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1. Detector set up for the measurements of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 235U relative to n-p scattering up to 150 MeV at CERN-n_TOF

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E. Pirovano, A. Manna, N. Colonna, P. Console Camprini, L. Cosentino, M. Dietz, Q. Ducasse, P. Finocchiaro, C. Massimi, A. Mengoni, R. Nolte, D. Radeck, L. Tassan-Got, N. Terranova, A. Ventura, O. Aberle, V. Alcayne, S. Amaducci, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Babiano-Suarez, M. Bacak, M. Barbagallo, S. Bennett, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, A. Brown, M. Busso, M. Caamaño, L. Caballero-Ontanaya, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, A. Casanovas, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortés, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, S. Cristallo, L. A. Damone, P. J. Davies, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, E. Dupont, I. Durán, Z. Eleme, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. Ferrari, K. Göbel, R. Garg, A. Gawlik-Ramie˛ga, S. Gilardoni, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, H. Harada, S. Heinitz, J. Heyse, D. G. Jenkins, A. Junghans, F. Käppeler†, Y. Kadi, A. Kimura, I. Knapová, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, D. Kurtulgil, I. Ladarescu, C. Lederer-Woods, H. Leeb, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S. J. Lonsdale, D. Macina, T. Martínez, A. Masi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, E. A. Maugeri, A. Mazzone, E. Mendoza, V. Michalopoulou, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, J. Moreno-Soto, A. Musumarra, A. Negret, F. Ogállar, A. Oprea, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, L. Piersanti, C. Petrone, I. Porras, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, D. Ramos-Doval, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, D. Rochman, C. Rubbia, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, D. Schumann, A. Sekhar, A. G. Smith, N. V. Sosnin, P. Sprung, A. Stamatopoulos, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, Th. Thomas, P. Torres-Sánchez, A. Tsinganis, J. Ulrich, S. Urlass, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, D. Vescovi, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, P. J. Woods, T. Wright, and P. Žugec

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General Medicine
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A new measurement of the 235U(n,f) fission cross section was carried out at n_TOF. The experiment covered the neutron energy range from 10 MeV up to 500 MeV, and it used the 1H(n,n) cross section as normalization for the neutron fluence measurement. In this contribution, the measurements and the characterization of the detectors covering the incident energy range up to 150 MeV are discussed.

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2023
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2. Characterization of a detector setup for the measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section relative to n-p scattering up to 500 MeV at the n_TOF facility at CERN

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A. Manna, E. Pirovano, N. Colonna, D. Castelluccio, P. Console Camprini, L. Cosentino, M. Dietz, Q. Ducasse, P. Finocchiaro, C. Le Naour, C. Massimi, A. Mengoni, R. Nolte, L. Tassan-Got, N. Terranova, G. Vannini, A. Ventura, O. Aberle, V. Alcayne, S. Amaducci, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Babiano-Suarez, M. Bacak, M. Barbagallo, S. Bennett, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, A. Brown, M. Busso, M. Caamaño, L. Caballero-Ontanaya, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, A. Casanovas, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortés, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, S. Cristallo, L. A. Damone, P. J. Davies, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, E. Dupont, I. Durán, Z. Eleme, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. Ferrari, K. Göbel, R. Garg, R. A. Gawlik-Ramiega, S. Gilardoni, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, H. Harada, S. Heinitz, J. Heyse, D. G. Jenkins, A. Junghans, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, A. Kimura, I. Knapová, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, D. Kurtulgil, I. Ladarescu, C. Lederer-Woods, H. Leeb, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S. J. Lonsdale, D. Macina, T. Martínez, A. Masi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, E. A. Maugeri, A. Mazzone, E. Mendoza, V. Michalopoulou, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, J. Moreno-Soto, A. Musumarra, A. Negret, F. Ogállar, A. Oprea, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, L. Piersanti, C. Petrone, I. Porras, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, D. Ramos-Doval, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, D. Rochman, C. Rubbia, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, D. Schumann, A. Sekhar, A. G. Smith, N. V. Sosnin, P. Sprung, A. Stamatopoulos, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, Th. Thomas, P. Torres-Sánchez, A. Tsinganis, J. Ulrich, S. Urlass, S. Valenta, V. Variale, P. Vaz, D. Vescovi, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, P. J. Woods, T. Wright, and P. Žugec

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General Medicine
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The measurement of the 235U(n,f) reaction cross section in the neutron energy region 10 MeV to 500 MeV was carried out at the CERN n_TOF facility. The experimental campaign, completed in 2018, provided precise and accurate data on the fission reaction relative to neutron-proton elastic scattering. A description and characterization of the used setup for the simultaneous measurement of fission fragments and neutron flux is reported here.

