S., additional, Chiaveri, E., additional, Colombetti, P., additional, Colonna, N., additional, Camprini, P. Console, additional, Cortés, G., additional, Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., additional, Cosentino, L., additional, Dellmann, S., additional, Di Castro, M., additional, Di Maria, S., additional, Diakaki, M., additional, Dietz, M., additional, Dressler, R., additional, Dupont, E., additional, Durán, I., additional, Eleme, Z., additional, Fargier, S., additional, Fernández, B., additional, Fernández-Domínguez, B., additional, Finocchiaro, P., additional, Fiore, S., additional, Furman, V., additional, García-Infantes, F., additional, Gawlik-Ramiega, A., additional, Gervino, G., additional, Gilardoni, S., additional, Guerrero, C., additional, Gunsing, F., additional, Gustavino, C., additional, Heyse, J., additional, Hillman, W., additional, Jenkins, D.G., additional, Jericha, E., additional, Junghans, A., additional, Kadi, Y., additional, Kaperoni, K., additional, Kaur, G., additional, Kimura, A., additional, Knapová, I., additional, Kokkoris, M., additional, Kopatch, Y., additional, Krtička, M., additional, Kyritsis, N., additional, Ladarescu, I., additional, Lederer-Woods, C., additional, Lerner, G., additional, Manna, A., additional, Masi, A., additional, Massimi, C., additional, Mastinu, P., additional, Mastromarco, M., additional, Maugeri, E.A., additional, Mazzone, A., additional, Mendoza, E., additional, Mengoni, A., additional, Michalopoulou, V., additional, Milazzo, P.M., additional, Mucciola, R., additional, Murtas, F., additional, Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., additional, Musumarra, A., additional, Negret, A., additional, Pérez-Maroto, P., additional, Patronis, N., additional, Pavón-Rodríguez, J.A., additional, Pellegriti, M.G., additional, Perkowski, J., additional, Petrone, C., additional, Piersanti, L., additional, Pirovano, E., additional, Pomp, S., additional, Porras, I., additional, Praena, J., additional, Quesada, J.M., additional, Reifarth, R., additional, Rochman, D., additional, Romanets, Y., additional, Rubbia, C., additional, Sabaté-Gilarte, M., additional, Schillebeeckx, P., additional, Schumann, D., additional, Sekhar, A., additional, Smith, A.G., additional, Sosnin, N.V., additional, Spelta, M., additional, Stamati, M.E., additional, Sturniolo, A., additional, Tagliente, G., additional, Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., additional, Tarrío, D., additional, Torres-Sánchez, P., additional, Vagena, E., additional, Valenta, S., additional, Variale, V., additional, Vaz, P., additional, Vecchio, G., additional, Vescovi, D., additional, Vlachoudis, V., additional, Vlastou, R., additional, Wallner, A., additional, Woods, P.J., additional, Wright, T., additional, Zarrella, R., additional, and Žugec, P., additional
Published: 2024
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36. Corrigendum to “A Segmented Total Energy Detector (sTED) optimized for (n,γ) cross-section measurements at n_TOF EAR2” [Radiat. Phys. Chem. 217 (April 2024) 111525]

