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1. Neutron capture measurements with high efficiency detectors and the Pulse Height Weighting Technique

Author: Mendoza, E., Alcayne, V., Cano-Ott, D., González-Romero, E., Martínez, T., Pérez de Rada, A., Sánchez-Caballero, A., Balibrea, Javier, Domingo Pardo, César, Lerendegui-Marco, J., Calviño, F., Guerrero, C., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, European Commission, and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Subjects: Neutrons, Neutron capture, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Pulse height weighting technique, ¿-ray cascades, Total energy detecto, Instrumentation
Abstract: Neutron capture cross section measurements in time-of-flight facilities are usually performed by detecting the prompt γ-rays emitted in the capture reactions. One of the difficulties to be addressed in these measurements is that the emitted γ-rays may change with the neutron energy, and therefore also the detection efficiency. To deal with this situation, many measurements use the so called Total Energy Detection (TED) technique, usually in combination with the Pulse Height Weighting Technique (PHWT). With it, it is sought that the detection efficiency depends only on the total energy of the γ-ray cascade, which does not vary much with the neutron energy. This technique was developed in the 1960s and has been used in many neutron capture experiments to date. One of the requirements of the technique is that γ-ray detectors have a low efficiency. This has meant that the PHWT has been used with experimental setups with low detection efficiencies. However, this condition does not have to be fulfilled by the experimental system as a whole. The main goal of this work is to show that it is possible to measure with a high efficiency detection system that uses the PHWT, and how to analyze the measured data., This work was supported in part by the I+D+i grant PGC2018- 096717-B-C21 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Commission H2020 Framework Programme project SANDA (Grant agreement ID: 847552).
Published: 2023

2. $^{74}$Ge($n,\gamma $) cross section below 70 keV measured at n_TOF CERN

Author: Lederer-Woods, C, Aberle, O, Andrzejewski, J, Audouin, L, Bécares, V, Bacak, M, Balibrea, J, Barbagallo, M, Barros, S, Battino, U, Bečvář, F, Beinrucker, C, Berthoumieux, E, Billowes, J, Bosnar, D, Brugger, M, Caamaño, M, Calviño, F, Calviani, M, Cano-Ott, D, Cardella, R, Casanovas, A, Castelluccio, D M, Cerutti, F, Chen, Y H, Chiaveri, E, Colonna, N, Cortés, G, Cortés-Giraldo, M A, Cosentino, L, Damone, L A, Diakaki, M, Domingo-Pardo, C, Dressler, R, Dupont, E, Durán, I, Fernández-Domínguez, B, Ferrari, A, Ferreira, P, Finocchiaro, P, Furman, V, Göbel, K, García, A R, Gawlik-Ramięga, A, Glodariu, T, Gonçalves, I F, González-Romero, E, Goverdovski, A, Griesmayer, E, Guerrero, C, Gunsing, F, Harada, H, Heftrich, T, Heinitz, S, Heyse, J, Jenkins, D G, Jericha, E, Käppeler, F, Kadi, Y, Katabuchi, T, Kavrigin, P, Ketlerov, V, Khryachkov, V, Kimura, A, Kivel, N, Kokkoris, M, Krtička, M, Leal-Cidoncha, E, Leeb, H, Lerendegui-Marco, J, Meo, S Lo, Lonsdale, S J, Losito, R, Macina, D, Marganiec, J, Martínez, T, Massimi, C, Mastinu, P, Mastromarco, M, Matteucci, F, Maugeri, E A, Mendoza, E, Mengoni, A, Milazzo, P M, Mingrone, F, Mirea, M, Montesano, S, Musumarra, A, Nolte, R, Oprea, A, Patronis, N, Pavlik, A, Perkowski, J, Porras, I, Praena, J, Quesada, J M, Rajeev, K, Rauscher, T, Reifarth, R, Riego-Perez, A, Rout, P C, Rubbia, C, Ryan, J A, Sabaté-Gilarte, M, Saxena, A, Schillebeeckx, P, Schmidt, S, Schumann, D, Sedyshev, P, Smith, A G, Stamatopoulos, A, Tagliente, G, Tain, J L, Tarifeño-Saldivia, A, Tassan-Got, L, Tsinganis, A, Valenta, S, Vannini, G, Variale, V, Vaz, P, Ventura, A, Vlachoudis, V, Vlastou, R, Wallner, A, Warren, S, Weigand, M, Weiss, C, Wolf, C, Woods, P J, Wright, T, Žugec, P, 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, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: neutron capture, 74Ge, neutron time of flight, n_TOF, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physical, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Física, Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The version of record os available online at:https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00878-5 Neutron capture reaction cross sections on 74Ge are of importance to determine 74Ge production during the astrophysical slow neutron capture process. We present new resonancedataon74Ge(n,¿)reactionsbelow70keVneutron 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 Peer Reviewed Article escrit per 123 autors/autores C. Lederer-Woods, O. Aberle, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, M. Bacak, J. Balibrea, M. Barbagallo, S. Barros, U. Battino, F. Bečvář, C. Beinrucker, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Caamaño, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, R. Cardella, A. Casanovas, D. M. Castelluccio, 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, V. Furman, K. Göbel, A. R. García, A. Gawlik-Ramięga, T. Glodariu, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, A. Goverdovski, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, H. Harada, T. Heftrich, S. Heinitz, J. Heyse, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, T. Katabuchi, P. Kavrigin, V. Ketlerov, V. Khryachkov, A. Kimura, N. Kivel, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, E. Leal-Cidoncha, H. Leeb, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S. Lo Meo, S. J. Lonsdale, R. Losito, D. Macina, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, F. Matteucci, E. A. Maugeri, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, S. Montesano, A. Musumarra, R. Nolte, A. Oprea, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, I. Porras, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, K. Rajeev, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego-Perez, P. C. Rout, C. Rubbia, J. A. Ryan, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, P. Sedyshev, A. G. Smith, A. Stamatopoulos, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, S. Warren, M. Weigand, C. Weiss, C. Wolf, P. J. Woods, T. Wright, P. Žugec
Published: 2022
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3. The DESPEC setup for GSI and FAIR

