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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
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.

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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
Abstract

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

Subjects
General Medicine
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.

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2023
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6. Proton capture on stored radioactive 118Te ions

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S. F. Dellmann, J. Glorius, Y. A. Litvinov, R. Reifarth, K. Al-Khasawneh, M. Aliotta, L. Bott, B. Brückner, C. Bruno, R. J. Chen, T. Davinson, T. Dickel, I Dillmann, D. Dmytriev, P. Erbacher, D. Freire-Fernández, O. Forstner, H. Geissel, K. Göbel, C. J. Griffin, R. Grisenti, A. Gumberidze, E. Haettner, S. Hagmann, M. Heil, R. Heß, P.-M. Hillenbrand, R. Joseph, B. Jurado, C. Kozhuharov, I. Kulikov, B. Löher, C. Langer, G. Leckenby, C. Lederer-Woods, M. Lestinsky, S. Litvinov, B. A. Lorenz, E. Lorenz, J. Marsh, E. Menz, T. Morgenroth, N. Petridis, J. Pibernat, U. Popp, A. Psaltis, S. Sanjari, C. Scheidenberger, M. Sguazzin, R. S. Sidhu, U. Spillmann, M. Steck, T. Stöhlker, A. Surzhykov, J. A. Swartz, H. Törnqvist, L. Varga, D. Vescovi, H. Weick, M. Weigand, P. Woods, Y. Xing, and T. Yamaguchi

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General Medicine
Abstract

Experimental determination of the cross sections of proton capture on radioactive nuclei is extremely difficult. Therefore, it is of substantial interest for the understanding of the production of the p-nuclei. For the first time, a direct measurement of proton-capture cross sections on stored, radioactive ions became possible in an energy range of interest for nuclear astrophysics. The experiment was performed at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) at GSI by making use of a sensitive method to measure (p,γ) and (p,n) reactions in inverse kinematics. These reaction channels are of high relevance for the nucleosyn-thesis processes in supernovae, which are among the most violent explosions in the universe and are not yet well understood. The cross section of the 118Te(p,γ) reaction has been measured at energies of 6 MeV/u and 7 MeV/u. The heavy ions interacted with a hydrogen gas jet target. The radiative recombination process of the fully stripped 118Te ions and electrons from the hydrogen target was used as a luminosity monitor. An overview of the experimental method and preliminary results from the ongoing analysis will be presented.

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2023
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7. Indirect measurements of neutron-induced reaction cross sections at heavy-ion storage rings

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M. Sguazzin, B. Jurado, J. Pibernat, J. A. Swartz, M. Grieser, J. Glorius, Yu. A. Litvinov, R. Reifarth, K. Blaum, P. Alfaurt, P. Ascher, L. Audouin, C. Berthelot, B. Blank, B. Bruckner, S. Dellmann, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Dupuis, P. Erbacher, M. Flayol, O. Forstner, D. Freire-Fernández, M. Gerbaux, J. Giovinazzo, S. Grévy, C. J. Griffin, A. Gumberidze, S. Heil, A. Heinz, D. Kurtulgil, G. Leckenby, S. Litvinov, B. Lorentz, V. Méot, J. Michaud, S. Perard, N. Petridis, U. Popp, D. Ramos, M. Roche, M.S. Sanjari, R.S. Sidhu, U. Spillmann, M. Steck, Th. Stöhlker, B. Thomas, L. Thulliez, and M. Versteegen

Subjects
General Medicine
Abstract

Neutron-induced reaction cross sections of unstable nuclei are essential for understanding the synthesis of heavy elements in stars and for applications in nuclear technology. However, their measurement is very complicated due to the radioactivity of the targets involved. We propose to circumvent this problem by using the surrogate reaction method in inverse kinematics, where the nucleus formed in the neutron- induced reaction of interest is produced by a reaction involving a radioactive heavy-ion beam and a stable, light target nucleus. The probabilities as a function of the compound-nucleus excitation energy for γ-ray emission, neutron emission and fission, which can be measured with the surrogate reaction, are particularly useful to constrain model parameters and to obtain more accurate predictions of the neutron-induced reaction cross sections of interest. Yet, the full development of the surrogate method is hampered by numerous long- standing target issues, which can be solved by combining surrogate reactions with the unique and largely unexplored possibilities at heavy-ion storage rings. In this contribution, we describe the developments we are carrying out to measure for the first time simultaneously γ-ray emission, neutron emission and fission probabilities at the storage rings of the GSI/FAIR facility. In particular, we will present the first results of the proof of principle experiment, which we performed in June 2022 at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) of GSI/FAIR.