Author: Alcayne, V., primary, Cano-Ott, D., additional, Garcia, J., additional, González-Romero, E., additional, Martínez, T., additional, Pérez de Rada, A., additional, Plaza, J., additional, Sánchez-Caballero, A., additional, Balibrea-Correa, J., additional, Domingo-Pardo, C., additional, Lerendegui-Marco, J., additional, Casanovas, A., additional, Calviño, F., additional, Aberle, O., additional, Altieri, S., additional, Amaducci, S., additional, Andrzejewski, J., additional, Babiano-Suarez, V., additional, Bacak, M., additional, Beltrami, C., additional, Bennett, S., additional, Bernardes, A.P., additional, Berthoumieux, E., additional, Beyer, R., additional, Boromiza, M., additional, Bosnar, D., additional, Caamaño, M., additional, Calviani, M., additional, Castelluccio, D.M., additional, Cerutti, F., additional, Cescutti, G., additional, Chasapoglou, S., additional, Chiaveri, E., additional, Colombetti, P., additional, Colonna, N., additional, Console Camprini, P., additional, Cortés, G., additional, Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., additional, Cosentino, L., additional, Dellmann, S., additional, Di Castro, M., additional, Di Maria, S., additional, Diakaki, M., additional, Dietz, M., additional, Dressler, R., additional, Dupont, E., additional, Durán, I., additional, Eleme, Z., additional, Fargier, S., additional, Fernández, B., additional, Fernández-Domínguez, B., additional, Finocchiaro, P., additional, Fiore, S., additional, Furman, V., additional, García-Infantes, F., additional, Gawlik-Ramiega, A., additional, Gervino, G., additional, Gilardoni, S., additional, Guerrero, C., additional, Gunsing, F., additional, Gustavino, C., additional, Heyse, J., additional, Hillman, W., additional, Jenkins, D.G., additional, Jericha, E., additional, Junghans, A., additional, Kadi, Y., additional, Kaperoni, K., additional, Kaur, G., additional, Kimura, A., additional, Knapová, I., additional, Kokkoris, M., additional, Kopatch, Y., additional, Krtička, M., additional, Kyritsis, N., additional, Ladarescu, I., additional, Lederer-Woods, C., additional, Lerner, G., additional, Manna, A., additional, Masi, A., additional, Massimi, C., additional, Mastinu, P., additional, Mastromarco, M., additional, Maugeri, E.A., additional, Mazzone, A., additional, Mendoza, E., additional, Mengoni, A., additional, Michalopoulou, V., additional, Milazzo, P.M., additional, Mucciola, R., additional, Murtas, F., additional, Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., additional, Musumarra, A., additional, Negret, A., additional, Pérez-Maroto, P., additional, Patronis, N., additional, Pavón-Rodríguez, J.A., additional, Pellegriti, M.G., additional, Perkowski, J., additional, Petrone, C., additional, Piersanti, L., additional, Pirovano, E., additional, Pomp, S., additional, Porras, I., additional, Praena, J., additional, Quesada, J.M., additional, Reifarth, R., additional, Rochman, D., additional, Romanets, Y., additional, Rubbia, C., additional, Sabaté-Gilarte, M., additional, Schillebeeckx, P., additional, Schumann, D., additional, Sekhar, A., additional, Smith, A.G., additional, Sosnin, N.V., additional, Spelta, M., additional, Stamati, M.E., additional, Sturniolo, A., additional, Tagliente, G., additional, Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., additional, Tarrío, D., additional, Torres-Sánchez, P., additional, Vagena, E., additional, Valenta, S., additional, Variale, V., additional, Vaz, P., additional, Vecchio, G., additional, Vescovi, D., additional, Vlachoudis, V., additional, Vlastou, R., additional, Wallner, A., additional, Woods, P.J., additional, Wright, T., additional, Zarrella, R., additional, and Žugec, P., additional
Published: 2024
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37. Integral measurement of the $^{12}$C(n,p)$^{12}$B reaction up to 10 GeV

Author: Žugec, P., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Ventura, A., Mengoni, A., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A. R., Giubrone, G., Gómez-Hornillos, M. B., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heinitz, S., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L. S., Meo, S. Lo, Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Musumarra, A., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M. J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., and Wright, T.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The integral measurement of the $^{12}$C(n,p)$^{12}$B reaction was performed at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN. The total number of $^{12}$B nuclei produced per neutron pulse of the n_TOF beam was determined using the activation technique in combination with a time of flight technique. The cross section is integrated over the n_TOF neutron energy spectrum from reaction threshold at 13.6 MeV to 10 GeV. Having been measured up to 1 GeV on basis of the $^{235}$U(n,f) reaction, the neutron energy spectrum above 200 MeV has been reevaluated due to the recent extension of the cross section reference for this particular reaction, which is otherwise considered a standard up to 200 MeV. The results from the dedicated GEANT4 simulations have been used to evaluate the neutron flux from 1 GeV up to 10 GeV. The experimental results related to the $^{12}$C(n,p)$^{12}$B reaction are compared with the evaluated cross sections from major libraries and with the predictions of different GEANT4 models, which mostly underestimate the $^{12}$B production. On the contrary, a good reproduction of the integral cross section derived from measurements is obtained with TALYS-1.6 calculations, with optimized parameters., Comment: 14 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables
Published: 2016
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38. Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,{\alpha}){\alpha} reaction at n_TOF