Author: Mistry, AK, Albers, HM, Arıcı, T, Banerjee, A, Benzoni, G, Cederwall, B, Gerl, J, Górska, M, Hall, O, Hubbard, N, Kojouharov, I, Jolie, J, Martinez, T, Podolyák, Zs, Regan, PH, Tain, JL, Tarifeno-Saldivia, A, Schaffner, H, Werner, V, Ağgez, G, Agramunt, J, Ahmed, U, Aktas, O, Alcayne, V, Algora, A, Alhomaidhi, S, Amjad, F, Appleton, C, Armstrong, M, Balogh, M, Banerjee, K, Bednarczyk, P, Benito, J, Bhattacharya, C, Black, P, Blazhev, A, Bottoni, S, Boutachkov, P, Bracco, A, Bruce, AM, Brunet, M, Bruno, CG, Burrows, I, Calvino, F, Canavan, RL, Cano-Ott, D, Chishti, MMR, Coleman-Smith, P, Cortés, ML, Cortes, G, Crespi, F, Das, B, Davinson, T, De Blas, A, Dickel, T, Doncel, M, Ertoprak, A, Esmaylzadeh, A, Fornal, B, Fraile, LM, Galtarossa, F, Gottardo, A, Guadilla, V, Ha, J, Haettner, E, Häfner, G, Heggen, H, Herrmann, P, Hornung, C, Jazrawi, S, John, PR, Jokinen, A, Jones, CE, Kahl, D, Karayonchev, V, Kazantseva, E, Kern, R, Knafla, L, Knöbel, R, Koseoglou, P, Kosir, G, Kostyleva, D, Kurz, N, Kuzminchuk, N, Labiche, M, Lawson, J, Lazarus, I, Lenzi, SM, Leoni, S, Llanos-Expósito, M, Lozeva, R, Maj, A, Meena, JK, Mendoza, E, Menegazzo, R, Mengoni, D, Mertzimekis, TJ, Mikolajczuk, M, Million, B, Mont-Geli, N, Morales, AI, Morral, P, Mukha, I, Murias, JR, Nacher, E, Napiralla, P, Napoli, DR, Nara-Singh, BS, O’Donnell, D, Orrigo, SEA, Page, RD, Palit, R, Pallas, M, Pellumaj, J, Pelonis, S, Pentilla, H, Pérez de Rada, A, Pérez-Vidal, RM, Petrache, CM, Pietralla, N, Pietri, S, Pigliapoco, S, Plaza, J, Polettini, M, Porzio, C, Pucknell, VFE, Recchia, F, Reiter, P, Rezynkina, K, Rinta-Antila, S, Rocco, E, Rösch, HA, Roy, P, Rubio, B, Rudigier, M, Ruotsalainen, P, Saha, S, Şahin, E, Scheidenberger, Ch, Seddon, DA, Sexton, L, Sharma, A, Si, M, Simpson, J, Smith, A, Smith, R, Söderström, PA, Sood, A, Soylu, A, Tanaka, YK, Valiente-Dobón, JJ, Vasileiou, P, Vasiljevic, J, Vesic, J, Villamarin, D, Weick, H, Wiebusch, M, Wiederhold, J, Wieland, O, Wollersheim, HJ, Woods, PJ, Yaneva, A, Zanon, I, Zhang, G, Zhao, J, Zidarova, R, Zimba, G, Zyriliou, A, Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and G, Precision Frontier, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria Nuclear i de les Radiacions Ionitzants
Subjects: Astrofísica, Estructura nuclear, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, βγspectroscopy, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], α, α, β γ spectroscopy, Fast timing, NuSTAR, Astrophysics, Digital electronics, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, DESPEC, β γ spectroscopy, FAIR, α,βγspectroscopy, Nuclear matter, Instrumentation
Abstract: The DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) setup for nuclear structure investigations was developed and commissioned at GSI, Germany in preparation for a full campaign of experiments at the FRS and Super-FRS. In this paper, we report on the first employment of the setup in the hybrid configuration with the AIDA implanter coupled to the FATIMA LaBr3(Ce) fast-timing array, and high-purity germanium detectors. Initial results are shown from the first experiments carried out with the setup. An overview of the setup and function is discussed, including technical advancements along the path. Peer Reviewed Article signat per 169 autors/es. A.K. Mistry 1,2,∗, H.M. Albers 2, T. Arıcı 3, A. Banerjee 2, G. Benzoni 4, B. Cederwall 5, J. Gerl 2, M. Górska 2, O. Hall 6, N. Hubbard 1,2, I. Kojouharov 2, J. Jolie 7, T. Martinez 8, Zs. Podolyák 9, P.H. Regan 9,10, J.L. Tain 11, A. Tarifeno-Saldivia 12, H. Schaffner 2, V. Werner 1, G. Ağgez 3, J. Agramunt 11, U. Ahmed 1, O. Aktas 5, V. Alcayne 8, A. Algora 11,13, S. Alhomaidhi 1,2, F. Amjad 2, C. Appleton 6, M. Armstrong 7, M. Balogh 14, K. Banerjee 15, P. Bednarczyk 16, J. Benito 17, C. Bhattacharya 15, P. Black 6, A. Blazhev 7, S. Bottoni 4,18, P. Boutachkov 2, A. Bracco 18,4, A.M. Bruce 19, M. Brunet 9, C.G. Bruno 6, I. Burrows 20, F. Calvino 12, R.L. Canavan 9,10, D. Cano-Ott 8, M.M.R. Chishti 9, P. Coleman-Smith 20, M.L. Cortés 1, G. Cortes 12, F. Crespi 18,4, B. Das 5, T. Davinson 6, A. De Blas 12, T. Dickel 2, M. Doncel 21, A. Ertoprak 5,3, A. Esmaylzadeh 7, B. Fornal 16, L.M. Fraile 17, F. Galtarossa 14, A. Gottardo 14, V. Guadilla 11,22, J. Ha 23,24, E. Haettner 2, G. Häfner 25,7, H. Heggen 2, P. Herrmann 1, C. Hornung 2, S. Jazrawi 9,10, P.R. John 1, A. Jokinen 26, C.E. Jones 19, D. Kahl 6,27, V. Karayonchev 7, E. Kazantseva 2, R. Kern 1, L. Knafla 7, R. Knöbel 2, P. Koseoglou 1, G. Kosir 28, D. Kostyleva 2, N. Kurz 2, N. Kuzminchuk 2, M. Labiche 20, J. Lawson 20, I. Lazarus 20, S.M. Lenzi 23, S. Leoni 4,18, M. Llanos-Expósito 17, R. Lozeva 25, A. Maj 16, J.K. Meena 15, E. Mendoza 8, R. Menegazzo 24, D. Mengoni 14, T.J. Mertzimekis 29, M. Mikolajczuk 22,2, B. Million 4, N. Mont-Geli 12, A.I. Morales 11, P. Morral 20, I. Mukha 2, J.R. Murias 17, E. Nacher 11, P. Napiralla 1, D.R. Napoli 14, B.S. Nara-Singh 30, D. O’Donnell 30, S.E.A. Orrigo 11, R.D. Page 31, R. Palit 32, M. Pallas 12, J. Pellumaj 14, S. Pelonis 29, H. Pentilla 26, A. Pérez de Rada 8, R.M. Pérez-Vidal 14, C.M. Petrache 25, N. Pietralla 1, S. Pietri 2, S. Pigliapoco 24, J. Plaza 8, M. Polettini 4,18, C. Porzio 4,18, V.F.E. Pucknell 20, F. Recchia 23, P. Reiter 7, K. Rezynkina 24, S. Rinta-Antila 26, E. Rocco 2, H.A. Rösch 2,1, P. Roy 15,2, B. Rubio 11, M. Rudigier 1, P. Ruotsalainen 26, S. Saha 33, E. Şahin 1,2, Ch. Scheidenberger 2, D.A. Seddon 31, L. Sexton 6, A. Sharma 34, M. Si 25, J. Simpson 20, A. Smith 35, R. Smith 20, P.A. Söderström 27, A. Sood 5, A. Soylu 36, Y.K. Tanaka 37, J.J. Valiente-Dobón 14, P. Vasileiou 29, J. Vasiljevic 5, J. Vesic 28, D. Villamarin 8, H. Weick 2, M. Wiebusch 2, J. Wiederhold 1, O. Wieland 4, H.J. Wollersheim 2, P.J. Woods 6, A. Yaneva 7, I. Zanon 14, G. Zhang 23,24, J. Zhao 2,38, R. Zidarova 1, G. Zimba 26, A. Zyriliou 29
Published: 2022

4. Zr 92 (n,?) and (n,tot) measurements at the GELINA and n_TOF facilities

Author: Tagliente, G., Bécares, Vicente, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Cano Ott, Daniel, Colonna, Nicola, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Gómez Hornillos, María Belén, Martínez, T., Mastromarco, Mario, Mendoza, E., Praena, J., Riego Pérez, Albert, Lederer, Claudia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Stellar nucleosynthesis, Nuclear physics, GELINA, Física nuclear, neutron magic number, Resonance parameters
Abstract: Stellar nucleosynthesis of elements heavier than iron is driven by neutron capture processes. Zr92 is positioned at a strategic point along the slow nucleosynthesis path, given its proximity to the neutron magic number N=50 and its position at the matching region between the weak and main slow processes. Purpose: In parallel with recent improved astronomical data, the extraction of accurate Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACSs) derived from a more complete and accurate set of resonance parameters should allow for a better understanding of the stellar conditions at which nucleosynthesis takes place. Methods: Transmission and capture cross section measurements using enriched Zr92 metallic samples were performed at the time-of flight facilities GELINA of JRC-Geel (BE) and n_TOF of CERN (CH). The neutron beam passing through the samples was investigated in transmission measurements at GELINA using a Li-glass scintillator. The ¿ rays emitted during the neutron capture reactions were detected by C6D6 detectors at both GELINA and n_TOF. Results: Resonance parameters of individual resonances up to 81 keV were extracted from a combined resonance shape analysis of experimental transmissions and capture yields. For the majority of the resonances the parity was determined from an analysis of the transmission data obtained with different sample thicknesses. Average resonance parameters were calculated. Conclusions: Maxwellian averaged cross sections were extracted from resonances observed up to 81 keV. The MACS for kT=30keV is fully consistent with experimental data reported in the literature. The MACSs for kT¿15keV are in good agreement with those derived from the ENDF/B-VIII.0 library and recommended in the KADoNiS database. For kT higher than 30 keV differences are observed. A comparison with MACSs obtained with the cross sections recommended in the JEFF-3.3 and JENDL-4.0 libraries shows discrepancies even for kT¿15keV. Peer Reviewed Article escrit per 116 Autors/autores : Tagliente, G.; Kopecky, S.; Heyse, J.; Krtička, M.; Massimi, C.; Mengoni, A.; Milazzo, P. M.; Plompen, A. J. M.; Schillebeeckx, P.; Valenta, S.; Wynants, R.; Altstadt, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, L.; Bécares, V.; Barbagallo, M.; Bečvář, F.; Belloni, F.; Berthoumieux, E.; Billowes, J.; Boccone, V.; Bosnar, D.; Brugger, M.; Calviño, F.; Calviani, M.; Cano-Ott, D.; Carrapiço, C.; Cerutti, F.; Chiaveri, E.; Chin, M.; Colonna, N.; Cortés, G.; Cortés-Giraldo, M. A.; Cristallo, S.; Diakaki, M.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Dressler, R.; Durán, I.; Eleftheriadis, C.; Ferrari, A.; Fraval, K.; Furman, V.; Göbel, K.; Gómez-Hornillos, M. B.; Ganesan, S.; García, A. R.; Giubrone, G.; Gonçalves, I. F.; González-Romero, E.; Goverdovski, A¸ E. Griesmayer¸C. Guerrero; F. Gunsing; T. Heftrich; A. Hernández-Prieto; E. Jericha; F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, D. Karadimos, T. Katabuchi, V. Ketlerov, V. Khryachkov, N. Kivel, M. Kokkoris, J. Kroll, C. Lampoudis, C. Langer, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, L. S. Leong, R. Losito, M. Lugaro, A. Mallick, A. Manousos, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, E. Mendoza, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego-Perez, M. Robles, C. Rubbia, J. A. Ryan, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, R. Sarmento, A. Saxena, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, P. Sedyshev, J. L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, M. J. Vermeulen, D. Vescovi, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou,21 A. Wallner, T. Ware, M. Weigand, C. Weiss, T. Wright, P. Žugec
Published: 2022