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2023
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3. Results of the 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections measurements at EAR1 and EAR2 of the n_TOF facility

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

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General Medicine
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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.

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2023
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4. Overview of the dissemination of n_TOF experimental data and resonance parameters

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

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General Medicine
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The n_TOF neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN is used for nuclear data measurements. The n_TOF Collaboration works closely with the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) network to disseminate the experimental data through the international EXFOR library. In addition, the Collaboration helps integrate the results in the evaluated library projects. The present contribution describes the dissemination status of n_TOF results, their impact on evaluated libraries and ongoing efforts to provide n_TOF resonance parameters in ENDF-6 format for further use by evaluation projects.

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2023
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5. Measurement of the 241Am(n,γ) cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

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

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General Medicine
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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.

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2023
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6. The Stellar 72Ge(n, γ) Cross Section for weak s-process: A First Measurement at n_TOF

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

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General Medicine
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The slow neutron capture process (s-process) is responsible for producing about half of the elemental abundances heavier than iron in the universe. Neutron capture cross sections on stable isotopes are a key nuclear physics input for s-process studies. The 72Ge(n, γ) Maxwellian-Averaged Cross Section (MACS) has an important influence on the production of isotopes between Ge and Zr in the weak s-process in massive stars and so far only theoretical estimations are available. An experiment was carried out at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN to measure the 72Ge(n, γ) reaction for the first time at stellar neutron energies. The capture measurement was performed using an enriched 72GeO2 sample at a flight path length of 184 m, which provided high neutron energy resolution. The prompt gamma rays produced after neutron capture were detected with a set of liquid scintillation detectors (C6D6). The neutron capture yield is derived from the counting spectra taking into account the neutron flux and the gamma-ray detection efficiency using the Pulse Height Weighting Technique. Over 70 new neutron resonances were identified, providing an improved resolved reaction cross section to calculate experimental MACS values for the first time. The experiment, data analysis and the new MACS results will be presented including their impact on stellar nucleosynthesis, which was investigated using the post-processing nucleosynthesis code mppnp for a 25 solar mass model.

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2023
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7. Measurement of the 244Cm and 246Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections at the n_TOF facility

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A. Oprea, J. Heyse, F. Gunsing, E. Chiaveri, G. Vannini, D. Cano-Ott, Paolo Finocchiaro, M. Bacak, F. Ogállar, V. Bécares, A. Kimura, Y. H. Chen, A. Musumarra, Cristian Massimi, G. Tagliente, J. Ulrich, L. Audouin, V. Michalopoulou, J. Lerendegui-Marco, I. Duran, A. Masi, Francesca Matteucci, A. Gawlik, Mario Barbagallo, G. Cortes, T. Glodariu, Thomas Rauscher, D. G. Jenkins, I. Knapova, D. Schumann, Alfredo Ferrari, D. Radeck, F. Becčvář, I. F. Gonçalves, P. Vaz, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, R. Dressler, Ralf Nolte, E. Mendoza, Simone Gilardoni, Carlos Guerrero, A. Casanovas, E. Berthoumieux, Alberto Ventura, V. Vlachoudis, L. A. Damone, E. González-Romero, F. Calviño, S. Heinitz, A. S. Brown, A. Tsinganis, M. Diakaki, O. Aberle, L. Cosentino, Nicola Colonna, M. Krtička, J. Perkowski, E. Dupont, G. Bellia, A. Pavlik, P. Schillebeeckx, Maurizio Busso, C. Domingo-Pardo, Diego Vescovi, T. Martinez, V. Variale, A. Saxena, A. Stamatopoulos, Dimitri Rochman, V. Alcayne, Z. Eleme, Hideo Harada, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, D. Macina, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, L. Persanti, Y. Kopatch, Ignacio Porras, A. Manna, Rene Reifarth, S. Urlass, P. M. Milazzo, M. Mastromarco, P. F. Mastinu, L. Caballero-Ontanaya, Alexandru Negret, Claudia Lederer-Woods, J. L. Tain, T. Talip, J. M. Quesada, N. Patronis, L. Tassan-Got, B. Fernández-Domínguez, Anton Wallner, F. Käppeler, M. Caamaño, Sergio Cristallo, Deniz Kurtulgil, Niko Kivel, F. Cerutti, V. Furman, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Alberto Mengoni, I. Ladarescu, N. V. Sosnin, Tatsuya Katabuchi, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, J. Billowes, D. Ramos-Doval, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, M. Kokkoris, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, R. Vlastou, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, S. Simone, K. Göbel, T. Wright, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, A. G. Smith, M. Dietz, Philip Woods, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria Nuclear i de les Radiacions Ionitzants, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Alcayne, V., Kimura, A., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Martínez, T., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Becčvář, 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-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., 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., Perkowski, J., Persanti, L., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Ramos-Doval, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Simone, S., 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., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Neutron emission, QC1-999, Nuclear physics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, law, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Isotope, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, r-process, Actinide, Nuclear reactor, Neutron capture, n_TOF, 244Cm, 246Cm, neutron capture, 13. Climate action, neutron capture, n_TOF, r-process, Física nuclear, Other, n_TOF, neutron reaction, Cm, neutron capture
Abstract