Author: Cosentino, L., Musumarra, A., Barbagallo, M., Pappalardo, A., Colonna, N., Damone, L., Piscopo, M., Finocchiaro, P., Maugeri, E., Heinitz, S., Schumann, D., Dressler, R., Kivel, N., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Ayranov, M., Bacak, M., Barros, S., Balibrea-Correa, J., Beecares, V., Becvar, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamano, M., Calviani, M., Calvino, F., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Fernandez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Furman, W., Ganesan, S., Garcia-Rios, A., Gawlik, A., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Goebel, K., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kaeppeler, F., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kokkoris, M., Krticka, M., Leal-Chidonca, E., Lerendegui, J., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Praena, J., Quesada, J., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Sedyshev, P., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeno-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Vollaire, J., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zugec, P., and collaboration, n_TOF
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The newly built second experimental area EAR2 of the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN allows to perform (n, charged particles) experiments on short-lived highly radioactive targets. This paper describes a detection apparatus and the experimental procedure for the determination of the cross-section of the 7Be(n,{\alpha}) reaction, which represents one of the focal points toward the solution of the cosmological Lithium abundance problem, and whose only measurement, at thermal energy, dates back to 1963. The apparently unsurmountable experimental difficulties stemming from the huge 7Be {\gamma}-activity, along with the lack of a suitable neutron beam facility, had so far prevented further measurements. The detection system is subject to considerable radiation damage, but is capable of disentangling the rare reaction signals from the very high background. This newly developed setup could likely be useful also to study other challenging reactions requiring the detectors to be installed directly in the neutron beam., Comment: submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
Published: 2016
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39. High accuracy, high resolution 235U(n,f) cross section from n_TOF (CERN) from 18 meV to 10 keV

Author: Mastromarco, M., Amaducci, S., Colonna, N., Finocchiaro, P., Cosentino, L., Barbagallo, M., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Diacono, D., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Published: 2022
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40. The n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Tagliente, G., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea Correa, J., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Beyer, R., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Claps, G., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Console Camprini, P., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Diacono, D., Di Castro, M., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Eslami, M., Fargier, S., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gandhi, A., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramiega, A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., González-Romero, E., Goula, S., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Kokkoris, M., Koll, D., Kopatch, Y., Krticka, M., Kyritsis, N., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mucciola, R., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Pérez de Rada, A., Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Piersanti, L., Pirovano, E., Plaza del Olmo, J., Pomp, Stephan, Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rooney, A., Rubbia, C., Sánchez-Caballero, A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Scarpa, D., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Spelta, M., Stamati, M. E., Tamburrino, A., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, Diego, Torres-Sánchez, P., Tosi, S., Tsiledakis, G., Valenta, S., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zugee, P., Tagliente, G., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea Correa, J., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Beyer, R., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Claps, G., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Console Camprini, P., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Diacono, D., Di Castro, M., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Eslami, M., Fargier, S., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gandhi, A., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramiega, A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., González-Romero, E., Goula, S., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Kokkoris, M., Koll, D., Kopatch, Y., Krticka, M., Kyritsis, N., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mucciola, R., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Pérez de Rada, A., Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Piersanti, L., Pirovano, E., Plaza del Olmo, J., Pomp, Stephan, Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rooney, A., Rubbia, C., Sánchez-Caballero, A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Scarpa, D., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Spelta, M., Stamati, M. E., Tamburrino, A., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, Diego, Torres-Sánchez, P., Tosi, S., Tsiledakis, G., Valenta, S., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Zugee, P.
Abstract: The neutron Time-of-Flight facility (n_TOF) is an innovative facility operative since 2001 at CERN, with three experimental areas. In this paper the n_TOF facility will be described, together with the upgrade of the facility during the Long Shutdown 2 at CERN. The main features of the detectors used for capture fission cross section measurements will be presented with perspectives for the future measurements.
Published: 2024
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41. Measurement and analysis of the Am-243 neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Collaboration, n_TOF, Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Guerrero, C., Berthoumieux, E., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Assimakopoulos, P., Audouin, L., Badurek, G., Balibrea, J., Baumann, P., Becvar, F., Belloni, F., Calvino, F., Calviani, M., Capote, R., Carrapico, C., de Albornoz, A. Carrillo, Cennini, P., Chepel, V., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Couture, A., Cox, J., Dahlfors, M., David, S., Dillmann, I., Dolfini, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dridi, W., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Ferreira-Marques, R., Fitzpatrick, L., Frais-Koelbl, H., Fujii, K., Furman, W., Goncalves, I., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Haas, B., Haight, R., Heil, M., Herrera-Martinez, A., Igashira, M., Isaev, S., Jericha, E., Kappeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Karamanis, D., Ketlerov, V., Kerveno, M., Koehler, P., Konovalov, V., Kossionides, E., Krticka, M., Lampoudis, C., Leeb, H., Lindote, A., Lopes, I., Lossito, R., Lozano, M., Lukic, S., Marganiec, J., Marques, L., Marrone, S., Martinez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Neves, F., Oberhummer, H., Brien, S. O, Oshima, M., Pancin, J., Papachristodoulou, C., Papadopoulos, C., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perrot, L., Pigni, M. T., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, A., Poch, A., Praena, J., Pretel, C., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rosetti, M., Rubbia, C., Rudolf, G., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Santos, C., Sarchiapone, L., Savvidis, I., Stephan, C., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tassan-Got, L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Vannini, G., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Villamarin, D., Vicente, M. C., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Voss, F., Walter, S., Wendler, H., Wiescher, M., and Wisshak, K.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Background:The design of new nuclear reactors and transmutation devices requires to reduce the present neutron cross section uncertainties of minor actinides. Purpose: Reduce the $^{243}$Am(n,$\gamma$) cross section uncertainty. Method: The $^{243}$Am(n,$\gamma$) cross section has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN with a BaF$_{2}$ Total Absorption Calorimeter, in the energy range between 0.7 eV and 2.5 keV. Results: The $^{243}$Am(n,$\gamma$) 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 has been used to perform a simple analysis above 2.5 keV. Conclusions: The results of this measurement contribute to reduce the $^{243}$Am(n,$\gamma$) 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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42. TOF Facility at CERN