5. Measurement of the a ratio and (n,¿) cross section of U 235 from 0.2 to 200 eV at n_TOF

Author: Balibrea-Correa, J., Mendoza, E., Cano Ott, Daniel, Capote Noy, Roberto, Altstadt, Sebastian, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Ludmila, Bécares, Vicente, Barbagallo, Massimo, Becvar, F., Belloni, Fabio, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, J., Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Gómez Hornillos, María Belén, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Nuclear physics, Nuclear fission, Física nuclear, Neutrons--Captura, Neutrons--Capture, Fissió nuclear
Abstract: We measured the neutron capture-to-fission cross-section ratio (a ratio) and the capture cross section of 235U between 0.2 and 200 eV at the n_TOF facility at CERN. The simultaneous measurement of neutron-induced capture and fission rates was performed by means of the n_TOF BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC), used for detection of ¿ rays, in combination with a set of micromegas detectors used as fission tagging detectors. The energy dependence of the capture cross section was obtained with help of the 6 Li(n,t) standard reaction determining the n_TOF neutron fluence; the well-known integral of the 235U(n, f ) cross section between 7.8 and 11 eV was then used for its absolute normalization. The a ratio, obtained with slightly higher statistical fluctuations, was determined directly, without need for any reference cross section. To perform the analysis of this measurement we developed a new methodology to correct the experimentally observed effect that the probabilities of detecting a fission reaction in the TAC and the micromegas detectors are not independent. The results of this work have been used in a new evaluation of 235U performed within the scope of the Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation (CIELO) Project, and are consistent with the ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 capture cross sections below 4 eV and above 100 eV. However, the measured capture cross section is on average 10% larger between 4 and 100 eV
Published: 2020

6. Measurement of the $^{70}Ge(n,\gamma)$ cross section up to 300 keV at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author: Gawlik, A., Lederer-Woods, C., Andrzejewski, J., Battino, U., Ferreira, P., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Krtička, M., Massimi, C., Mingrone, F., Perkowski, J., Reifarth, R., Tattersall, A., Valenta, S., Weiss, C., Aberle, O., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.a., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), n_TOF, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Astrophysics, Nuclear physics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Física nuclear, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Neutron capture data on intermediate mass nuclei are of key importance to nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the slow neutron capture processes, which occurs in massive stars. The $(n,\gamma)$ cross section on $^{70}Ge$, which is mainly produced in the s process, was measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Resonance capture kernels were determined up to 40 keV neutron energy and average cross sections up to 300 keV. Stellar cross sections were calculated from $kT=5 keV$ to $kT=100 keV$ and are in very good agreement with a previous measurement by Walter and Beer (1985) and recent evaluations. Average cross sections are in agreement with Walter and Beer (1985) over most of the neutron energy range covered, while they are systematically smaller for neutron energies above 150 keV. We have calculated isotopic abundances produced in s-process environments in a 25 solar mass star for two initial metallicities (below solar and close to solar). While the low metallicity model reproduces best the solar system germanium isotopic abundances, the close to solar model shows a good global match to solar system abundances in the range of mass numbers A=60–80. Neutron capture data on intermediate mass nuclei are of key importance to nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the slow neutron capture processes, which occurs in massive stars. The ($n,\gamma$) cross section on $^{70}$Ge, which is mainly produced in the $s$~process, was measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Resonance capture kernels were determined up to 40~keV neutron energy, and average cross sections up to 300~keV. Stellar cross sections were calculated from $kT=5$~keV to $kT=100$ keV and are in very good agreement with a previous measurement by Walter and Beer (1985), and recent evaluations. Average cross sections are in agreement with Walter and Beer (1985) over most of the neutron energy range covered, while being systematically smaller for neutron energies above 150~keV. We have calculated isotopic abundances produced in $s$-process environments in a 25 solar mass star for two initial metallicities (below solar, and close to solar). While the low metallicity model reproduces best the solar system germanium isotopic abundances the close to solar model shows a good global match to solar system abundances between mass numbers A=60-80.
Published: 2019
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7. Radiative neutron capture on 242Pu in the resonance region at the CERN n_TOF-EAR1 facility

Author: Lerendegui-Marco, J., Guerrero, C., Mendoza, E., Casanovas Hoste, Adrià, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Neutrons, Spent nuclear fuel, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Nuclear engineering, Cross section, nTOF, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Enginyeria nuclear, Nuclear fuel, NEA, CERN, Neutron
Abstract: The spent fuel of current nuclear reactors contains fissile plutonium isotopes that can be combined with uranium to make mixed oxide (MOX) fuel. In this way the Pu from spent fuel is used in a new reactor cycle, contributing to the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy. However, an extensive use of MOX fuels, in particular in fast reactors, requires more accurate capture and fission cross sections for some Pu isotopes. In the case of 242Pu there are sizable discrepancies among the existing capture cross-section measurements included in the evaluations (all from the 1970s) resulting in an uncertainty as high as 35% in the fast energy region. Moreover, post-irradiation experiments evaluated with JEFF-3.1 indicate an overestimation of 14% in the capture cross section in the fast neutron energy region. In this context, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) requested an accuracy of 8% in this cross section in the energy region between 500 meV and 500 keV. This paper presents a new time-of-flight capture measurement on 242Pu carried out at n_TOF-EAR1 (CERN), focusing on the analysis and statistical properties of the resonance region, below 4 keV. The 242Pu(n,gamma) reaction on a sample containing 95(4) mg enriched to 99.959% was measured with an array of four C6D6 detectors and applying the total energy detection technique. The high neutron energy resolution of n_TOF-EAR1 and the good statistics accumulated have allowed us to extend the resonance analysis up to 4 keV, obtaining new individual and average resonance parameters from a capture cross section featuring a systematic uncertainty of 5%, fulfilling the request of the NEA.
Published: 2018
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8. Dissemination of data measured at the CERN n TOF facility

