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1. Development of a Gaseous Proton-Recoil Detector for neutron flux measurements between 0.2 and 2 MeV neutron energy

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P. Marini, L. Mathieu, M. Aïche, T. Chiron, P. Hellmuth, J.-L. Pedroza, G. Kessedjian, S. Czajkowski, B. Jurado, I. Tsekhanovich, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), and Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)

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[PHYS]Physics [physics], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics, QC1-999, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Theory, Physics::Accelerator Physics, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, 01 natural sciences
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International audience; Absolute measurements of neutron fluence are an essential prerequisite of neutron-induced cross section measurements, dosimetric investigations and neutron beam lines characterisation. Independent and precise neutron flux measurements can be performed with respect to the H(n,p) elastic cross section. However, the use of silicon proton recoil detectors is not straightforward below incident neutron energy of 1 MeV, due to a high background in the detected proton spectrum. A new gaseous proton-recoil detector has been designed to answer the challenge. The detector is described in details and results of the commissioning tests are presented.

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2018
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2. The extrapolated-efficiency method, a new technique to determine the detection efficiency in experiments based on the surrogate-reaction method

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I. Companis, G. Barreau, C. Theroine, G. Boutoux, L. Mathieu, M. Aïche, Beatriz Jurado, O. Roig, V. Méot, A. Blanc, Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), 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)-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), DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Work (thermodynamics), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Computational physics, Weighting, Cascade, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Indirect Technique, Instrumentation, Energy (signal processing)
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The surrogate-reaction method is an indirect technique to extract neutron-induced cross-sections of short-lived nuclei. In the last years several experiments have been performed to investigate whether this technique can be applied to infer radiative-capture cross-sections. A major difficulty in this type of measurements is the determination of the gamma-cascade detection efficiency. The pulse-height weighting technique (PHWT) has been previously used to determine this quantity in surrogate experiments. In this work, we present a new method to determine the gamma-cascade detection efficiency in the vicinity of the neutron-separation energy that is much simpler than the PHWT. We also investigate the possibility to apply this new technique in standard experiments using neutron beams.

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2013
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3. Study of the surrogate-reaction method applied to neutron-induced capture cross sections

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I. Companis, P. Morel, X. Derkx, C. Theroine, S. Czajkowski, G. Boutoux, J. M. Daugas, I Matea, V. Méot, N. Capellan, L. Tassan-Got, J.T. Burke, O. Roig, A. Bail, Olivier Serot, T. Faul, K.-H. Schmidt, N. Pillet, M. Aïche, Beatriz Jurado, L. Mathieu, G. Barreau, Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Service de Physique des Réacteurs et du Cycle (SPRC), Département Etude des Réacteurs (DER), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), 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), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and 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)

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Angular-momentum distribution, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron emission, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, chemistry.chemical_element, Germanium, Neutron-induced capture cross section, Scintillator, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Residual, 01 natural sciences, Gamma-decay probability, chemistry, Excited state, Surrogate-reaction method, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Atomic physics, Experimental methods, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Spin-½
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Gamma-decay probabilities of 173Yb and 176Lu have been measured using the surrogate reactions 174Yb(3He,αγ)173Yb* and 174Yb(3He,pγ)176Lu*, respectively. For the first time, the gamma-decay probabilities have been obtained with two independent experimental methods based on the use of C6D6 scintillators and Germanium detectors. Our results for the radiative-capture cross sections are several times higher than the corresponding neutron-induced data. To explain these differences, we have used our gamma-decay probabilities to extract rather direct information on the spin distributions populated in the transfer reactions used. They are about two times wider and the mean values are 3 to 4 ℏ higher than the ones populated in the neutron-induced reactions. As a consequence, in the transfer reactions neutron emission to the ground and first excited states of the residual nucleus is strongly suppressed and gamma-decay is considerably enhanced.