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2023
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8. 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

Subjects
General Medicine
Abstract

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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9. The Nuclear astrophysics program at n_TOF (CERN)

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C. Massimi, E. Chiaveri, C. Rubbia, P. J. Woods, S. Warren, A. Casanovas, F. Mingrone, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, D. Bosnar, A. Oprea, J. M. Quesada, G. Vannini, E. González, J. A. Ryan, E. Berthoumieux, Sergio Cristallo, I. Porras, J. Perkowski, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Mario Barbagallo, G. Cortes, D. Kurtulgil, M. Kokkoris, M. S. Robles, A. Stamatopoulos, L. R. Dressler, M. Bacak, J. Kroll, P. Kavrigin, M. Krtička, C. Weiss, A. Pavlik, F. Gunsing, L. A. Damone, A. Ventura, J. Andrzejewski, A. Riego, T. Glodariu, V. Variale, J. L. Tain, E. Dupont, F. Käppeler, C. Lederer, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Heyse, Christoph Langer, Dorothea Schumann, H. Leeb, D. Radeck, Ralf Nolte, P. Mastinu, V. Vlachoudis, L. Piersanti, M. Mastromarco, G. Tagliente, J. Marganiec, Y. H. Chen, R. Cardella, B. Fernández-Domínguez, S. Heinitz, D. Cano-Ott, A. Masi, V. Furman, A. S. Brown, P. Finocchiaro, E. Griesmayer, P. M. Milazzo, Anton Wallner, T. Wright, D. G. Jenkins, P. Schillebeeckx, Nicola Colonna, J. Balibrea, Cosentino, N. V. Sosnin, A. Negret, T. Martínez, S. Valenta, E. Jericha, P. Sedyshev, A. Hernandez-Prieto, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Petar Žugec, Simona Losito, E. A. Maugeri, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, A. Ferrari, L. Tassan-Got, A. Kalamara, Pedro G. Ferreira, A. Mazzone, L. Audouin, A. Tsinganis, M. Caamaño, I. Duran, Y. Kadi, A. Saxena, Hideo Harada, P. Vaz, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, S. Gilardoni, M. Mirea, A. G. Smith, N. Patronis, F. Cerutti, M. Diakaki, R. Vlastou, F. Calviño, Atsushi Kimura, R. Reifarth, J. Billowes, F. Bečvář, E. Mendoza, A. Musumarra, J. Lerendegui-Marco, I. F. Gonçalves, K. Göbel, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, O. Aberle, Giulia Clai, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, A. R. García, Marco Calviani, N. Kivel, A. Mengoni, A. Mallik, 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, 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, n_TOF, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Clai, G., 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), Colonna, N., La Cognata, M., 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., Cosentino, Null, Cristallo, S., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, L. R., Dupont, E., 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, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Hernandez-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Leeb, H., Lonsdale, S. J., Losito, S., Macina, D., Mallik, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mingrone, F., Milazzo, P. M., Mirea, M., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Piersanti, L., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Robles, M. S., 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., Tsinganis, A., 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., Žugec, P., and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Astrofísica, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Cross-section, nTOF, QC1-999, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, n_TOF, nuclear astrophysics, CERN, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Stellar nucleosynthesis, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Nuclear astrophysics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Neutron induced nuclear reactions, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron capture, 13. Climate action, Neutron source, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Nucleosíntesi
Abstract

An important experimental program on Nuclear Astrophysics is being carried out at the n_TOF since several years, in order to address the still open issues in stellar and primordial nucleosynthesis. Several neutron capture reactions relevant to s-process nucleosynthesis have been measured so far, some of which on important branching point radioisotopes. Furthermore, the construction of a second experimental area has recently opened the way to challenging measurements of (n, charged particle) reactions on isotopes of short half-life. The Nuclear Astrophysics program of the n_TOF Collaboration is here described, with emphasis on recent results relevant for stellar nucleosynthesis, stellar neutron sources and primordial nucleosynthesis., We acknowledge the support by the Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN), under the Grant No. UMO-2012/04/M/ST2/00700.

Published
2018
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10. ASY-EOS experiment at GSI: investigating the symmetry enenrgy at supra-satutation densities