Author: Dupont, E., Otuka, N., Cabellos, O., Aberle, O., Aerts, G., Altstadt, S., Alvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Badurek, G., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Baumann, P., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Berthier, B., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Cardella, R., Carrapiço, C., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cennini, P., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Couture, A., Cox, J., Damone, L. A., David, S., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dridi, W., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Embid-Segura, M., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Fraval, K., Frost, R. J. W., Fujii, K., Furman, W., Ganesan, S., Garcia, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gheorghe, I., Gilardoni, S., Giubrone, G., Glodariu, T., Göbel, K., Gomez-Hornillos, M. B., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Haight, R., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heil, M., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Igashira, M., Isaev, S., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Kaeppeler, F., Kalamara, A., Karadimos, D., Karamanis, D., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Konovalov, V., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Kurtulgil, D., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Naour, C. Le, Lerendegui-Marco, J., Leong, L. S., Licata, M., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Losito, R., Lozano, M., Macina, D., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Marrone, S., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Montesano, S., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., O’Brien, S., Oprea, A., Palomo-Pinto, F. R., Pancin, J., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perkowski, J., Perrot, L., Pigni, M. T., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, L., Poch, A., Porras, I., Praena, J., Pretel, C., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Robles, M., Roman, F., Rout, P. C., Rudolf, G., Rubbia, C., Rullhusen, P., Ryan, J. A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Salgado, J., Santos, C., Sarchiapone, L., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Stephan, C., Suryanarayana, S. V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M. J., Villamarin, D., Vicente, M. C., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Voss, F., Wallner, A., Walter, S., Ware, T., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wolf, C., Wiesher, M., Wisshak, K., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., Hambsch, F.-J., Kopecky, S., Siegler, P., Oberstedt, S., 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, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Castelluccio, D. M., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), n_TOF, 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), 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 de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dupont, E., Otuka, N., Cabellos, O., Aberle, O., Aerts, G., Altstadt, S., Alvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Badurek, G., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Baumann, P., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Berthier, B., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Cardella, R., Carrapiço, C., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cennini, P., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Couture, A., Cox, J., Damone, L.A., David, S., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dridi, W., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Embid-Segura, M., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Fraval, K., Frost, R.J.W., Fujii, K., Furman, W., Ganesan, S., Garcia, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gheorghe, I., Gilardoni, S., Giubrone, G., Glodariu, T., Göbel, K., Gomez-Hornillos, M.B., Goncalves, I.F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Haight, R., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heil, M., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Igashira, M., Isaev, S., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Kaeppeler, F., Kalamara, A., Karadimos, D., Karamanis, D., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Konovalov, V., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Kurtulgil, D., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Naour, C. Le, Lerendegui-Marco, J., Leong, L.S., Licata, M., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Lozano, M., Macina, D., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Marrone, S., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Montesano, S., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., O'Brien, S., Oprea, A., Palomo-Pinto, F.R., Pancin, J., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perkowski, J., Perrot, L., Pigni, M.T., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, L., Poch, A., Porras, I., Praena, J., Pretel, C., Quesada, J.M., Radeck, D., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Robles, M., Roman, F., Rout, P.C., Rudolf, G., Rubbia, C., Rullhusen, P., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Salgado, J., Santos, C., Sarchiapone, L., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, A., Stephan, C., Suryanarayana, S.V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M.J., Villamarin, D., Vicente, M.C., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Voss, F., Wallner, A., Walter, S., Ware, T., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wolf, C., Wiesher, M., Wisshak, K., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Ž Ugec, P., and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, nTOF, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Chemistry & allied sciences, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Nuclear astrophysics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, Reaccions nuclears, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear data, Nuclear technology, ddc:540, Nuclear reactions
Abstract: The n-TOF neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN is used for high quality nuclear data measurements from thermal energy up to hundreds of MeV. In line with the CERN open data policy, the n-TOF Collaboration takes actions to preserve its unique data, facilitate access to them in standardised format, and allow their re-use by a wide community in the fields of nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics and various nuclear technologies. The present contribution briefly describes the n-TOF outcomes, as well as the status of dissemination and preservation of n-TOF final data in the international EXFOR library. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.
Published: 2016
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9. Enhanced gamma-ray emission from neutron unbound states populated in beta decay

Author: Taín Enríquez, José Luis, Valencia, E., Algora, A., Rubio, B., Maurice, S., Gelletly, W., Fallot, M., Rissanen, J., Eronen, T., Äystö, J., Batist, L., Bowry, M., Caballero Folch, Roger, Gómez Hornillos, María Belén, Gorlychev, V., Mendoza, E., Moore, I., Penttila, H., Reponen, M., Sonnenschein, V., and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Competition, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Penning trap, BR-87, education, Nuclear physics, Spectrum analysis, Total absorption-spectra, Nuclear-data sheets, Schemes, Física nuclear, Jyfltrap, Spectroscopy, Purification, Simulation
Published: 2015

10. Measurement of the neutron capture cross section of the fissile isotope 235U with the CERN n_TOF Total Absorption Calorimeter and a fission tagging based on micromegas detectors

Author: Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D, Balibrea-Correa, J., Calviño Tavares, Francisco|||0000-0002-7198-4639, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere|||0000-0002-3648-5826, Riego Pérez, Albert|||0000-0001-8571-1546, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, CERN, n_TOF, Nuclear reaction, Neutrons--Captura, Reutrons, Nuclear Experiment, Neutrons--Capture
Abstract: Actual and future nuclear technologies require more accurate nuclear data on the (n, gamma) cross sections and -ratios of fissile isotopes. Their measurement presents several difficulties, mainly related to the strong fission gamma-ray background competing with the weaker gamma-ray cascades used as the experimental signature of the (n,gamma) process. A specific setup has been used at the CERN n_TOF facility in 2012 for the measurement of the (n,gamma) cross section and alpha-ratios of fissile isotopes and used for the case of the 235U isotope. The setup consists in a set of micromegas fission detectors surrounding 235U samples and placed inside the segmented BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter.
Published: 2014

11. GEANT4 simulation of the neutron background of the C6D6 set-up for capture studies at n_TOF

Author: collaboration, n_TOF, Žugec, P., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Duran, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A. R., Giubrone, G., Gómez-Hornillos, M. B., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heinitz, S., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L. S., Meo, S. Lo, Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martìnez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P. F., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M. J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wright, T., 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, P. Zugec, N. Colonna, D. Bosnar, S. Altstadt, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, M. Barbagallo, V. Becare, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowe, V. Boccone, M. Brugger, M. Calviani, F. Calvino, D. Cano-Ott, C. Carrapio, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, M. Chin, G. Corte, M. A. Cortes-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, I. Duran, N. Dzysiuk, C. Eleftheriadi, A. Ferrari, K. Fraval, S. Ganesan, A. R. Garcia, G. Giubrone, M. B. Gomez-Hornillo, I. F. Gonalve, E. Gonzalez-Romero, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, P. Gurusamy, S. Heinitz, D. G. Jenkin, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Kaeppler, D. Karadimo, N. Kivel, P. Koehler, M. Kokkori, M. Krticka, J. Kroll, C. Langer, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, L. S. Leong, S. Lomeo, R. Losito, A. Manouso, J. Marganiec, T. Mart-Nez, C. Massimi, P. F. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, M. Meaze, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, W. Mondalaer, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, A. Plompen, J. Praenam, J. M. Quesadam, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego, F. Roman, C. Rubbia, R. Sarmento, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, D. Tarrio, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsingani, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, R. Versaci, M. J. Vermeulen, V. Vlachoudi, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, T. Ware, M. Weigand, C. Wei, T. Wright, Ventura, A., Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Subjects: Neutron capture, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, GEANT4 simulations, Neutron time of flight, Neutron background, n_TOF, FOS: Physical sciences, Neutron, N-TOF, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Partícules (Física nuclear), Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, physics.ins-det, GEANT4, Line (formation), Particles (Nuclear physics), Physics, Bonner sphere, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, GEANT4 simulation, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Física, Neutron sensitivity, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Neutron radiation, NEUTRON TIME OF FLIGHT, Background, Deuterium, N_TOF, Simulation
Abstract: The neutron sensitivity of the C6D6 detector setup used at n_TOF facility for capture measurements has been studied by means of detailed GEANT4 simulations. A realistic software replica of the entire n_TOF experimental hall, including the neutron beam line, sample, detector supports and the walls of the experimental area has beeni mplemented in the simulations. The simulations have been analyzed in the same manner as experimental data, in particular by applying the Pulse Height Weighting Technique. The simulations have been validated against a measurement of the neutron background performed with anatC sample, showing an excellent agreement above 1 keV. At lower energies, an additional component in the measured natC yield has been discovered, which prevents the use of natC data for neutron background estimates at neutron energies below a few hundred eV. The origin and time structure of the neutron background have been derived from the simulations. Examples of the neutron background for two different samples are demonstrating the important role of accurate simulations of the neutron background in capture cross-section measurements., JRC.D.4-Standards for Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards
Published: 2014