The neutron capture reactions of the 244Cm and 246Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier Cm isotopes and heavier elements such asThe neutron capture reactions of the 244Cm and 246Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier Cm isotopes and heavier elements such as Bk and Cf in a nuclear reactor. In addition, both isotopes belong to the minor actinides with a large contribution to the decay heat and to the neutron emission in irradiated fuels. There are only two previous 244Cm and 246Cm capture cross section measurements: one in 1969 using a nuclear explosion and the most recent data measured at J-PARC in 2010. The data for both isotopes are very scarce due to the difficulties in performing the measurements: high intrinsic activity of the samples and limited facilities capable of providing isotopically enriched samples. We have measured both neutron capture cross sections at the n_TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) with three C6D6 detectors and also at Area 1 (EAR-1) with the TAC. Preliminary results assessing the quality and limitations (background subtraction, measurement technique and counting statistics) of this new experimental datasets are presented and discussed. Bk and Cf in a nuclear reactor. In addition, both isotopes belong to the minor actinides with a large contribution to the decay heat and to the neutron emission in irradiated fuels. There are only two previous 244Cm and 246Cm capture cross section measurements: one in 1969 using a nuclear explosion and the most recent data measured at J-PARC in 2010. The data for both isotopes are very scarce due to the difficulties in performing the measurements: high intrinsic activity of the samples and limited facilities capable of providing isotopically enriched samples. We have measured both neutron capture cross sections at the n_TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) with three C6D6 detectors and also at Area 1 (EAR-1) with the TAC. Preliminary results assessing the quality and limitations (background subtraction, measurement technique and counting statistics) of this new experimental datasets are presented and discussed.

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2019
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8. 7Be(n,α) and 7Be(n,p) cross-section measurement for the cosmological lithium problem at the n-TOF facility at CERN

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M. Mirea, J. Marganiec, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, V. Bécares, J. Perkowski, Petar Žugec, P. F. Mastinu, A. Musumarra, D. G. Jenkins, Tanja Heftrich, F. Gunsing, P. Vaz, V. Furman, Y. H. Chen, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Riego-Perez, L. Cosentino, Cristian Massimi, S. Heinitz, A. Casanovas, E. A. Maugeri, Alberto Ventura, A. Saxena, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, S. Barros, G. Vannini, C. Wolf, J. Lerendegui-Marco, O. Aberle, F. Käppeler, A. Tsinganis, E. Berthoumieux, M. Krtička, I. F. Gonçalves, A. Kimura, Alfredo Ferrari, Mario Weigand, J. Billowes, N. Kivel, T. Martinez, Nicola Colonna, E. Dupont, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, A. Stamatopoulos, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortes, D. Cano-Ott, Rene Reifarth, V. Khryachkov, E. González, Alberto Mengoni, P. Ferreira, Stefan Schmidt, Mario Barbagallo, D. Schumann, J. I. Porras, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, F. Bečvář, R. Cardella, A. Pavlik, G. Tagliente, C. Domingo-Pardo, K. Rajeev, B. Fernández-Domínguez, Francesca Matteucci, E. Jericha, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, J. L. Tain, P. Schillebeeckx, M. Bacak, J. A. Ryan, M. Caamaño, M. Diakaki, F. Cerutti, Roberto Losito, P. V. Sedyshev, L. Audouin, A. Oprea, J. Heyse, Hideo Harada, D. M. Castelluccio, M. Mastromarco, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Carlos Guerrero, Anton Wallner, S. Montesano, J. Balibrea, S. Warren, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, V. Variale, R. Nolte, A. Goverdovski, E. Leal-Cidoncha, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, P. C. Rout, C. Lederer, S. Valenta, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Marco Calviani, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, A. G. Smith, V. Ketlerov, Philip Woods, P. M. Milazzo, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, A. R. García, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, M. Brugger, K. Göbel, C. Beinrucker, T. Wright, M. Kokkoris, N. Patronis, I. Duran, R. Dressler, P. Kavrigin, E. Griesmayer, L. A. Damone, E. Mendoza, D. Macina, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Castelluccio, D. M., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barros, S., 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., 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, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, 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., Lederer, C., 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., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J.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 Ugec, P.