Author: The n_TOF Collaboration, Damone, L. A., Barbagallo, M., Mastromarco, M., Mengoni, A., Colonna, N., Cosentino, L., Maugeri, E. A., Heinitz, S., Schumann, D., Dressler, R., Käppeler, F., Finocchiaro, P., Andrzejewski, J., Perkowski, J., Gawlik, A., Aberle, O., Altstadt, S., Ayranov, M., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Ballof, J., Bcares, V., Bečvař, F., Beinrucker, C., Bellia, G., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Borge, M. J. G., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Brugger, M., Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Catherall, R., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Corts, G., Cortès-Giraldo, M. A., Cristallo, Sergio, Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dorsival, A., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernàndez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Furman, W., Ganesan, S., Garca-Rios, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Göbel, Kathrin, Gonçalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goodacre, T. D., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, Tanja, Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Johnston, K., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kohester, U., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, Deniz, Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S. J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Marsh, B., Martínez, T., Martins Correia, J. G., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Matteucci, F., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, Federica, Mirea, M., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Piersanti, Luciano, Piscopo, M., Plompen, A., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Riego-Perez, A., Rothe, S., Rout, P., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schell, J., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Sedyshev, P., Seiffert, C., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Stora, T., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, Mario, Weiß, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., Formicola, Alba, editor, Junker, Matthias, editor, Gialanella, Lucio, editor, and Imbriani, Gianluca, editor
Published: 2019
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43. A compact fission detector for fission-tagging neutron capture experiments with radioactive fissile isotopes

Author: Bacak, M., Aïche, M., Bélier, G., Berthoumieux, E., Diakaki, M., Dupont, E., Gunsing, F., Heyse, J., Kopecky, S., Laurent, B., Leeb, H., Mathieu, L., Moens, A., Richter, S., Schillebeeckx, P., Serot, O., Sibbens, G., Taieb, J., Vanleeuw, D., Vlachoudis, V., Aberle, O., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Published: 2020
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44. High accuracy determination of the $^{238}$U/$^{235}$U fission cross section ratio up to $\sim$1 GeV at n_TOF (CERN)

Author: Paradela, C., Calviani, M., Tarrío, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leong, L. S., Tassan-Got, L., Naour, C. Le, Duran, I., Colonna, N., Audouin, L., Mastromarco, M., Meo, S. Lo, Ventura, A., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A. R., Giubrone, G., Gómez-Hornillos, M. B., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heinitz, S., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Musumarra, A., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M. J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The $^{238}$U to $^{235}$U fission cross section ratio has been determined at n_TOF up to $\sim$1 GeV, with two different detection systems, in different geometrical configurations. A total of four datasets have been collected and compared. They are all consistent to each other within the relative systematic uncertainty of 3-4%. The data collected at n_TOF have been suitably combined to yield a unique fission cross section ratio as a function of the neutron energy. The result confirms current evaluations up to 200 MeV. A good agreement is also observed with theoretical calculations based on the INCL++/Gemini++ combination up to the highest measured energy. The n_TOF results may help solving a long-standing discrepancy between the two most important experimental dataset available so far above 20 MeV, while extending the neutron energy range for the first time up to $\sim$1 GeV.
Published: 2014
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45. Measurement of the $^{12}$C($n,p$)$^{12}$B cross section at n_TOF (CERN) by in-beam activation analysis