12. Neutron measurements for advanced nuclear systems: The n_TOF project at CERN

Author: Calviani, M., Praena, J., Colonna, N., Belloni, F., Gonçalves, I.F., Vaz, P., Aerts, G., Alvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Assimakopoulos, P., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Badurek, G., Becvar, F., Berthoumieux, E., Calvino, F., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Carrapiço, C., Carrillo De Albornoz, A., Cennini, P., Chepel, V., Chiaveri, E., Cortes, G., Couture, A., Cox, J., Dahlfors, M., David, S., Diakaki, M., Dillmann, I., Dolfini, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dridi, W., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, Anthony, Ferreira-Marques, R., Frais-Koelbl, H., Fuji, K., Furman, W., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Haight, R., Heil, M., Herrera-Martinez, A., Igashira, M., Isaev, S., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Ketlerov, V., Koehler, P., Konovalov, V., Kossionides, E., Krticka, M., Lampoudis, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lindote, A., Lopes, I., Lozano, M., Marganiec, J., Marques, L., Marrone, S., Martinez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Neves, F., Oberhummer, H., O'Brien, S., Oshima, M., Pancin, J., Papachristodoulou, C., Papadopoulos, C., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perrot, L., Pigni, M.T., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, A., Poch, A., Pretel, C., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rosetti, M., Rubbia, C., Rudolf, G., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Sarchiapone, L., Savvidis, I., Stephan, C., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarrio, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Vannini, G., Ventura, A., Villamarin, D., Vicente, M.C., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Voss, F., Walter, S., Wendler, H., Wiescher, M., Wisshak, K., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), nTOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, and Université 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: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrofísica nuclear, Nuclear engineering, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Spallation, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear fission, Nuclear data, Neutron radiation, Nuclear technology, Energia nuclear, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Física nuclear, Spallation Neutron Source
Abstract: A few years ago, the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF was built at CERN to address some of the urgent needs of high-accuracy nuclear data for Accelerator Driven Systems and other advanced nuclear energy systems, as well as for nuclear astrophysics and fundamental nuclear physics. Thanks to the characteristics of the neutron beam, and to state-of-the-art detection and acquisition systems, high quality neutron cross-section data have been obtained for a variety of isotopes, many of which radioactive. Following an important upgrade of the spallation target and of the experimental area, a new measurement campaign has started last year. After a brief review of the most important results obtained so far at n_TOF, the new features of the facility are presented, together with the first results on the commissioning of the neutron beam. The plans for future measurements, in particular related to nuclear technology are finally discussed.
Published: 2012
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13. Measurement and analysis of the 241-Am neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D, Altstadt, Sebastian, Calviño Tavares, Francisco, Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere, Riego Pérez, Albert, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Nuclear engineering, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, nTOF, Enginyeria nuclear, CERN, Nuclear physics, Física nuclear, Neutron, Nuclear reaction
Abstract: The 241Am(n,¿ ) cross section has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN with the n_TOF BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter in the energy range between 0.2 eV and 10 keV. Our results are analyzed as resolved resonances up to 700 eV, allowing a more detailed description of the cross section than in the current evaluations, which contain resolved resonances only up to 150–160 eV. The cross section in the unresolved resonance region is perfectly consistent with the predictions based on the average resonance parameters deduced from the resolved resonances, thus obtaining a consistent description of the cross section in the full neutron energy range under study. Below 20 eV, our results are in reasonable agreement with JEFF-3.2 as well as with the most recent direct measurements of the resonance integral, and differ up to 20–30% with other experimental data. Between 20 eV and 1 keV, the disagreement with other experimental data and evaluations gradually decreases, in general, with the neutron energy. Above 1 keV, we find compatible results with previously existing values.

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

Author: Domingo-Pardo, C., Babiano-Suarez, V., Balibrea-Correa, J., Caballero, L., Ladarescu, I., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Bacak, M., Beltrami, C., Bennett, S., Bernardes, A. P., Berthoumieux, E., Boromiza, M., Bosnar, D., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Cescutti, G., Chasapoglou, S., Chiaveri, E., Chiera, N. M., Colombetti, P., Colonna, N., Camprini, P. Console, Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Dellmann, S., Di Castro, M., Di Maria, S., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fargier, S., Fernández, B., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Finocchiaro, P., Fiore, S., Furman, V., García-Infantes, F., Gawlik-Ramiega, A., Gervino, G., Gilardoni, S., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gustavino0, C., Heyse, J., Hillman, W., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Junghans, A., Kadi, Y., Kaperoni, K., Käppeler, F., Kaur, G., Kimura, A., Knapová, I., Koester, U., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kyritsis, N., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerner, G., Manna, A., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mönch, I., Mucciola, R., Murtas, F., Musacchio-Gonzalez, E., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., de Rada, A. Pérez, Pérez-Maroto, P., Patronis, N., Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Perkowski, J., Petrone, C., Pirovano, E., Plaza, J., Pomp, S., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Romanets, Y., Rubbia, C., Sánchez, A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sekhar, A., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamati, M., Sturniolo, A., Tagliente, G., Tarrío, D., Torres-Sánchez, P., Turko, J., Urlass, S., Vagena, E., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Vecchio, G., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, T., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zarrella, R., Žugec, P., 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 Laue-Langevin (ILL), n_TOF, HEP, INSPIRE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Astrofísica, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], [PHYS.NEXP] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Astrophysics, Subatomär fysik, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Subatomic Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, ddc:530, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: This article presents a fewselected developments and future ideas related to the measurement of (n, γ ) data of astrophysical interest at CERN n_TOF. The MC-aided analysis methodology for the use of low-efficiency radiation detectors in time-of-flight neutron-capture measurements is discussed, with particular emphasis on the systematic accuracy. Several recent instrumental advances are also presented, such as the development of total-energy detectors with γ - ray imaging capability for background suppression, and the development of an array of small-volume organic scintillators aimed at exploiting the high instantaneous neutron-flux of EAR2. Finally, astrophysics prospects related to the intermediate i neutron-capture process of nucleosynthesis are discussed in the context of the new NEAR activation area., European Research Council (ERC) 681740, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (MICINN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spanish Government PID2019-104714GBC21 FPA2017-83946-C2-1-P FIS2015-71688-ERC FPA-2016-77689-C2-1-R RTI2018-098117-B-C21, CSIC PIE-201750I26, European H2020 847552
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15. Measurement of the 154Gd(n,γ) cross section and its astrophysical implications

Author: Z. Talip, A. S. Brown, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S. Amaducci, Alexandru Negret, P. Vaz, F. Käppeler, A. Masi, R. Wynants, Alberto Ventura, D. G. Jenkins, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, E. Mendoza, A. Kimura, G. Vannini, O. Aberle, V. Babiano-Suarez, Stefan Kopecky, A. Manna, A. Pavlik, A. Stamatopoulos, M. Diakaki, M. Mastromarco, C. Domingo-Pardo, V. Variale, Dimitri Rochman, S. Heinitz, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Z. Eleme, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, M. Kokkoris, Anton Wallner, D. Macina, B. Fernández-Domíngez, E. Jericha, S. Urlass, Mario Barbagallo, Alfredo Ferrari, Paolo Finocchiaro, Maurizio Busso, G. Alaerts, A. Oprea, J. Heyse, D. M. Castelluccio, R. Mucciola, F. Calviño, D. Schumann, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, A. Musumarra, G. Cortes, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, I. Ferro-Gonçalves, P. M. Milazzo, Ignacio Porras, Rene Reifarth, Giulia Clai, S. Valenta, A. Gawlik, N. Patronis, P. Schillebeeckx, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Carlos Guerrero, J. Perkowski, P. Torres-Sánchez, F. Bečvář, A. Saxena, Marco Calviani, Alberto Mengoni, I. Ladarescu, A. G. Smith, R. Garg, J. Billowes, J. M. Quesada, E. González-Romero, L. Tassan-Got, F. Gunsing, Francesca Matteucci, I. Duran, M. Dietz, Diego Vescovi, Sergio Cristallo, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Cristian Massimi, Philip Woods, V. Bécares, L. Caballero, Claudia Lederer-Woods, R. Dressler, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, Ralf Nolte, M. Caamaño, Deniz Kurtulgil, L. A. Damone, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, K. Göbel, F. Cerutti, V. Alcayne, T. Wright, V. Furman, Y. Kopatch, N. V. Sosnin, Simone Gilardoni, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, J. Ulrich, D. Radeck, E. Berthoumieux, J. L. Tain, Niko Kivel, G. Bellia, F. Ogállar, Y. H. Chen, C. Rubbia, G. Tagliente, D. Ramos Doval, A. Casanovas, L. Cosentino, P. F. Mastinu, M. Krtička, T. Martinez, A. Tsinganis, Luciano Piersanti, Nicola Colonna, E. Dupont, M. Bacak, T. Glodariu, L. Audouin, V. Michalopoulou, ITA, GBR, FRA, DEU, ESP, AUT, BEL, HRV, JPN, GRC, IND, POL, CZE, CHE, 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, n_TOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria Nuclear i de les Radiacions Ionitzants, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, 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), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Mazzone, A., Cristallo, S., Aberle, O., Alaerts, G., Alcayne, V., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Babiano-Suarez, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Becares, V., Becvar, F., Bellia, G., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A. S., Busso, M., Caamano, M., Caballero, L., Calviani, M., Calvino, F., Cano-Ott, D., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Clai, G., Colonna, N., Cortes, G. P., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Eleme, Z., Fernandez-Domingez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferro-Goncalves, I., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Garg, R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gobel, K., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Kappeler, F., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Kopecky, S., Krticka, M., Kurtulgil, D., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S. -J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Martinez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P. F., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mucciola, R., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Ogallar, F., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Piersanti, L., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Ramos Doval, D., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Rubbia, C., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Talip, Z., Tarifeno-Saldivia, A. E., Tassan-Got, L., Torres-Sanchez, P., Tsinganis, A., Ulrich, J., Urlass, S., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wynants, R., Wright, T. J., Zugec, P., Mazzone A., Cristallo S., Aberle O., Alaerts G., Alcayne V., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Becares V., Becvar F., Bellia G., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A.S., Busso M., Caamano M., Caballero L., Calviani M., Calvino F., Cano-Ott D., Casanovas A., Castelluccio D.M., Cerutti F., Chen Y.H., Chiaveri E., Clai G., Colonna N., Cortes G.P., Cortes-Giraldo M.A., Cosentino L., Damone L.A., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Dupont E., Duran I., Eleme Z., Fernandez-Domingez B., Ferrari A., Ferro-Goncalves I., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Gobel K., Gonzalez-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D.G., Jericha E., Kadi Y., Kappeler F., Kimura A., Kivel N., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Kopecky S., Krticka M., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martinez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P.F., Mastromarco M., Matteucci F., Maugeri E., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P.M., Mingrone F., Mucciola R., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Ogallar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Piersanti L., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J.M., Radeck D., Ramos Doval D., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabate-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Smith A.G., Sosnin N., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J.L., Talip Z., Tarifeno-Saldivia A.E., Tassan-Got L., Torres-Sanchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P.J., Wynants R., Wright T.J., and Zugec P.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Gd, Neutron time of flight, Física::Física de partícules [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Nuclear physics, Neutrons--Captura, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], nucl-ex, Neutron time of flightn, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Neutrons--Capture, Cross section (physics), Nucleosynthesis, ComputingMethodologies_SYMBOLICANDALGEBRAICMANIPULATION, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, ddc:530, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Spallation, Neutron, n_TOF, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, 154Gd, Physics, Scintillation, 154 Gd, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, s process, Atmospheric temperature range, lcsh:QC1-999, NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics, PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika, Neutron time-of-flight, Física nuclear, s-process, lcsh:Physics
Abstract: The isotope used in this research was supplied by the United States Department of Energy Office of Science by the Isotope Program in the Office of Nuclear Physics., The neutron capture cross section of 154Gd was measured from 1 eV to 300 keV in the experimental area located 185 m from the CERN n_TOF neutron spallation source, using a metallic sample of gadolinium, enriched to 67% in 154Gd. The capture measurement, performed with four C6D6 scintillation detectors, has been complemented by a transmission measurement performed at the GELINA time-of-flight facility (JRC-Geel), thus minimising the uncertainty related to sample composition. An accurate Maxwellian averaged capture cross section (MACS) was deduced over the temperature range of interest for s process nucleosynthesis modelling. We report a value of 880(50) mb for the MACS at kT = 30 keV, significantly lower compared to values available in literature. The new adopted 154Gd(n,γ ) cross section reduces the discrepancy between observed and calculated solar s-only isotopic abundances predicted by s-process nucleosynthesis models., EUFRAT open access programme of the Joint Research Centre at Geel
Published: 2020
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16. A compact fission detector for fission-tagging neutron capture experiments with radioactive fissile isotopes