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2012
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4. Neutron-induced cross sections of short-lived nuclei via the surrogate reaction method

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G. Barreau, Julien Taieb, L. Mathieu, E. Bauge, L. Gaudefroy, O. Roig, O. Sérot, I. Companis, Jason Burke, C. Theroine, I Matea, S. Czajkowski, G. Boutoux, V. Méot, N. Capellan, X. Derkx, N. Pillet, M. Aïche, L. Tassan-Got, Beatriz Jurado, F. Gunsing, P. Romain, P. Morel, J.M. Daugas, T. Faul, Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), 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), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), 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), Laboratoire d'Etudes de PHysique (LEPH), Service de Physique des Réacteurs et du Cycle (SPRC), Département Etude des Réacteurs (DER), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Département Etude des Réacteurs (DER), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, and 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)

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Nuclear reaction, Fission, 020209 energy, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, 02 engineering and technology, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, medicine, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Isotope, Chemistry, Stable isotope ratio, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics, Actinide, medicine.anatomical_structure, Nucleus, Excitation
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The conference proceedings will be published (on-line) at the EPJ Web of Conferences.; Neutron-induced capture cross sections of short-lived nuclei are of great importance in many areas: fundamental nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics and nuclear applications, such as nuclear reactors. However, very often the high radioactivity of the samples makes the direct measurement of these cross sections extremely difficult. The surrogate reaction method [1] is an indirect way of determining neutron-induced cross sections for reactions that proceed through a compound nucleus. In this method, the decaying nucleus of the desired reaction is produced via a transfer or an inelastic scattering reaction (figure 1). This technique presents the advantage that the target material can be stable or less radioactive than the material required for a neutron-induced measurement. Nevertheless, a significant question in the use of the surrogate reaction method lies in the difference between the spin and parity population in the neutron-induced and surrogate reactions. The CENBG collaboration has successfully applied this technique to determine the neutron-induced fission cross sections of several short-lived nuclei such as 233Pa[2], 242;243Cm and 241Am[3]. The results are in very good agreement with neutron-induced data. We are currently investigating whether this powerful technique can also be used to determine radiative capture cross sections. For this purpose, we have studied the transfer reactions 174Yb(3He,pg)176Lu and 174Yb(3He,4Heg)173Yb as surrogates for the 175Lu(n,g) and 172Yb(n,g) reactions, respectively. The g probabilities obtained in our experiment show clear discrepancies with already existing neutroninduced data. In this contribution we will present the experimental set-up and the data analysis. Then, we will focus on the origin of these discrepencies. Perspectives for the surrogate method applied to capture cross sections will be discussed.

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2011
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5. The Neutrons for Science Facility at SPIRAL‐2

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X. Ledoux, M. Aïche, M. Avrigeanu, V. Avrigeanu, L. Audouin, E. Balanzat, B. Ban-d'Etat, G. Ban, G. Barreau, E. Bauge, G. Bélier, P. Bem, V. Blideanu, J. Blomgren, C. Borcea, S. Bouffard, T. Caillaud, A. Chatillon, S. Czajkowski, P. Dessagne, D. Doré, M. Fallot, F. Farget, U. Fischer, L. Giot, T. Granier, S. Guillous, F. Gunsing, C. Gustavsson, S. Herber, B. Jacquot, B. Jurado, M. Kerveno, A. Klix, O. Landoas, F. R. Lecolley, J. F. Lecolley, J. L. Lecouey, M. Majerle, N. Marie, T. Materna, J. Mrazek, F. Negoita, J. Novak, S. Oberstedt, A. Oberstedt, S. Panebianco, L. Perrot, M. Petrascu, A. J. M. Plompen, S. Pomp, J. M. Ramillon, D. Ridikas, B. Rossé, G. Rudolf, O. Serot, O. Shcherbakov, S. P. Simakov, E. Simeckova, A. G. Smith, J. C. Steckmeyer, J. C. Sublet, J. Taïeb, L. Tassan-Got, A. Takibayev, E. Tungborn, I. Thfoin, I. Tsekhanovich, C. Varignon, J. P. Wieleczko, Marianne E. Hamm, Robert W. Hamm, DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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), Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique (CIMAP - UMR 6252), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), 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 Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université 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), Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (IRMA), Normandie Université (NU)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences appliquées Rouen Normandie (INSA Rouen Normandie), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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)