Author: Žugec, P., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Mengoni, A., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, F. Calviño D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A. R., Giubrone, G., Gómez-Hornillos, M. B., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heinitz, S., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L. S., LoMeo, S., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Musumarra, A., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M. J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., and Wright, T.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The integral cross section of the $^{12}$C($n,p$)$^{12}$B reaction has been determined for the first time in the neutron energy range from threshold to several GeV at the n_TOF facility at CERN. The measurement relies on the activation technique, with the $\beta$-decay of $^{12}$B measured over a period of four half-lives within the same neutron bunch in which the reaction occurs. The results indicate that model predictions, used in a variety of applications, are mostly inadequate. The value of the integral cross section reported here can be used as a benchmark for verifying or tuning model calculations., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2014
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46. GEANT4 simulation of the neutron background of the C$_6$D$_6$ set-up for capture studies at n_TOF

Author: collaboration, n_TOF, Žugec, P., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Duran, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A. R., Giubrone, G., Gómez-Hornillos, M. B., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heinitz, S., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L. S., Meo, S. Lo, Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martìnez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P. F., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M. J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., and Wright, T.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The neutron sensitivity of the C$_6$D$_6$ detector setup used at n_TOF for capture measurements has been studied by means of detailed GEANT4 simulations. A realistic software replica of the entire n_TOF experimental hall, including the neutron beam line, sample, detector supports and the walls of the experimental area has been implemented in the simulations. The simulations have been analyzed in the same manner as experimental data, in particular by applying the Pulse Height Weighting Technique. The simulations have been validated against a measurement of the neutron background performed with a $^\mathrm{nat}$C sample, showing an excellent agreement above 1 keV. At lower energies, an additional component in the measured $^\mathrm{nat}$C yield has been discovered, which prevents the use of $^\mathrm{nat}$C data for neutron background estimates at neutron energies below a few hundred eV. The origin and time structure of the neutron background have been derived from the simulations. Examples of the neutron background for two different samples are demonstrating the important role of accurate simulations of the neutron background in capture cross section measurements.
Published: 2014
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47. $^{62}$Ni($n,\gamma$) and $^{63}$Ni($n,\gamma$) cross sections measured at n_TOF/CERN