Author: D. Macina, A. Musumarra, K. Göbel, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, E. Mendoza, A. Oprea, I. Knapova, N. V. Sosnin, T. Wright, J. Heyse, Rene Reifarth, N. Kivel, R. Nolte, L. Cosentino, J. Marganiec, P. F. Mastinu, P. Vaz, F. Bečvář, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, M. Aiche, I. Duran, Stefan Kopecky, A. Saxena, A. Kimura, Alberto Ventura, G. Vannini, S. Valenta, Nicola Colonna, M. Kokkoris, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, P. M. Milazzo, R. Dressler, P. Kavrigin, E. Dupont, Carlos Guerrero, G. Sibbens, M. Mastromarco, Marco Calviani, B. Laurent, E. González-Romero, P. Ferreira, Mario Barbagallo, L. Audouin, M. Krtička, A. Pavlik, A. G. Smith, J. Billowes, D. Schumann, E. Griesmayer, Anton Wallner, Alexandru Negret, G. Cortes, C. Domingo-Pardo, G. Tagliente, M. Bacak, L. A. Damone, F. Käppeler, J. Balibrea, Philip Woods, O. Aberle, D. Vanleeuw, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, E. A. Maugeri, A. Kalamara, T. Martinez, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, Olivier Serot, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, J. Perkowski, M. Diakaki, D. Radeck, Alfredo Ferrari, E. Berthoumieux, Stephan Richter, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Warren, F. Gunsing, A. Masi, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, A. Manna, Hideo Harada, Deniz Kurtulgil, V. Variale, D. G. Jenkins, Y. H. Chen, Cristian Massimi, P. V. Sedyshev, G. Belier, S. Heinitz, V. Furman, A. Stamatopoulos, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, A. S. Brown, A. Casanovas, C. Lederer, E. Jericha, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Moens, J. A. Ryan, S. Amaducci, Simone Gilardoni, R. Cardella, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, M. Caamaño, F. Cerutti, B. Fernández-Domínguez, J. L. Tain, J. Taieb, L. Mathieu, E. Leal-Cidoncha, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, A. R. García, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, Ignacio Porras, J. Lerendegui-Marco, I. F. Gonçalves, N. Patronis, Alberto Mengoni, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Centre 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), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), 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), 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), Bacak, M., Aiche, M., Belier, G., Berthoumieux, E., Diakaki, M., Dupont, E., Gunsing, F., Heyse, J., Kopecky, S., Laurent, B., Leeb, H., Mathieu, L., Moens, A., Richter, S., Schillebeeckx, P., Serot, O., Sibbens, G., Taieb, J., Vanleeuw, D., Vlachoudis, V., Aberle, O., Amaducci, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Becvar, F., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamano, M., Calvino, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Duran, I., Fernandez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gobel, K., Garcia, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kappeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Krticka, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeno-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zugec, P., 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), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria Nuclear i de les Radiacions Ionitzants, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Bacak M., Aiche M., Belier G., Berthoumieux E., Diakaki M., Dupont E., Gunsing F., Heyse J., Kopecky S., Laurent B., Leeb H., Mathieu L., Moens A., Richter S., Schillebeeckx P., Serot O., Sibbens G., Taieb J., Vanleeuw D., Vlachoudis V., Aberle O., Amaducci S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Balibrea J., Barbagallo M., Becvar F., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Caamano M., Calvino F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Cardella R., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chen Y.H., Chiaveri E., Colonna N., Cortes G., Cortes-Giraldo M.A., Cosentino L., Damone L.A., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Duran I., Fernandez-Dominguez B., Ferrari A., Ferreira P., Finocchiaro P., Furman V., Gobel K., Garcia A.R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Glodariu T., Goncalves I.F., Gonzalez-Romero E., Griesmayer E., Guerrero C., Harada H., Heinitz S., Jenkins D.G., Jericha E., Kappeler F., Kadi Y., Kalamara A., Kavrigin P., Kimura A., Kivel N., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Krticka M., Kurtulgil D., Leal-Cidoncha E., Lederer C., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lo Meo S., Lonsdale S.J., Macina D., Manna A., Marganiec J., Martinez T., Masi A., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Mastromarco M., Maugeri E.A., Mazzone A., Mendoza E., Mengoni A., Milazzo P.M., Mingrone F., Musumarra A., Negret A., Nolte R., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J.M., Radeck D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rubbia C., Ryan J.A., Sabate-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schumann D., Sedyshev P., Smith A.G., Sosnin N.V., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J.L., Tarifeno-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Valenta S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Warren S., Weiss C., Woods P.J., Wright T., and Zugec P.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Fission, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Theory, Física::Física de partícules [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Nuclear physics, Context (language use), Neutrons--Captura, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Neutrons--Capture, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, 233 U, ddc:530, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Fission detector, 233U, Time-of-flight, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Fissile material, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Neutron radiation, Fast fission, NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics, Calorimeter, PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika, Neutron capture, 13. Climate action, Física nuclear, Other
Abstract: In the measurement of neutron capture cross-sections of fissile isotopes, the fission channel is a source of background which can be removed efficiently using the so-called fission-tagging or fission-veto technique. For this purpose a new compact and fast fission chamber has been developed. The design criteria and technical description of the chamber are given within the context of a measurement of the 233U(n, ��) cross-section at the n_TOF facility at CERN, where it was coupled to the n_TOF Total Absorption Calorimeter. For this measurement the fission detector was optimized for time resolution, minimization of material in the neutron beam and for alpha-fission discrimination. The performance of the fission chamber and its application as a fission tagging detector are discussed., This work was partially supported by the French NEEDS/NACRE Project and by the European Commission within HORIZON2020 via the EURATOM Project EUFRAT.
Published: 2020
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17. First results of the 140Ce(n,γ)141Ce cross-section measurement at n_TOF