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Physics, Nuclear transmutation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Radioactive waste, Neutron radiation, Fusion power, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Linear particle accelerator, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Spallation, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Computer Science::Operating Systems
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International audience; The "Neutrons for Science" (NFS) facility will be a component of SPIRAL‐2, the future accelerator dedicated to the production of very intense radioactive ion beams, under construction at GANIL in Caen (France). NFS will be composed of a pulsed neutron beam for in‐flight measurements and irradiation stations for cross‐section measurements and material studies. Continuous and quasi‐monokinetic energy spectra will be available at NFS respectively produced by the interaction of deuteron beam on thick a Be converter and by the 7Li(p,n) reaction on a thin converter. The flux at NFS will be up to 2 orders of magnitude higher than those of other existing time‐of‐flight facilities in the 1 MeV to 40 MeV range. NFS will be a very powerful tool for physics and fundamental research as well as applications like the transmutation of nuclear waste, design of future fission and fusion reactors, nuclear medicine or test and development of new detectors.

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2011
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6. Neutron-induced capture cross sections via the surrogate reaction method

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P. Morel, L. Tassan-Got, I. Companis, S. Czajkowski, D. Dassié, C. Theroine, Julien Taieb, Beatriz Jurado, J.T. Burke, V. Méot, J. M. Daugas, E. Bauge, G. Boutoux, B. Haas, N. Pillet, G. Barreau, M. Aïche, F. Gunsing, X. Derkx, Olivier Serot, T. Faul, O. Roig, A. Bail, N. Capellan, L. Mathieu, L. Gaudefroy, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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), DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Département de Physique Nucléaire (ex SPhN) (DPHN), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), T. Granier, B. Laurent, X. Ledoux and J.-G. Marmouget, X. Ledoux, J.-G. Marmouget, Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université 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), 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), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay

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Nuclear reaction, Nuclear transmutation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron emission, Chemistry, Fission, Physics, QC1-999, Minor actinide, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Charged particle, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics
Abstract

The full papers will be published in EPJ Web of Conferences.; International audience; The surrogate reaction method is an indirect way of determining cross sections for nuclear reactions that proceed through a compound nucleus. In this method, the compound nucleus is produced via an alternative (surrogate) reaction and its decay (by fission, gamma or neutron emission) is measured in coincidence with the outgoing appropriate charged particle. This technique has enabled neutron-induced cross sections to be extracted for nuclear reactions on short-lived nuclei that otherwise could not be measured. The CENBG collaboration has successfully applied this technique to determine the neutron-induced fission cross sections of several short-lived nuclei such as 233Pa, 242,243Cm and 241Am. These data are very important for the development of the Th/U cycle and for minor actinide transmutation. We currently investigate whether this powerful technique can also be used to determine the neutron-induced capture cross sections. For this purpose we will use the surrogate reaction 174Yb(3He,pγ)176Lu to infer the well known 175Lu(n,γ) cross section and compare the results with the directly measured neutron-induced data. The experimental set-up and the first results will be presented. We will also discuss our future plans to use the surrogate method for extracting actinides (n,γ) cross sections.

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2010
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7. Development of an experimental set-up for the measurement of neutron-induced fission and capture cross sections of radioactive fissile nuclei

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G. Barreau, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Czajkowski, I. Tsekhanovich, F. Gunsing, Beatriz Jurado, A.J.M. Plompen, I. Companis, M. Aïche, L. Mathieu, J. Matarranz, Grégoire Kessedjian, J. Heyse, Q. Ducasse, Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Physics, Range (particle radiation), [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], Fissile material, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, QC1-999, 020209 energy, Detector, 02 engineering and technology, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, Linear particle accelerator, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Ionization chamber, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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A new experimental set-up for a simultaneous measurement of neutron induced capture and fission cross sections was designed, assembled and optimized. The measurements will be performed at GEel LINear Accelerator (GELINA) neutron time-of-flight facility in Belgium, where neutron cross sections can be measured over a wide energy range with high energy resolution. The fission events detector consists of a dedicated multi-plate high efficiency fission ionization chamber (IC). The γ-rays produced in capture reaction are detected by an efficient array of C6D6 scintillators. Fission γ-rays events are distinguished from capture events by the anticoincidence signals from the IC and the C6D6 detectors. For the undetected fission events a correction has to be applied with respect to the efficiency of the IC that should be high and known with a high precision. Another important issue is the good separation between fission-fragment (FF) and the high alpha pile-up. The performances of the IC during test experiments are presented, focusing in particular on the detection efficiency.