Author

P. Russotto, M. Chartier, M. D. Cozma, E. De Filippo, A. Le Fevre, S. Gannon, A. Gašsparić, M. Kiš, S. Kupny, Y. Leifels, R. Lemmon, Q. Li, J. Lukasik, P. Marini, P. Pawlowski, S. Santoro, W. Trautmann, M. Veselsky, L. Acosta, M. Adamczyk, A. Al Ajlan, M. Al Garawi, S. Al Homaidhi, F. Amorini, L. Auditore, T. Aumann, Y. Ayyad, V. Baran, Z. Basrak, R. Bassini, J. Benlliure, C. Boiano, C. Boisjoli, K. Boretzky, J. Brzychczyk, A. Budzanowski, G. Cardella, P. Cammarata, Z. Chajecki, A. Chbihi, M. Colonna, B. Czech, M. Di Toro, M. Famiano, V. Greco, L. Grassi, C. Guazzoni, P. Guazzoni, M. Heil, L. Heilborn, R. Introzzi, T. Isobe, K. Kezzar, A. Krasznahorskay, N. Kurz, E. La Guidara, G. Lanzalone, P. Lasko, W. G. Lynch, Z. Matthews, L. May, T. Minniti, M. Mostazo, A. Pagano, M. Papa, S. Pirrone, R. Pleskac, G. Politi, F. Porto, R. Reifarth, W. Reisdorf, F. Riccio, F. Rizzo, D. Rossi, H. Simon, I. Skwirczynska, Z. Sosin, L. Stuhl, A. Trifirò, M. Trimarchi, M. B. Tsang, G. Verde, A. Wieloch, P. Wigg, H. H. Wolter, P. Wu, S. Yennello, P. Zambon, L. Zetta, M. Zoric, LOMBARDO, IVANO, ROSATO, ELIO, VIGILANTE, MARIANO, S. Lunardi, P.G. Bizzeti, C. Bucci, M. Chiari, A. Dainese, P. Di Nezza, R. Menegazzo, A. Nannini, C. Signorini, J.J. Valiente-Dobon, P., Russotto, M., Chartier, M. D., Cozma, E., De Filippo, A., Le Fevre, S., Gannon, A., Gašsparić, M., Kiš, S., Kupny, Y., Leifel, R., Lemmon, Q., Li, J., Lukasik, P., Marini, P., Pawlowski, S., Santoro, W., Trautmann, M., Veselsky, L., Acosta, M., Adamczyk, A., Al Ajlan, M., Al Garawi, S., Al Homaidhi, F., Amorini, L., Auditore, T., Aumann, Y., Ayyad, V., Baran, Z., Basrak, R., Bassini, J., Benlliure, C., Boiano, C., Boisjoli, K., Boretzky, J., Brzychczyk, A., Budzanowski, G., Cardella, P., Cammarata, Z., Chajecki, A., Chbihi, M., Colonna, B., Czech, M., Di Toro, M., Famiano, V., Greco, L., Grassi, C., Guazzoni, P., Guazzoni, M., Heil, L., Heilborn, R., Introzzi, T., Isobe, K., Kezzar, A., Krasznahorskay, N., Kurz, E., La Guidara, G., Lanzalone, P., Lasko, Lombardo, Ivano, W. G., Lynch, Z., Matthew, L., May, T., Minniti, M., Mostazo, A., Pagano, M., Papa, S., Pirrone, R., Pleskac, G., Politi, F., Porto, R., Reifarth, W., Reisdorf, F., Riccio, F., Rizzo, Rosato, Elio, D., Rossi, H., Simon, I., Skwirczynska, Z., Sosin, L., Stuhl, A., Trifirò, M., Trimarchi, M. B., Tsang, G., Verde, Vigilante, Mariano, A., Wieloch, P., Wigg, H. H., Wolter, P., Wu, S., Yennello, P., Zambon, L., Zetta, and M., Zoric

Subjects
flow, NUCLEAR COLLISIONS
Abstract

The elliptic-flow ratio of neutrons with respect to protons or light complex particles in reactions of heavy-ions at pre-relativistic energies has been proposed as an observable sensitive to the strength of the symmetry term of the nuclear equation of state at supra-saturation densities. The results obtained from the existing FOPI/LAND data for 197Au+197Au collisions at 400 MeV/nucleon in comparison with the UrQMD model simulations favoured a moderately soft symmetry term, but suffer from a considerable statistical uncertainty. These results have been confirmed by an independent analysis based on the Tübingen QMD simulations. In order to obtain an improved data set for Au+Au collisions and to extend the study to other systems, a new experiment was carried out at the GSI laboratory by the ASY-EOS collaboration. The present status of the data analysis is reported