Subjects
Astrofísica, nTOF, QC1-999, chemistry.chemical_element, Neutron, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Big Bang nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, CERN, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Physics, Alpha, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Stars, chemistry, Lithium, Halo, Nucleosíntesi
Abstract

One of the most puzzling problems in Nuclear Astrophysics is the “Cosmological Lithium Problem”, i.e the discrepancy between the primordial abundance of \(^{7}\)Li observed in metal poor halo stars (Asplund et al. in Astrophys J 644:229–259, 2006, [1]), and the one predicted by Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). One of the reactions that could have an impact on the problem is \(^{7}\)Be(n,p)\(^{7}\)Li. Despite of the importance of this reaction in BBN, the cross-section has never been directly measured at the energies of interest for BBN. Taking advantage of the innovative features of the second experimental area at the n\(\_\)TOF facility at CERN (Sabate-Gilarte et al. in Eur Phys J A 53:210, 2017, [2]; Weiss et al. in NIMA 799:90, 2015, [3]), an accurate measurement of \(^{7}\)Be(n,p) cross section has been recently performed at n\(\_\)TOF, with a pure \(^{7}\)Be target produced by implantation of a \(^{7}\)Be beam at ISOLDE. The mesurement started in April 2016 and lasted for two months. The experimental procedure, the setup used in the measurement and the results obtained so far will be here presented.

Published
2017

9. Time-of-flight and activation experiments on 147Pm and 171Tm for astrophysics

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E. Leal-Cidoncha, P. M. Milazzo, M. Mastromarco, Rene Reifarth, O. Aberle, Simone Gilardoni, A. Gawlik, J. M. Quesada-Molina, Thomas Rauscher, D. Radeck, Michael Paul, J. Marganiec, R. Cardella, E. Berthoumieux, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Leonid Weissman, M. Diakaki, M. Kokkoris, A. S. Brown, L. Tassan-Got, Anton Wallner, M. Caamaño, F. Cerutti, M. Tessler, L. Cosentino, J. Balibrea, S. Valenta, G. Cortes, A. Stamatopoulos, Deniz Kurtulgil, A. Oprea, N. V. Sosnin, J. Heyse, Marco Calviani, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, A. G. Smith, A. Kimura, D. Macina, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, J. L. Tain, A. Saxena, A. R. García, F. Gunsing, N. Patronis, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, M. Bacak, I. Duran, P. Schillebeeckx, Philip Woods, S. Halfon, A. Casanovas, P. F. Mastinu, Ulli Köster, J. Lerendegui-Marco, P. Ferreira, Hideo Harada, Alfredo Ferrari, Mario Barbagallo, S. Warren, R. Dressler, Cristian Massimi, V. Variale, A. Kalamara, C. Weiss, D. Schumann, R. Vlastou, G. Tagliente, P. Kavrigin, I. F. Gonçalves, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, P. C. Rout, E. Mendoza, Y. H. Chen, Alexandru Negret, E. Griesmayer, R. Nolte, L. A. Damone, S. Heinitz, F. Becvar, A. Tsinganis, C. Lederer, A. Masi, E. Jericha, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, J. A. Ryan, D. G. Jenkins, E. A. Maugeri, K. Göbel, N. Kivel, Ignacio Porras, Nicola Colonna, E. Dupont, G. Vannini, T. Wright, M. Krtička, E. González, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, B. Fernández-Domínguez, T. Martinez, F. Calviño, L. Audouin, H. Leeb, Alberto Mengoni, J. Perkowski, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, Carlos Guerrero, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, A. Musumarra, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Billowes, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, Vannini, G., Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Guerrero, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Domingo-Pardo, C., Casanovas, A., Dressler, R., Halfon, S., Heinitz, S., Kivel, N., Köster, U., Paul, M., Quesada-Molina, J.M., Schumann, D., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tessler, M., Weissman, L., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Becvar, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kokkoris, M., Krticka, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., 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., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Ugec, P., and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear