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2013
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8. Measurement of neutron capture and fission cross sections of233U in the resonance region

Author

G. Boutoux, I. Companis, S. Czajkowski, L. Mathieu, I. Tsekhanovich, Beatriz Jurado, G. Barreau, V. Simutkin, B. Haas, M. Aïche, A.J.M. Plompen, Grégoire Kessedjian, P. Schillebeeckx, Aval du cycle et Energie Nucléaire (ACEN), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Vernay, Emmanuelle

Subjects
[PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Chemistry, Physics, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, Detector, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Nuclear physics, Neutron capture, 0103 physical sciences, Ionization chamber, Neutron cross section, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract

In the framework of studies concerning new fuel cycles and nuclear wastes incineration experimental data of the α ratio between capture and fission cross sections of 233 U reactions play an important role in the Th/U cycle. The safety evaluation and the detailed performance assessment for the generation IV nuclear-energy system based on 232 Th cycle strongly depend on this ratio. Since the current data are scarce and sometimes contradictory, new experimental studies are required. The measurement will take place at the neutron time-of-flight facility GELINA at Geel, designed to perform neutron cross section measurements with high incident neutron-energy resolution. A dedicated high efficiency fission ionization chamber (IC) as fission fragment detector and six C6 D6 liquid scintilators sensitive to γ-rays and neutrons will be used. The method, based on the IC energy response study, allowing to distinguish between gammas originating from fission and capture, in the resonance region, will be presented.

Published
2012
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9. High-spin spectroscopy of the reflection-asymmetric nucleus $^{221}$Ac

Author

R. Kulessa, F. Riess, J. Chevallier, Ch. Briançon, J.S. Dionisio, M. Wieland, E. Lubkiewicz, J. C. Sens, A. Seghour, Ch. Vieu, C. Mittag, M. Aïche, J. O. Fernández Niello, E. Ruchowska, A. Chevallier, N. Schulz, M. Bentaleb, Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), 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), and 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)

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Parity (physics), [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 3. Good health, State structure, medicine.anatomical_structure, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Nucleus
Abstract

The high-spin state structure of the nucleus 221 Ac was investigated by means of the 209 Bi( 14 C, 2n) reaction at 63 and 65 MeV. Measurements consisted of in-beam γγ coincidences using the Château de Cristal multidetector array and of e − γ coincidences. Two alternating parity bands could be established in 221 Ac up to spin 35 2 h . Almost all of the states may be regrouped into parity doublets and the origin of these doublets is discussed.

Published
1994

10. Alternating parity bands in doubly odd $^{218}_{129}$Ac and octupole instability in the light actinide region

Author

J. Chevallier, M. Davidson, M. Aïche, N. Schulz, J. C. Sens, Daniel Hojman, A. J. Kreiner, Diego Martinez Santos, Vito R. Vanin, A. Chevallier, M. E. Debray, J. Davidson, Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Isotone, Parity (physics), Actinide, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Electron spectroscopy, Instability, 3. Good health, 0103 physical sciences, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics
Abstract

High-spin states of doubly odd 218 Ac1 129 have been investigated using in-beam α, γ and conversion electron spectroscopy techniques through the 209 Bi( 12(13) C,3(4)n) fusion-evaporation reactions. The level scheme of 218 Ac shows three interconnected, alternating parity structures, each one linked by strong El transitions. Two of these bands are strikingly similar to the known scheme of the isotone 217 Ra and this analogy is shown to persist for the pair 220 Ac, 219 Ra. The relation between the structure of 218 Ac and its neighbors is thoroughly discussed showing that the first signals of octupole collectivity appear for N = 129.