Published
2014

11. The ASY-EOS experiment at GSI: Constraining the symmetry energy at supra-saturation densities

Author

P. Russotto, M. Chartier, M.D. Cozma, E. De Filippo, A. Le Fèvre, S. Gannon, I. Gašparić, M. Kiš, S. Kupny, Y. Leifels, R.C. Lemmon, Q. Li, J. Łukasik, P. Marini, P. Pawłowski, W. Trautmann, L. Acosta, M. Adamczyk, A. Al-Ajlan, M. Al-Garawi, S. Al-Homaidhi, F. Amorini, L. Auditore, T. Aumann, Y. Ayyad, V. Baran, Z. Basrak, R. Bassini, J. Benlliure, C. Boiano, M. Boisjoli, K. Boretzky, J. Brzychczyk, A. Budzanowski, G. Cardella, P. Cammarata, Z. Chajecki, A. Chbihi, M. Colonna, B. Czech, M. Di Toro, M. Famiano, V. Greco, L. Grassi, C. Guazzoni, P. Guazzoni, M. Heil, L. Heilborn, R. Introzzi, T. Isobe, K. Kezzar, A. Krasznahorkay, N. Kurz, E. La Guidara, G. Lanzalone, P. Lasko, I. Lombardo, W.G. Lynch, Z. Matthews, L. May, T. Minniti, M. Mostazo, A. Pagano, M. Papa, S. Pirrone, R. Pleskac, G. Politi, F. Porto, R. Reifarth, W. Reisdorf, F. Riccio, F. Rizzo, E. Rosato, D. Rossi, S. Santoro, H. Simon, I. Skwirczynska, Z. Sosin, L. Stuhl, A. Trifirò, M. Trimarchi, M.B. Tsang, G. Verde, M. Veselsky, M. Vigilante, A. Wieloch, P. Wigg, H.H. Wolter, P. Wu, S. Yennello, P. Zambon, L. Zetta, M. Zoric, Borderie, B., Russotto, P., Chartier, M., Cozma, M. D., De Filippo, E., Le Fever, A., Gannon, S., Gǎsparíc, I., Kǐs, M., Kupny, S., Leifels, Y., Lemmon, R. C., Li, Q., Lukasik, J., Marini, P., Pawlowski, P., Trautmann, W., Acosta, L., Adamczyk, M., Al-Ajlan, A., Al-Garawi, M., Al-Homaidhi, S., Amorini, F., Auditore, L., Aumann, T., Ayyad, Y., Baran, V., Basrak, Z., Bassini, R., Benlliure, J., Boiano, C., Boisjoli, M., Boretzky, K., Brzychczyk, J., Budzanowski, A., Cardella, G., Cammarata, P., Chajecki, Z., Chbihi, A., Colonna, M., Czech, B., Di Toro, M., Famiano, M., Greco, V., Grassi, L., Guazzoni, C., Guazzoni, P., Heil, M., Heilborn, L., Introzzi, R., Isobe, T., Kezzar, K., Krasznahorkay, A., Kurz, N., La Guidara, E., Lanzalone, G., Lasko, P., Lombardo, I., Lynch, W. G., Matthews, Z., May, L., Minniti, T., Mostazo, M., Pagano, A., Papa, M., Pirrone, S., Pleskac, R., Politi, G., Porto, F., Reifarth, R., Reisdorf, W., Riccio, F., Rizzo, F., Rosato, E., Rossi, D., Santoro, S., Simon, H., Skwirczynska, I., Sosin, Z., Stuhl, L., Trifiro, A., Trimarchi, M., Tsang, M. B., Verde, G., Veselsky, M., Vigilante, M., Wieloch, A., Wigg, P., Wolter, H. H., Wu, P., Yennello, S., Zambon, P., Zetta, L., Zoric, M., Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Physics and Astronomy (all), sezele, Physics, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, ddc:530, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

International audience; The elliptic-flow ratio of neutrons with respect to protons or lightcomplex particles in reactions of heavy ions at pre-relativistic energieshas been proposed as an observable sensitive to the strength of thesymmetry term of the nuclear equation of state at supra-saturationdensities. In the ASY-EOS experiment at the GSI laboratory, flows ofneutrons and light charged particles were measured for 197Au+197Au,96Zr+96Zr and 96Ru+96Ru collisions at 400 MeV/nucleon with theLarge Area Neutron Detector LAND as part of a setup with severaladditional detection systems used for the event characterization. Flowresults obtained for the Au+Au system, in comparison with predictionsof the UrQMD transport model, confirm the moderately soft to lineardensity dependence of the symmetry energy deduced from the earlierFOPI-LAND data.

Published
2015
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12. The 234U neutron capture cross section measurement at the n TOF facility

Author

C. Lampoudis, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions

Subjects
Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Neutron cross sections, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear data, Calorimetry, Neutrons -- Seccions, Calorimeter, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, R-matrices, Calorimetria, Neutron cross section, Neutron source, Spallation, Neutron, Física nuclear, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The neutron capture cross-section of 234U has been measured for energies from thermal up to the keV region in the neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF, based on a spallation source located at CERN. A 4π BaF2 array composed of 40 crystals, placed at a distance of 184.9 m from the neutron source, was employed as a total absorption calorimeter (TAC) for detection of the prompt γ-ray cascade from capture events in the sample. This text describes the experimental setup, all necessary steps followed during the data analysis procedure. Results are presented in the form of R-matrix resonance parameters from fits with the SAMMY code and compared to the evaluated data of ENDF in the relevant energy region, indicating the good performance of the n TOF facility and the TAC.

Published
2007

13. Simultaneous measurement of the neutron capture and fission yields of 233-U

Author

E. Berthoumieux, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions

Subjects
Physics, Fission, Neutrons--Measurement, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear data, Fission product yield, Calorimetry, Calorimeter, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Calorimetria, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutron cross section, Neutrons -- Mesurament, Neutron, Atomic physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We have measured the neutron capture and fission cross section of 233U at the neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV with high accuracy by using a high performance 4π BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) as a detection device. The method, based on the TAC energy response study, allowing to disentangle between γ’s originating from fission and capture will be presented as well as the first very preliminary results.

Published
2007

14. Measurement of neutron induced fission of 235U, 233U and 245Cm with the FIC detector at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author

Marco Calviani, Dimitrios Karadimos, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions

Subjects
Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear data, Nuclear energy, Neutron radiation, Residus radioactius, Nuclear physics, Nuclear wastes, Neutron flux, Ionization chamber, Neutron cross section, Energia nuclear, Neutron, Spallation, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A series of measurements of neutron induced fission cross section of various TRU isotopes have been performed at the CERN n TOF spallation neutron facility, in the energy range from thermal to nearly 250 MeV. The experimental apparatus consists in a fast ionization chamber (FIC), used as a fission fragment detector with a high efficiency. Good discrimination between alphas and fission fragments can be obtained with a simple amplitude threshold. In order to allow the monitoring of the neutron beam and to extract the n TOF neutron flux, the well known cross section of the 235U(n,f) reaction, considered as a fission standard, has been used. Preliminary results for the cross section are shown for some selected isotopes such as 235U, 233U and 245Cm in the energy range from 0.050 eV to about 2MeV.