Subjects
QC1-999, Neutron, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Stellar nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Isotope, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Tof, Time of flight, Neutron capture, 13. Climate action, Nucleosíntesi
Abstract

The neutron capture cross section of several key unstable isotopes acting as branching points in the s-process are crucial for stellar nucleosynthesis studies, but they are very challenging to measure due to the difficult production of sufficient sample material, the high activity of the resulting samples, and the actual (n,γ ) measurement, for which high neutron fluxes and effective background rejection capabilities are required. As part of a new program to measure some of these important branching points, radioactive targets of 147Pm and 171Tm have been produced by irradiation of stable isotopes at the ILL high flux reactor. Neutron capture on 146Nd and 170Er at the reactor was followed by beta decay and the resulting matrix was purified via radiochemical separation at PSI. The radioactive targets have been used for time-of-flight measurements at the CERN n TOF facility using the 19 and 185m beam lines during 2014 and 2015. The capture cascades were detected using a set of four C6D6 scintillators, allowing to observe the associated neutron capture resonances. The results presented in this work are the first ever determination of the resonance capture cross section of 147Pm and 171Tm. Activation experiments on the same 147Pm and 171Tm targets with a high-intensity 30 keV quasi-Maxwellian flux of neutrons will be performed using the SARAF accelerator and the Liquid-Lithium Target (LiLiT) in order to extract the corresponding Maxwellian Average Cross Section (MACS). The status of these experiments and preliminary results will be presented and discussed as well., The authors acknowledge financial support by Spanish FPA2013-45083-P and FPA2014-53290-C2-2-P projects and the EC FP7 projects NeutAndalus (Grant No. 334315) and CHANDA (Grant No. 605203).

Published
2017

10. Measurement of the 240Pu(n,f) cross-section at the CERN n TOF facility: First results from experimental area II (EAR-2)

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J. Marganiec, A. Kimura, E. Jericha, P. F. Mastinu, S. Montesano, Pedro G. Ferreira, J. A. Ryan, M. Mastromarco, Francesca Matteucci, Mario Barbagallo, S. V. Suryanarayana, D. Schumann, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, Carlo Rubbia, M. Kokkoris, A. Tsinganis, Anton Wallner, Variale, F. Calviño, Nicola Colonna, H. Leeb, J. Balibrea, T. Wright, M. Krtička, J. Perkowski, D. G. Jenkins, G. Tagliente, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, C. Lederer, T. Martinez, Ketlerov, N. Patronis, F. Gunsing, A. K. Saxena, M. Licata, Bécares, E. Mendoza, Petar Žugec, Cristian Massimi, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, F. Bečvář, O. Aberle, P. M. Milazzo, A. Stamatopoulos, A. Goverdovski, P. Schillebeeckx, I. Duran, Hideo Harada, S. Heinitz, L. Cosentino, J. Billowes, Alfredo Ferrari, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, S. Warren, C. Paradela, M. Bacak, S. Valenta, E. Dupont, R. Dressler, P. Kavrigin, Marco Calviani, A. Musumarra, Ioana Gheorghe, A. G. Smith, Ralf Nolte, M. S. Robles, T. Glodariu, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, Furman, E. Griesmayer, Tanja Heftrich, L. A. Damone, C. Weiss, S. Schmidt, R. Vlastou, A. J. M. Plompen, M. Diakaki, A. Riego-Perez, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, N. Kivel, E. González, R. Losito, E. Berthoumieux, Rene Reifarth, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Tatsuya Katabuchi, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, S. Barros, P. Vaz, L. Audouin, Alberto Ventura, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, Khryachkov, A. Hernández-Prieto, J. I. Porras, M. Mirea, P. V. Sedyshev, Kathrin Göbel, Jan Heyse, J. L. Tain, Vlachoudis, P. Finocchiaro, Alberto Mengoni, G. Vannini, M. Caamaño, M. Weigand, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, F. Belloni, G. Cortes, R. J. W. Frost, F. Cerutti, J. Lerendegui-Marco, I. F. Gonçalves, K. Deo, Boccone, A. R. García, M. Brugger, C. Beinrucker, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, Thomas Rauscher, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), n_TOF, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Stamatopoulos, A., Tsinganis, A., Colonna, N., Vlastou, R., Kokkoris, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Plompen, A., Heyse, J., Ugec, P., Barbagallo, M., Calviani, M., Berthoumieux, E., Chiaveri, E., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Cerutti, F., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Frost, R.J.W., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., García, A.R., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Licata, M., Meo, S. Lo, Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Palomo-Pinto, F.R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Suryanarayana, S.V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica

Subjects
Nuclear fuel cycle, Fission, nTOF, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Fusió nuclear, ddc:530, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, MicroMegas detector, Actinide, 13. Climate action, Nuclear fission, Nuclear fusion
Abstract

The accurate knowledge of the neutron-induced fission cross-sections of actinides and other isotopes involved in the nuclear fuel cycle is essential for the design of advanced nuclear systems, such as Generation-IV nuclear reactors. Such experimental data can also provide the necessary feedback for the adjustment of nuclear model parameters used in the evaluation process, resulting in the further development of nuclear fission models. In the present work, the 240Pu(n,f) cross-section was measured at CERN’s n TOF facility relative to the well-known 235U(n,f) cross section, over a wide range of neutron energies, from meV to almost MeV, using the time-of-flight technique and a set-up based on Micromegas detectors. This measurement was the first experiment to be performed at n TOF’s new experimental area (EAR-2), which offers a significantly higher neutron flux compared to the already existing experimental area (EAR-1). Preliminary results as well as the experimental procedure, including a description of the facility and the data handling and analysis, are presented., Support of the European Commission under the ANDES, ERINDA and CHANDA projects (7th Framework Programme).

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2016
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11. High accuracy 234U(n,f) cross section in the resonance energy region

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A. R. García, A. Mallick, G. Vannini, N. Kivel, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Brugger, Gilles Noguere, M. Weigand, F. Belloni, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, P. Gurusamy, C. Domingo-Pardo, Rene Reifarth, Vittorio Boccone, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Hernández-Prieto, G. Cortes, I. F. Gonçalves, A. Riego, Alfredo Ferrari, D. Tarrío, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Eleftheriadis, T. Wright, M. Kokkoris, Thomas Rauscher, F. Cerutti, M. Meaze, M. J. Vermeulen, A. Manousos, P. Vaz, D. Karadimos, D. G. Jenkins, Srinivasan Ganesan, P. Schillebeeckx, Alberto Ventura, S. Altstadt, C. Le Naour, R. Vlastou, E. González-Romero, M. P. W. Chin, G. Tagliente, Luiz Leal, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Christoph Langer, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, V. Bécares, Alberto Mengoni, J. Billowes, Damir Bosnar, Mario Barbagallo, D. Schumann, Y. Kadi, E. Jericha, W. Mondelaers, F. Käppeler, F. Roman, Javier Praena, E. Mendoza, I. Duran, S. Valenta, M. S. Robles, Marco Calviani, K. Fraval, V. Variale, C. Lederer, Roberto Versaci, M. Diakaki, M. Mastromarco, C. Weiß, F. Bečvář, A. Saxena, M. Krtička, C. Carrapiço, Anton Wallner, Jeri Kroll, R. Dressler, J. L. Tain, R. Sarmento, S. Schmidt, T. Martinez, T. Ware, E. Griesmayer, A. J. M. Plompen, J. Marganiec, Petar Žugec, P. F. Mastinu, E. Berthoumieux, L. Audouin, Carlos Guerrero, C. Paradela, M. Mirea, A. Tsinganis, Nicola Colonna, L.S. Leong, R. Losito, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, P. M. Milazzo, G. Giubrone, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Leal-Cidoncha, E., Durán, I., Paradela, C., Tassan-Got, L., Audouin, L., Leal, L.C., Naour, C. Le, Noguere, G., Tarrío, D., Leong, L.S., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., 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., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Losito, R., Mallick, A., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P.F., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Robles, M.S., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., 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., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wright, T., Ugec, P., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, n_TOF, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay ( IPNO ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire ( IRSN ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers ( IRFU ), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Fission, nTOF, QC1-999, Analytical chemistry, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Fissió nuclear, Subatomär fysik, Cross section (physics), Physics and Astronomy (all), Nuclear magnetic resonance, Neutron flux, Subatomic Physics, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, ddc:530, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Chemistry, Physics, Nuclear fission, 13. Climate action, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