Author: Lederer, C., Massimi, C., Berthoumieux, E., Colonna, N., Dressler, R., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Käppeler, F., Kivel, N., Pignatari, M., Reifarth, R., Schumann, D., Wallner, A., Altstadt, S., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Becares, V., Becvar, F., Belloni, F., Berthier, B., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calvino, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapico, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Duran, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Fernandez-Ordonez, M., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., Garcıa, A. R., Giubrone, G., Gomez-Hornillos, M. B., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Gurusamy, P., Harrisopulos, S., Heil, M., Ioannides, K., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Korschinek, G., Krticka, M., Kroll, J., Langer, C., Lebbos, E., Leeb, H., Leong, L. S., Losito, R., Lozano, M., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Marrone, S., Martinez, T., Mastinu, P. F., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rauscher, T., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sarmento, R., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarrıo, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Tlustos, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M. J., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wright, T. J., and Zugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The cross section of the $^{62}$Ni($n,\gamma$) reaction was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Capture kernels of 42 resonances were analyzed up to 200~keV neutron energy and Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACS) from $kT=5-100$ keV were calculated. With a total uncertainty of 4.5%, the stellar cross section is in excellent agreement with the the KADoNiS compilation at $kT=30$ keV, while being systematically lower up to a factor of 1.6 at higher stellar temperatures. The cross section of the $^{63}$Ni($n,\gamma$) reaction was measured for the first time at n_TOF. We determined unresolved cross sections from 10 to 270 keV with a systematic uncertainty of 17%. These results provide fundamental constraints on $s$-process production of heavier species, especially the production of Cu in massive stars, which serve as the dominant source of Cu in the solar system.
Published: 2014
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48. Experimental neutron capture data of $^{58}$Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: collaboration, n_TOF, Žugec, P., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Duran, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A. R., Giubrone, G., Gómez-Hornillos, M. B., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L. S., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martìnez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P. F., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Pignatari, M., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sarmento, R., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M. J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., and Wright, T.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The $^{58}$Ni $(n,\gamma)$ cross section has been measured at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN, in the energy range from 27 meV up to 400 keV. In total, 51 resonances have been analyzed up to 122 keV. Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACS) have been calculated for stellar temperatures of kT$=$5-100 keV with uncertainties of less than 6%, showing fair agreement with recent experimental and evaluated data up to kT = 50 keV. The MACS extracted in the present work at 30 keV is 34.2$\pm$0.6$_\mathrm{stat}\pm$1.8$_\mathrm{sys}$ mb, in agreement with latest results and evaluations, but 12% lower relative to the recent KADoNIS compilation of astrophysical cross sections. When included in models of the s-process nucleosynthesis in massive stars, this change results in a 60% increase of the abundance of $^{58}$Ni, with a negligible propagation on heavier isotopes. The reason is that, using both the old or the new MACS, 58Ni is efficiently depleted by neutron captures., Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables
Published: 2014
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49. Measurement of the 241Am(n,γ) cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Oprea A., Gunsing F., Schillebeeckx P., Aberle O., Bacak M., Berthoumieux E., Cano-Ott D., Diakaki M., Dupont E., Geslot B., Glodariu† T., Heyse J., Mendoza E., Negret A., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Bécares V., Babiano-Suarez V., Barbagallo M., Bečvář F., Bellia G., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero-Ontanaya L., Calviño F., Calviani M., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domínguez B., Ferrari A., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Göbel K., Garg R., Gawlik-Ramięga A., Gilardoni S., Gonçalves I. F., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Harada H., Heinitz S., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Käppeler† F., Kaur G., Kadi Y., Kimura A., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Leeb H., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S. J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E. A., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Piersanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Ramos-Doval D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schumann D., Smith A. G., Sosnin N. V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Talip T., Tarifeño-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section of 241Am is an important quantity for nuclear energy production and fuel cycle scenarios. Several measurements have been performed in recent years with the aim to reduce existing uncertainties in evaluated data. Two previous measurements, performed at the 185 m flight-path station EAR1 of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN, have permitted to substantially extend the resolved resonance region, but suffered in the near-thermal energy range from the unfavorable signal-to-background ratio resulting from the combination of the high radioactivity of 241Am and the rather low thermal neutron flux. The here presented 241Am(n,γ) measurement, performed with C6D6 liquid scintillator gamma detectors at the 20 m flight-path station EAR2 of the n_TOF facility, took advantage of the much higher neutron flux. The current status of the analysis of the data, focussed on the low-energy region, will be described here.
Published: 2023
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50. Results of the 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections measurements at EAR1 and EAR2 of the n_TOF facility

Author: Alcayne V., Mendoza E., Cano-Ott D., Kimura A., Aberle O., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bécares V., Bečvář F., Bellia G., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A. S., Busso M., Caamaño M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calviño F., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y. H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortés G. P., Cortés-Giraldo M. A., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Damone L. A., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Dupont E., Durán I., Eleme Z., Fernández-Domíngez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Gonçalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Göbel K., González-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D. G., Jericha E., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Krtička M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martínez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P. F., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P. M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogállar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Piersanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J. M., Radeck D., Ramos Doval D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabaté-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Smith A. G., Sosnin N., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J. L., Talip Z., Tarifeño-Saldivia A. E., Tassan-Got L., Torres-Sánchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P. J., Wright T. J., and Žugec P.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Accurate neutron capture cross section data for minor actinides (MAs) are required to estimate the production and transmutation rates of MAs in light water reactors, critical fast reactors like Gen-IV systems, and other innovative reactor systems such as accelerator driven systems (ADS). In particular, 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm play a role in the transport, storage and transmutation of the nuclear waste of the current nuclear reactors, due to the contribution of these isotopes to the radiotoxicity, neutron emission, and decay heat in the spent nuclear fuel. Also, capture reactions in these Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier elements. In this work, the results of the capture cross section measurement on 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm performed at the CERN n_TOF facility are presented. It is important to notice that the Cm samples used in the experiment at n_TOF have been used previously in an experiment at J-PARC, this experiment and the previous one done in the 70s with a nuclear explosion were the only previous capture experiments for these isotopes. At n_TOF, the capture cross section measurements of 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm were performed at the 20 m vertical flight path (EAR2) with three C6D6 total energy detectors. In addition, the cross section of 244Cm was measured at the 185 m flight path (EAR1) with a Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). The combination of measurements in EAR1 and EAR2 has contributed to controlling and reducing the systematic uncertainties in the results. The compatibility of the different measurements performed and the techniques to obtain the results are presented in this paper as well as the procedure to obtain the resonance parameters.
Published: 2023
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