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2007
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15. Neutron capture and (n,2n) measurements on 241Am

Author

D. J. Vieira, M. Jandel, T. A. Bredeweg, E. M. Bond, R. R. Clement, A. Couture, R. C. Haight, J. M. O'Donnell, R. Reifarth, R. S. Rundberg, J. L. Ullmann, J. B. Wilhelmy, J. M. Wouters, A. P. Tonchev, A. Hutcheson, C. T. Angell, A. S. Crowell, B. Fallin, S. Hammond, C. R. Howell, H. J. Karowowski, J. H. Kelley, R. Pedroni, W. Tornow, R. A. Macri, U. Agvaanluvsan, J. A. Becker, D. Dashdorj, M. A. Stoyer, and C. Y. Wu

Subjects
Excitation function, Physics, Nuclear Theory, Center (category theory), Nuclear data, Neutron scattering, Nuclear reactor, Neutron temperature, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, law, Neutron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We report on a set of neutron-induced reaction measurements on {sup 241}Am which are important for nuclear forensics and advanced nuclear reactor design. Neutron capture measurements have been performed on the DANCE detector array at the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering CEnter (LANSCE). In general, good agreement is found with the most recent data evaluations up to an incident neutron energy of {approx} 300 keV where background limits the measurement. Using mono-energetic neutrons produced in the {sup 2}H(d,n){sup 3}He reaction at Triangle University Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL), we have measured the {sup 241}Am(n,2n) excitation function from threshold (6.7 MeV) to 14.5 MeV using the activation method. Good agreement is found with previous measurements, with the exception of the three data points reported by Perdikakis et al. around 11 MeV, where we obtain a much lower cross section that is more consistent with theoretical estimates.

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2007
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16. Neutron resonance spectroscopy at n TOF at CERN

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F. Gunsing, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions

Subjects
Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear structure, Nuclear data, Neutron scattering, Neutrons -- Seccions, Nuclear physics, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics::Accelerator Physics, Neutron, Neutron resonance, Atomic physics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment, Excitation
Abstract

Neutron resonance spectroscopy plays an important role in the investigation of neutron induced reaction cross sections and nuclear structure in the MeV excitation range. Neutron time-of-flight facilities are the most used installations to explore neutron resonances. In this paper we describe the basic features of neutron resonance spectroscopy together with recent results from the time-of-flight facility n TOF at CERN.

Published
2007

17. Capture cross section measurements of 186,187,188-Os at n TOF: the resolved resonance region

Author

K. Fujii, M. Mosconi, P. M. Milazzo, C. Domingo-Pardo, F. Käppeler, A. Mengoni, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulos, L. Audouin, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Bečvář, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortes, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfors, S. David, I. Dillmann, W. Dridi, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, M. Embid-Segura, L. Ferrant, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marques, W. Furman, I. Goncalves, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, B. Haas, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, D. Karamanis, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionides, M. Krtička, C. Lampoudis, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lopes, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, C. Moreau, F. Neves, H. Oberhummer, S. O'Brien, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulos, C. Paradela, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulos, L. Perrot, M. T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Plukis, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santos, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidis, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M. C. Vincente, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, F. Voss, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions

Subjects
Physics, Neutron cross sections, Isotope, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Reaccions nuclears, Nuclear data, Resonance (particle physics), Neutron temperature, Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, Nucleosynthesis, Neutron, s-process, Nuclear Experiment, Nucleosíntesi
Abstract

The neutron capture cross sections of 186,187,188Os have been measured at the CERN neutron time-of-flight facility, n TOF, in the neutron energy range from 1 eV up to 1MeV. In this contribution, we report the results of the analysis of the resolved resonance region (RRR). Resonance parameters have been extracted from a full R-matrix fit of the capture yields with the SAMMY code. A statistical analysis has been performed and the related average resonance parameters are derived. This information is crucial for a complete understanding and modeling in terms of the Hauser-Feshbach statistical model of the capture and inelastic reaction channels, required for the evaluation of the stellar reaction rates of these isotopes. Maxwellian average cross sections for the range of temperatures relevant for s-process nucleosynthesis have been derived from the combined information of the experimental data in the resolved and unresolved resonance regions. A brief account of the implications of this analysis in the estimation of the s-process component of the 187Os abundance and the related impact on the estimates of the time-duration of the galactic nucleosynthesis through the Re/Os clock is given.