New results are presented of the 234U neutron-induced fission cross section, obtained with high accuracy in the resonance region by means of two methods using the 235U(n,f) as reference. The recent evaluation of the 235U(n,f) obtained with SAMMY by L. C. Leal et al. (these Proceedings), based on previous n-TOF data [1], has been used to calculate the 234U(n,f) cross section through the 234U/235U ratio, being here compared with the results obtained by using the n-TOF neutron flux. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.

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12. 74 Ge( n , γ ) cross section below 70 keV measured at n_TOF CERN.

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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 DM, Cerutti F, Chen YH, Chiaveri E, Colonna N, Cortés G, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cosentino L, Damone LA, 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 AR, Gawlik-Ramięga A, Glodariu T, Gonçalves IF, González-Romero E, Goverdovski A, Griesmayer E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Harada H, Heftrich T, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, 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 SL, Lonsdale SJ, Losito R, Macina D, Marganiec J, Martínez T, Massimi C, Mastinu P, Mastromarco M, Matteucci F, Maugeri EA, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Milazzo PM, Mingrone F, Mirea M, Montesano S, Musumarra A, Nolte R, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Rajeev K, Rauscher T, Reifarth R, Riego-Perez A, Rout PC, Rubbia C, Ryan JA, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schmidt S, Schumann D, Sedyshev P, Smith AG, Stamatopoulos A, Tagliente G, Tain JL, 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 PJ, Wright T, and Žugec P

Abstract

Neutron capture reaction cross sections on 74 Ge are of importance to determine 74 Ge production during the astrophysical slow neutron capture process. We present new resonance data on 74 Ge( n , γ ) reactions below 70 keV neutron energy. We calculate Maxwellian averaged cross sections, combining our data below 70 keV with evaluated cross sections at higher neutron energies. Our stellar cross sections are in agreement with a previous activation measurement performed at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe by Marganiec et al., once their data has been re-normalised to account for an update in the reference cross section used in that experiment., (© The Author(s) 2022.)

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2022
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13. HOLMES: The electron capture decay of [Formula: see text]Ho to measure the electron neutrino mass with sub-eV sensitivity.

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Alpert B, Balata M, Bennett D, Biasotti M, Boragno C, Brofferio C, Ceriale V, Corsini D, Day PK, De Gerone M, Dressler R, Faverzani M, Ferri E, Fowler J, Gatti F, Giachero A, Hays-Wehle J, Heinitz S, Hilton G, Köster U, Lusignoli M, Maino M, Mates J, Nisi S, Nizzolo R, Nucciotti A, Pessina G, Pizzigoni G, Puiu A, Ragazzi S, Reintsema C, Gomes MR, Schmidt D, Schumann D, Sisti M, Swetz D, Terranova F, and Ullom J

Abstract

The European Research Council has recently funded HOLMES, a new experiment to directly measure the neutrino mass. HOLMES will perform a calorimetric measurement of the energy released in the decay of [Formula: see text]Ho. The calorimetric measurement eliminates systematic uncertainties arising from the use of external beta sources, as in experiments with beta spectrometers. This measurement was proposed in 1982 by A. De Rujula and M. Lusignoli, but only recently the detector technological progress allowed to design a sensitive experiment. HOLMES will deploy a large array of low temperature microcalorimeters with implanted [Formula: see text]Ho nuclei. The resulting mass sensitivity will be as low as 0.4 eV. HOLMES will be an important step forward in the direct neutrino mass measurement with a calorimetric approach as an alternative to spectrometry. It will also establish the potential of this approach to extend the sensitivity down to 0.1 eV. We outline here the project with its technical challenges and perspectives.

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2015
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