Author: n_TOF Collaboration, Amaducci, Simone, Colonna, Nicola, Cosentino, Luigi, Cristallo, Sergio, Finocchiaro, Paolo, Krtička, Milan, Massimi, Cristian, Mastromarco, Mario, Mazzone, Annamaria, Mengoni, Alberto, Valenta, Stanislav, Aberle, Oliver, Alcayne, Victor, Andrzejewski, Józef, Audouin, Laurent, Babiano-Suarez, Victor, Bacak, Michael, Barbagallo, Massimo, Bennett, Samuel, Berthoumieux, Eric, Billowes, Jon, Bosnar, Damir, Brown, Adam, Busso, Maurizio, Caamaño, Manuel, Caballero-Ontanaya, Luis, Calviño, Francisco, Calviani, Marco, Cano-Ott, Daniel, Casanovas, Adria, Cerutti, Francesco, Chiaveri, Enrico, Cortés, Guillem, Cortés-Giraldo, Miguel, Damone, Lucia-Anna, Davies, Paul-John, Diakaki, Maria, Dietz, Mirco, Domingo-Pardo, Cesar, Dressler, Rugard, Ducasse, Quentin, Dupont, Emmeric, Durán, Ignacio, Eleme, Zinovia, Fernández-Domínguez, Beatriz, Ferrari, Alfredo, Furman, Valter, Göbel, Kathrin, Garg, Ruchi, Gawlik, Aleksandra, Gilardoni, Simone, Gonçalves, Isabel, González-Romero, Enrique, Guerrero, Carlos, Gunsing, Frank, Harada, Hideo, Heinitz, Stephan, Heyse, Jan, Jenkins, David, Junghans, Arnd, Käppeler, Franz, Kadi, Yacine, Kimura, Atsushi, Knapova, Ingrid, Kokkoris, Michael, Kopatch, Yuri, Kurtulgil, Deniz, Ladarescu, Ion, Lederer-Woods, Claudia, Leeb, Helmut, Lerendegui-Marco, Jorge, Lonsdale, Sarah-Jane, Macina, Daniela, Manna, Alice, Martínez, Trinitario, Masi, Alessandro, Mastinu, Pierfrancesco, Maugeri, Emilio-Andrea, Mendoza, Emilio, Michalopoulou, Veatriki, Milazzo, Paolo, Mingrone, Federica, Moreno-Soto, Javier, Musumarra, Agatino, Negret, Alexandru, Ogállar, Francisco, Oprea, Andreea, Patronis, Nikolas, Pavlik, Andreas, Perkowski, Jarosław, Piersanti, Luciano, Petrone, Cristina, Pirovano, Elisa, Porras, Ignacio, Praena, Javier, Quesada, José-Manuel, Ramos-Doval, Diego, Rauscher, Thomas, Reifarth, René, Rochman, Dimitri, Rubbia, Carlo, Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta, Saxena, Alok, Schillebeeckx, Peter, Schumann, Dorothea, Sekhar, Adhitya, Smith, Gavin, Sosnin, Nikolay, Sprung, Peter, Stamatopoulos, Athanasios, Tagliente, Giuseppe, Tain, José, Tarifeño-Saldivia, Ariel, Tassan-Got, Laurent, Thomas, Benedikt, Torres-Sánchez, Pablo, Tsinganis, Andrea, Ulrich, Jiri, Urlass, Sebastian, Vannini, Gianni, Variale, Vincenzo, Vaz, Pedro, Ventura, Alberto, Vescovi, Diego, Vlachoudis, Vasilis, Vlastou, Rosa, Wallner, Anton, Woods, PhilipJohn, Wright, Tobias, Žugec, Petar, n_TOF Collaboration, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Física de Partículas, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, 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, n_TOF, ITA, FRA, DEU, ESP, GRC, Amaducci S., Colonna N., Cosentino L., Cristallo S., Finocchiaro P., Krticka M., Massimi C., Mastromarco M., Mazzone A., Mengoni A., Valenta S., Aberle O., Alcayne V., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Babiano-Suarez V., Bacak M., Barbagallo M., Bennett S., Berthoumieux E., Billowes J., Bosnar D., Brown A., Busso M., Caamano M., Caballero-Ontanaya L., Calvino F., Calviani M., Cano-Ott D., Casanovas A., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Cortes G., Cortes-Giraldo M., Damone L.-A., Davies P.-J., Diakaki M., Dietz M., Domingo-Pardo C., Dressler R., Ducasse Q., Dupont E., Duran I., Eleme Z., Fernandez-Dominguez B., Ferrari A., Furman V., Gobel K., Garg R., Gawlik A., Gilardoni S., Goncalves I., Gonzalez-Romero E., Guerrero C., Gunsing F., Harada H., Heinitz S., Heyse J., Jenkins D., Junghans A., Kappeler F., Kadi Y., Kimura A., Knapova I., Kokkoris M., Kopatch Y., Kurtulgil D., Ladarescu I., Lederer-Woods C., Leeb H., Lerendegui-Marco J., Lonsdale S.-J., Macina D., Manna A., Martinez T., Masi A., Mastinu P., Maugeri E.-A., Mendoza E., Michalopoulou V., Milazzo P., Mingrone F., Moreno-Soto J., Musumarra A., Negret A., Ogallar F., Oprea A., Patronis N., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Piersanti L., Petrone C., Pirovano E., Porras I., Praena J., Quesada J.-M., Ramos-Doval D., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Rochman D., Rubbia C., Sabate-Gilarte M., Saxena A., Schillebeeckx P., Schumann D., Sekhar A., Smith G., Sosnin N., Sprung P., Stamatopoulos A., Tagliente G., Tain J., Tarifeno-Saldivia A., Tassan-Got L., Thomas B., Torres-Sanchez P., Tsinganis A., Ulrich J., Urlass S., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vescovi D., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Woods P.J., Wright T., Zugec P., 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: cross-section, Cerium oxide, Capture, General Physics and Astronomy, QC793-793.5, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Ce, chemistry.chemical_compound, neutron, $^{140}$Ce, n_TOF, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Deuterated benzene, Elementary particle physics, nucleosynthesis, Cerium, cerium, Cosmic electrodynamics, Atomic physics, Nucleosynthesis, neutron capture, Cross-section, chemistry.chemical_element, Neutron, Scintillator, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, capture, Nucleosynthesi, Ones electromagnètiques, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Electromagnetic waves, Nuclear data, 140Ce, TheoryofComputation_MATHEMATICALLOGICANDFORMALLANGUAGES, chemistry, 13. Climate action, s-process, MACS, Electrodinàmica còsmica
Abstract: The cerium oxide material for this measurement was provided by T. Katabuchi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology., An accurate measurement of the 140Ce(n,g) energy-dependent cross-section was performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN. This cross-section is of great importance because it represents a bottleneck for the s-process nucleosynthesis and determines to a large extent the cerium abundance in stars. The measurement was motivated by the significant difference between the cerium abundance measured in globular clusters and the value predicted by theoretical stellar models. This discrepancy can be ascribed to an overestimation of the 140Ce capture cross-section due to a lack of accurate nuclear data. For this measurement, we used a sample of cerium oxide enriched in 140Ce to 99.4%. The experimental apparatus consisted of four deuterated benzene liquid scintillator detectors, which allowed us to overcome the difficulties present in the previous measurements, thanks to their very low neutron sensitivity. The accurate analysis of the p-wave resonances and the calculation of their average parameters are fundamental to improve the evaluation of the 140Ce Maxwellian-averaged cross-section.
Published: 2021
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18. Measurement of 73Ge(n,g) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