18. ASY-EOS experiment at GSI

Author

S. Pirrone, Riccardo Introzzi, D. Loria, J. Brzychczyk, F. Amorini, Chiara Guazzoni, Marielle Chartier, Triestino Minniti, M. Trimarchi, A. Budzanowski, H. H. Wolter, L. W. May, M. Di Toro, M. Al-Garawi, M. Zoric, B. Tsang, B. Czech, L. Grassi, Z. Chajecki, E. La Guidara, C. Boisjoli, P. Z. Wu, Matthias Heil, Rene Reifarth, G. Politi, Yassid Ayyad, Martin Veselsky, K. Boretzky, Paola Marini, G. Cardella, F. Porto, P. Guazzoni, F. Riccio, Michael Famiano, J. Lukasik, Maria Colonna, Vincenzo Greco, Yvonne Leifels, A. Gašsparić, A. Trifirò, E. Geraci, I. Skwirczyńska, W. Reisdorf, L. Acosta, P. Zambon, A. Le Fèvre, Lauren Heilborn, Michele Papa, M. Adamczyk, Lucrezia Auditore, P. Cammarata, Thomas Aumann, Mihai Petrovici, Z. Basrak, A. Chbihi, Ivano Lombardo, Piotr Pawłowski, S. Cavallaro, Z. Matthews, M. Mostazo, P. Russotto, J. Wilczyński, S. Santoro, P. Lasko, Tadaaki Isobe, F. Rizzo, V. Baran, D. M. Rossi, Zbigniew Sosin, Qingfeng Li, Mariano Vigilante, W. Trautmann, G. Lanzalone, W. G. Lynch, M. Kiš, J. Benlliure, Elio Rosato, S. Al-Homaidhi, C. Boiano, A. Wieloch, Angelo Pagano, E. De Filippo, Abdulrahman Alajlan, Roy Crawford Lemmon, S. Kupny, Sherry Yennello, N. Kurz, L. Zetta, Herbert A. Simon, P. Wigg, K. Kezzar, Giuseppe Verde, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), J.D Frankland, A. Pagano, S. Pirrone, M.-F Rivet, F. Rizzo, J.D.Frankland, A.Pagano, S.Pirrone, m.F.Rivet, F.Rizzo, P., Russotto, L., Acosta, M., Adamczyk, A., Al Ajlan, M., Al Garawi, S., Al Homaidhi, F., Amorini, L., Auditore, T., Aumann, Y., Ayyad, V., Baran, Z., Basrak, J., Benlliure, C., Boiano, C., Boisjoli, K., Boretzky, J., Brzychczyk, A., Budzanowski, G., Cardella, P., Cammarata, S., Cavallaro, Z., Chajecki, M., Chartier, A., Chbihi, M., Colonna, B., Czech, E., De Filippo, M., Di Toro, M., Famiano, A., Le Fevre, A., Ga??spari??, E., Geraci, L., Grassi, V., Greco, C., Guazzoni, P., Guazzoni, M., Heil, L., Heilborn, R., Introzzi, T., Isobe, K., Kezzar, M., Ki??, S., Kupny, N., Kurz, E., La Guidara, G., Lanzalone, P., Lasko, Y., Leifel, R., Lemmon, Q., Li, Lombardo, Ivano, D., Loria, J., Lukasik, W. G., Lynch, P., Marini, Z., Matthew, L., May, T., Minniti, M., Mostazo, A., Pagano, M., Papa, P., Pawlowski, M., Petrovici, S., Pirrone, G., Politi, F., Porto, R., Reifarth, W., Reisdorf, F., Riccio, F., Rizzo, Rosato, Elio, D., Rossi, S., Santoro, H., Simon, I., Skwirczynska, Z., Sosin, W., Trautmann, A., Trifirò, M., Trimarchi, B., Tsang, M., Veselsky, G., Verde, Vigilante, Mariano, A., Wieloch, P., Wigg, J., Wilczynski, H. H., Wolter, P., Wu, S., Yennello, P., Zambon, L., Zetta, M., Zoric, Russotto, P., Acosta, L., Adamczyk, M., Al-Ajlan, A., Al-Garawi, M., Al-Homaidhi, S., Amorini, F., Auditore, L., Aumann, T., Ayyad, Y., Baran, V., Basrak, Z., Benlliure, J., Boiano, C., Boisjoli, M., Boretzky, K., Brzychczyk, J., Budzanowski, A., Cardella, G., Cammarata, P., Cavallaro, S., Chajecki, Z., Chartier, M., Chbihi, A., Colonna, M., Czech, B., De Filippo, E., Di Toro, M., Famiano, M., Le Fevre, A., Gašparić, I., Geraci, E., Grassi, L., Greco, V., Guazzoni, C., Guazzoni, P., Heil, M., Heilborn, L., Introzzi, R., Isobe, T., Kezzar, K., Kiš, M., Kupny, S., Kurz, N., La Guidara, E., Lanzalone, G., Lasko, P., Leifels, Y., Lemmon, R., Li, Q., Lombardo, I., Loria, D., Lukasik, J., Lynch, W., Marini, P., Matthews, Z., May, L., Minniti, T., Mostazo, M., Pagano, A., Papa, M., Pawlowski, P., Petrovici, M., Pirrone, S., Politi, G., Porto, F., Reifarth, R., Reisdorf, W., Riccio, F., Rizzo, F., Rosato, E., Rossi, D., Santoro, S., Simon, H., Skwirczynska, I., Sosin, Z., Trautmann, W., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Tsang, B., Veselsky, M., Verde, G., Vigilante, M., Wieloch, A., Wigg, P., Wilczynski, J., Wolter, H., Wu, P., Yennello, S., Zambon, P., Zetta, L., and Zoric, M.