Published
1994
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11. Observation of parity doublets in the odd-odd nucleus $^{220}$Ac

Author

J. C. Sens, A. Chevallier, M. E. Debray, J. Chevallier, M. Aïche, E. Ruchowska, N. Schulz, A. J. Kreiner, Vito R. Vanin, Ch. Briançon, Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Université 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), and Lorgeril, Jocelyne

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma ray, Elementary particle, Parity (physics), [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Nuclear shape, 3. Good health, medicine.anatomical_structure, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Nuclear fusion, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Nucleus
Abstract

Excited states of220Ac have been investigated by means of the209Bi(14C,3n) reaction and using the “Château de Cristal” gamma ray facility. The observation of bands with alternating parity states reveals the reflection asymmetric nuclear shape of220Ac. The extracted B(E1)/B(E2) ratios display a clear spin dependence.

Published
1990

12. Neutron-induced fission cross sections of short-lived actinides with the surrogate reaction method

Author

J.N. Wilson, N. Capellan, S. Czajkowski, L. Mathieu, Beatriz Jurado, F. Gunsing, E. Berthoumieux, R. V. F. Janssens, L. Audouin, John P. Greene, Adrien Bidaud, I. Ahmad, G. Barreau, Ch. Theisen, L. Tassan-Got, B. Haas, M. Aïche, Olivier Serot, Grégoire Kessedjian, D. Dassié, E. Bauge, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université 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)

Subjects
Physics, Surrogate reaction method, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Fission, Nuclear Theory, Actinide, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, neutron-induced fission cross sections, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron, Fission neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Excitation
Abstract

Neutron-induced fission cross sections for 242,243 Cm and 241 Am have been obtained with the surrogate reaction method. Recent results for the neutron-induced cross section of 243 Cm are questioned by the present data. For the first time, the 242 Cm cross section has been determined up to the onset of second-chance fission. The good agreement at the lowest excitation energies between the present results and the existing neutron-induced data indicates that the distributions in spin and parity of states populated with both techniques are similar.

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13. Dipole-octupole correlations in a boson model and evidence for their existence in nuclei

Author

I N Mikhailov, Ch. Briançon, N. Schulz, V Vanin, M. Aïche, E. Nadjakov, Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), 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), and 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)

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Dipole, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, 0103 physical sciences, Parity (physics), Interacting boson model, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, 01 natural sciences, Boson
Abstract

The interacting multiboson model (IMBM) introduced earlier (1987), in its spdf boson case, is applied to a new experiment on the vibrational nucleus88218Ra130. It is shown to describe in a natural way, with the essential participation of pf bosons, both the ground yrast bands with positive and negative parity, and the peculiar side yrare bands with the same space pi and opposite spin (-)I parity. So this experiment together with its boson interpretation can be viewed as evidence for the existence of combined dipole-octupole correlations in nuclei.

Published
1989

14. The yrast superdeformed band in $^{194}$Pb. Differences with $^{192}$Hg

Author

A. Korichi, M. Kaci, H. Sergolle, R. M. Clark, Josette Duprat, E. S. Paul, H. Hübel, J. Simpson, A. G. Smith, Y. Le Coz, R. Wadsworth, Marco Meyer, R. Béraud, C. W. Beausang, G. Bastin, N. Poffé, K. Hauschild, Malcolm J. Joyce, M. G. Porquet, F. Hannachi, J.F. Sharpey-Schafer, B. J. P. Gall, C. Schück, M. Aïche, R. Duffait, C. Bourgeois, I. Deloncle, N. Perrin, F. Azaiez, N. Redon, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), 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 Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Yrast, 0103 physical sciences, Potential energy surface, Low frequency, Atomic physics, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, 01 natural sciences, Spin-½
Abstract

The yrast superdeformed (SD) structure of 194Pb has been studied using the EUROGAM γ-ray spectrometer. New results have been obtained at low as well as at high spin values. At low frequency, the SD band has been extended to the lowest-spin SD state ever observed in the A ∼ 190 region. The energies of 194Pb and 192Hg SD bands are identical for ω < 0.25 MeV. However, they diverge for higher frequency, which rules out the idea that these two SD bands are identical. Moreover, the SD band of 194Pb is populated at lower spin values than that of 192Hg and de-excites towards normally-deformed (ND) states at a spin value lower than that of 192Hg. This suggests that the barrier separating the SD and ND minima in the potential energy surface is higher in 194Pb than in 192Hg.

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