Subjects
Physics, sezele, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, symmetry energy, Observable, Nuclear equation of state, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], nuclear equation of state, Symmetry (physics), Term (time), Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), nucleus-nucleus collisions, Neutron, Nucleon, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The elliptic-flow ratio of neutrons with respect to protons in reactions of neutron rich Heavy-Ion at intermediate energies has been recently proposed as an observable sensitive to the strength of the symmetry term in the nuclear equation of state (EOS) at supra-saturation densities. The recent results obtained from the existing FOPI/LAND data for 197Au+197Au collisions at 400 MeV/nucleon in comparison with the UrQMD model allowed a first estimate of the symmetry term of the EOS but suffer from a considerable statistical uncertainty. In order to obtain an improved data set for Au+Au collisions and to extend the study to other systems, a new experiment was carried out at the GSI laboratory by the ASY-EOS collaboration in May 2011. © Owned by the authors, 2012.

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2012
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19. Present status and future programs of the n_TOF experiment

Author

S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, F. Cerutti, M. P. W. Chin, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, F. Roman, Srinivasan Ganesan, T. Martinez, F. Gramegna, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Alberto Mengoni, F. Beĉvář, M. Fernandez-Ordonez, Manuel Lozano, A. Manousos, Javier Praena, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, R. Versaci, Mario Barbagallo, M. Brugger, C. Carrapiço, A. Riego, Matthias Heil, G. Tagliente, G. Cortes, E. Chiaveri, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, P. F. Mastinu, R. Vlastou, M. Kokkoris, J. Andrzejewski, M. Mirea, C. Eleftheriadis, J. Billowes, D. Tarrío, Jeri Kroll, I. Duran, Thomas Rauscher, Carlo Rubbia, C. Lederer, R. Sarmento, D. Karadimos, M. Mastromarco, E. González-Romero, Carlos Guerrero, F. Avrigeanu, V. Variale, H. Leeb, M. Meaze, V. Vlachoudis, I. F. Gonçalves, D. Cano-Ott, J. L. Tain, Anton Wallner, P. Vaz, M. J. Vermeulen, M. Diakaki, Rene Reifarth, J. Perkowski, T. J. Wright, Fabio Belloni, T. Ware, F. Käppeler, Alberto Ventura, Yacine Kadi, K. Fraval, F. Gunsing, E. Griesmayer, D. G. Jenkins, E. Berthoumieux, J. M. Quesada, Cristian Massimi, A. Pavlik, L. Tassan-Got, C. Domingo-Pardo, C. Paradela, V. Boccone, L. Audouin, G. Vannini, Iris Dillmann, G. Giubrone, Roberto Losito, A. Tsinganis, Nicola Colonna, L.S. Leong, V. Bécares, E. Jericha, C. Weiß, E. Mendoza, P. M. Milazzo, N. Dzysiuk, Alfredo Ferrari, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, E. Chiaveri, M. Calviani, V. Vlachoudi, C. Wei, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, F. Avrigeanu, M. Barbagallo, V. Bécare, F. Beĉvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowe, V. Boccone, M. Brugger, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, C. Carrapiço, F. Cerutti, M. Chin, N. Colonna, G. Corté, M.A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, N. Dzysiuk, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Fernández-Ordóñez, A. Ferrari, K. Fraval, S. Ganesan, G. Giubrone, M.B. Gómez-Hornillo, I.F. Gonçalve, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, M. Heil, D.G. Jenkin, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karadimo, M. Kokkori, M. Krtička, J. Kroll, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, L.S. Leong, R. Losito, M. Lozano, A. Manouso, J. Marganiec, T. Martinez, C. Massimi, P.F. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, M. Meaze, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P.M. Milazzo, M. Mirea, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, J. Praena, J.M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego, F. Roman, C. Rubbia, R. Sarmento, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, D. Tarrio, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsingani, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, M.J. Vermeulen, R. Versaci, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, T. Ware, and T.J. Wright

Subjects
Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Physics, Astrofísica nuclear, Information retrieval, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, QC1-999, CERN - n_TOF, Nuclear Theory, Creative commons, NEUTRON TIME OF FLIGHT, Nuclear physics, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics::Accelerator Physics, Nuclear astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment, License
Abstract

The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN, Switzerland, operational since 2001, delivers neutrons using the Proton Synchrotron (PS) 20 GeV/c proton beam impinging on a lead spallation target. The facility combines a very high instantaneous neutron flux, an excellent time of flight resolution due to the distance between the experimental area and the production target (185 meters), a low intrinsic background and a wide range of neutron energies, from thermal to GeV neutrons. These characteristics provide a unique possibility to perform neutron-induced capture and fission cross-section measurements for applications in nuclear astrophysics and in nuclear reactor technology. The most relevant measurements performed up to now and foreseen for the future will be presented in this contribution. The overall efficiency of the experimental program and the range of possible measurements achievable with the construction of a second experimental area (EAR-2), vertically located 20 m on top of the n_TOF spallation target, might offer a substantial improvement in measurement sensitivities. A feasibility study of the possible realisation of the installation extension will be also presented.

Published
2012

20. Measurements of high-energy neutron-induced fission ofnatPb and209Bi

Author

H. Álvarez, J. L. Tain, D. Cano-Ott, P. E. Koehler, Marco T. Pigni, Rene Reifarth, P. Pavlopoulos, I. Dillmann, J. M. Quesada, Masayuki Igashira, M. Kerveno, Christoph A. Stephan, G. Cortes, S. Lukic, G. Aerts, D. Tarrío, Corrie S. Moreau, S. Isaev, U. Abbondanno, F. Gunsig, Ralf Plag, Roberto Capote, A. Plukis, P.A. Assimakopoulos, F. Alvarez-Velarde, Gerald Badurek, G. Vannini, G. Tagliente, A. Ventura, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Herrera-Martinez, N. Patronis, W.I. Furman, C. Rubbia, S. Walter, A. Lindote, Arnaud Ferrari, M. C. Vicente, Thomas Rauscher, A. J. M. Plompen, R. Vlastou, L. Perrot, J. Marganiec, Alberto Mengoni, C. A. Papachristodoulou, E. Berthoumieux, S. Andriamonje, I. Lopes, L. Sarchiapone, D. Karadimos, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, I. Savvidis, James L. Cox, L. Tassan-Got, Carlos Guerrero, E. González-Romero, H. Leeb, Heinz Oberhummer, R. C. Haight, F. Becvar, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, M. Krtička, C. Le Naour, R. Ferreira-Marques, T. Martinez, D. Trubert, Michael Wiescher, F. Voss, Cristian Massimi, K. Wisshak, S. David, B. Berthier, Y. Kadi, Michael Heil, Marco Calviani, E. Kossionides, I. Duran, V. Chepel, M. Oshima, G. Rudolf, C. T. Papadopoulos, Javier Praena, L. Ferrant, J. Andrzejewski, V. Vlachoudis, F. Neves, P. M. Milazzo, P. Baumann, D. Villamarin, C. Pretel, E. Jericha, K. Fujii, C. Santos, M. Embid-Segura, Isabel S. Gonçalves, S. Marrone, Manuel Lozano, L. Tavora, P. Rullhusen, P. Cennini, M. Mosconi, S. O'Brien, Nicola Colonna, F. Gramegna, R. Terlizzi, F. Käppeler, J. Pancin, J. Salgado, A. Poch, M. Dahlfors, C. Carrapiço, P. Vaz, Aaron Couture, B. Haas, F. Calviño, W. Dridi, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, D. Karamanis, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan-Got, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, I. Duran, L. Ferrant, S. Isaev, C. Le Naour, C. Paradela, C. Stephan, D. Trubert, U. Abbondanno, G. Aert, H. Álvarez, F. Álvarez-Velarde, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, P. Assimakopoulo, G. Badurek, P. Baumann, F. Becvár, E. Berthoumieux, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Capote, C. Carrapiço, P. Cennini, V. Chepel, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Corte, A. Couture, J. Cox, M. Dahlfor, S. David, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, W. Dridi, C. Eleftheriadi, M. Embid-Segura, A. Ferrari, R. Ferreira-Marque, K. Fujii, W. Furman, I. Gonçalve, E. González-Romero, F. Gramegna, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsig, B. Haa, R. Haight, M. Heil, A. Herrera-Martinez, M. Igashira, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karadimo, D. Karamani, M. Kerveno, P. Koehler, E. Kossionide, M. Krticka, C. Lampoudi, H. Leeb, A. Lindote, I. Lope, M. Lozano, S. Lukic, J. Marganiec, S. Marrone, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, A. Mengoni, P.M. Milazzo, C. Moreau, M. Mosconi, F. Neve, H. Oberhummer, S. O’Brien, M. Oshima, J. Pancin, C. Papachristodoulou, C. Papadopoulo, N. Patroni, A. Pavlik, P. Pavlopoulo, L. Perrot, M.T. Pigni, R. Plag, A. Plompen, A. Pluki, A. Poch, J. Praena, C. Pretel, J. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusen, J. Salgado, C. Santo, L. Sarchiapone, I. Savvidi, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, L. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin, M.C. Vicente, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, F. Vo, S. Walter, M. Wiescher, and K. Wisshak

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High energy, Engineering, Fission, business.industry, Physics, QC1-999, Nuclear engineering, Nuclear Theory, Creative commons, Engineering physics, neutron time-of-flight facility, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, business, License
Abstract

he CERN Neutron Time-Of-Flight (n_TOF) facility is well suited to measure low cross sections as those of neutron-induced fission in subactinides. The cross section ratios of (nat)Pb and (209)Bi relative to (235)U and (238)U were measured using PPAC detectors and a fragment coincidence method that allows us to identify the fission events. The present experiment provides first results for neutron-induced fission up to 1 GeV. Good agreement is found with previous experimental data below 200 MeV. The comparison with proton-induced fission indicates that the limiting regime where neutron-induced and proton-induced fission reach equal cross sections is close to 1 GeV.

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2010
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21. 74 Ge( n , 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 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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