Author: S. Montesano, V. Khryachkov, A. Tsinganis, Alfredo Ferrari, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, Nicola Colonna, E. Dupont, A. Goverdovski, G. Tagliente, J. Heyse, A. Musumarra, Claudia Lederer-Woods, M. Mastromarco, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, I. Duran, E. Mendoza, Anton Wallner, M. Bacak, P. V. Sedyshev, M. Mirea, J. Balibrea, V. Furman, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, Ioana Gheorghe, J. Perkowski, Tanja Heftrich, S. Heinitz, J. Billowes, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Kimura, Francesca Matteucci, A. Riego-Perez, T. Glodariu, M. Krtička, A. Hernández-Prieto, S. Warren, V. Bécares, L. Cosentino, N. Patronis, R. Dressler, Roberto Losito, M. S. Robles, T. Martinez, E. Jericha, C. Weiss, D. Macina, R. Vlastou, V. Variale, Paolo Finocchiaro, A. Stamatopoulos, P. M. Milazzo, O. Aberle, J. A. Ryan, D. G. Jenkins, E. Berthoumieux, Mario Barbagallo, M. Diakaki, Alberto Mengoni, J. Marganiec, Carlos Guerrero, F. Bečvář, A. Saxena, S. V. Suryanarayana, D. Schumann, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, E. González-Romero, P. F. Mastinu, A. Tattersall, P. Schillebeeckx, Hideo Harada, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, P. Kavrigin, F. Mingrone, S. Valenta, J. Andrzejewski, Ralf Nolte, Marco Calviani, V. Vlachoudis, M. Kokkoris, Rene Reifarth, E. Griesmayer, A. G. Smith, Petar Žugec, C. Paradela, M. Dietz, Stefan Schmidt, L. A. Damone, L. Audouin, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, K. Göbel, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, T. Wright, Tatsuya Katabuchi, S. Barros, U. Battino, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, J. I. Porras, I. Knapova, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, C. Rubbia, J. L. Tain, Niko Kivel, G. Cortes, J. Lerendegui-Marco, A. R. García, M. Brugger, I. F. Gonçalves, R. J. W. Frost, C. Beinrucker, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Fabio Belloni, G. Vannini, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, M. Licata, K. Deo, M. Caamaño, V. Ketlerov, F. Cerutti, Lederer-Woods, C., Battino, U., Ferreira, P., Gawlik, A., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heinitz, S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Mengoni, A., Reifarth, R., Tattersall, A., Valenta, S., Weiss, C., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Becares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Becvar, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamano, M., Calvino, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Fernandez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Frost, R. J. W., Furman, V., Gobel, K., Garcia, A. R., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Hernandez-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kappeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Krticka, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leeb, H., Licata, M., Lo Meo, S., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Palomo-Pinto, F. R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J. I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rauscher, T., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Stamatopoulos, A., Suryanarayana, S. V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeno-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Wright, T., Zugec, P., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), n_TOF, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Damone, L.A., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Frost, R.J.W., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Käppeler, F., Krtička, M., Martínez, T., Milazzo, P.M., Palomo-Pinto, F.R., Porras, J.I., Quesada, J.M., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Smith, A.G., Suryanarayana, S.V., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Žugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, 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)
Subjects: Nucleosynthesis, Neutron capture, s process, Germanium, n_TOF, s proce, Nuclear reaction, Natural abundance, nucl-ex, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Stellar nucleosynthesis, CERN, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, n_TOF, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Cross section, Germanium, lcsh:QC1-999, PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika, Neutron capture, Nucleosynthesis, s process, Nucleosíntesi, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, nTOF, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Neutron, Neutrons--Captura, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Neutrons--Capture, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleosynthesi, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Capture cross section, NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics, Stars, 13. Climate action, s-process, lcsh:Physics
Abstract: 73Ge(n, γ) cross sections were measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN up to neutron energies of 300keV, providing for the first time experimental data above 8keV. Results indicate that the stellar cross section at kT=30keV is 1.5 to 1.7 times higher than most theoretical predictions. The new cross sections result in a substantial decrease of 73Ge produced in stars, which would explain the low isotopic abundance of 73Ge in the solar system., This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF (J3503), the Adolf Messer Foundation (Germany), the UK Science and Facilities Council (ST/M006085/1), and the European Research Council ERC-2015-StG Nr.677497.
Published: 2019
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19. Measurement of the 244Cm and 246Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections at the n_TOF facility

Author: A. Oprea, J. Heyse, F. Gunsing, E. Chiaveri, G. Vannini, D. Cano-Ott, Paolo Finocchiaro, M. Bacak, F. Ogállar, V. Bécares, A. Kimura, Y. H. Chen, A. Musumarra, Cristian Massimi, G. Tagliente, J. Ulrich, L. Audouin, V. Michalopoulou, J. Lerendegui-Marco, I. Duran, A. Masi, Francesca Matteucci, A. Gawlik, Mario Barbagallo, G. Cortes, T. Glodariu, Thomas Rauscher, D. G. Jenkins, I. Knapova, D. Schumann, Alfredo Ferrari, D. Radeck, F. Becčvář, I. F. Gonçalves, P. Vaz, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, R. Dressler, Ralf Nolte, E. Mendoza, Simone Gilardoni, Carlos Guerrero, A. Casanovas, E. Berthoumieux, Alberto Ventura, V. Vlachoudis, L. A. Damone, E. González-Romero, F. Calviño, S. Heinitz, A. S. Brown, A. Tsinganis, M. Diakaki, O. Aberle, L. Cosentino, Nicola Colonna, M. Krtička, J. Perkowski, E. Dupont, G. Bellia, A. Pavlik, P. Schillebeeckx, Maurizio Busso, C. Domingo-Pardo, Diego Vescovi, T. Martinez, V. Variale, A. Saxena, A. Stamatopoulos, Dimitri Rochman, V. Alcayne, Z. Eleme, Hideo Harada, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, D. Macina, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, L. Persanti, Y. Kopatch, Ignacio Porras, A. Manna, Rene Reifarth, S. Urlass, P. M. Milazzo, M. Mastromarco, P. F. Mastinu, L. Caballero-Ontanaya, Alexandru Negret, Claudia Lederer-Woods, J. L. Tain, T. Talip, J. M. Quesada, N. Patronis, L. Tassan-Got, B. Fernández-Domínguez, Anton Wallner, F. Käppeler, M. Caamaño, Sergio Cristallo, Deniz Kurtulgil, Niko Kivel, F. Cerutti, V. Furman, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Alberto Mengoni, I. Ladarescu, N. V. Sosnin, Tatsuya Katabuchi, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, J. Billowes, D. Ramos-Doval, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, M. Kokkoris, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, R. Vlastou, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, S. Simone, K. Göbel, T. Wright, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, A. G. Smith, M. Dietz, Philip Woods, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria Nuclear i de les Radiacions Ionitzants, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Alcayne, V., Kimura, A., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Martínez, T., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Barbagallo, M., Becčvář, F., Bellia, G., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Busso, M., Caamaño, M., Caballero-Ontanaya, L., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Cristallo, S., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Dietz, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Eleme, Z., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Kopatch, Y., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Ladarescu, I., Lederer-Woods, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Manna, A., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mengoni, A., Michalopoulou, V., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Ogállar, F., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Persanti, L., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Ramos-Doval, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rochman, D., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Simone, S., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Talip, T., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Ulrich, J., Urlass, S., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vescovi, D., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Neutron emission, QC1-999, Nuclear physics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, law, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Isotope, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, r-process, Actinide, Nuclear reactor, Neutron capture, n_TOF, 244Cm, 246Cm, neutron capture, 13. Climate action, neutron capture, n_TOF, r-process, Física nuclear, Other, n_TOF, neutron reaction, Cm, neutron capture
Abstract: The neutron capture reactions of the 244Cm and 246Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier Cm isotopes and heavier elements such asThe neutron capture reactions of the 244Cm and 246Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier Cm isotopes and heavier elements such as Bk and Cf in a nuclear reactor. In addition, both isotopes belong to the minor actinides with a large contribution to the decay heat and to the neutron emission in irradiated fuels. There are only two previous 244Cm and 246Cm capture cross section measurements: one in 1969 using a nuclear explosion and the most recent data measured at J-PARC in 2010. The data for both isotopes are very scarce due to the difficulties in performing the measurements: high intrinsic activity of the samples and limited facilities capable of providing isotopically enriched samples. We have measured both neutron capture cross sections at the n_TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) with three C6D6 detectors and also at Area 1 (EAR-1) with the TAC. Preliminary results assessing the quality and limitations (background subtraction, measurement technique and counting statistics) of this new experimental datasets are presented and discussed. Bk and Cf in a nuclear reactor. In addition, both isotopes belong to the minor actinides with a large contribution to the decay heat and to the neutron emission in irradiated fuels. There are only two previous 244Cm and 246Cm capture cross section measurements: one in 1969 using a nuclear explosion and the most recent data measured at J-PARC in 2010. The data for both isotopes are very scarce due to the difficulties in performing the measurements: high intrinsic activity of the samples and limited facilities capable of providing isotopically enriched samples. We have measured both neutron capture cross sections at the n_TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR-2) with three C6D6 detectors and also at Area 1 (EAR-1) with the TAC. Preliminary results assessing the quality and limitations (background subtraction, measurement technique and counting statistics) of this new experimental datasets are presented and discussed.
Published: 2019
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20. Cross section measurements of $^{155,157}$Gd(n,$\gamma$) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons

Author: Mastromarco, Manna, Aberle, Andrzejewski, Audouin, Bacak, Balibrea, Barbagallo, Be?v??, Berthoumieux, Billowes, Bosnar, Brown, Caama?o, Calvi?o, Calviani, Cano-Ott, Cardella, Casanovas, Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, Clai, Colonna, Cort?s, Cort?s-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, Damone, L.A., Diakaki, Domingo-Pardo, Dressler, Dupont, Dur?n, Fern?ndez-Dom?nguez, Ferrari, Ferreira, Finocchiaro, Furman, G?bel, Garc?a, A.R., Gawlik, Gilardoni, Glodariu, Gon?alves, I.F., Gonz?lez-Romero, Griesmayer, Guerrero, Gunsing, Guglielmelli, Harada, Heinitz, Heyse, Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, K?ppeler, Kadi, Kalamara, Kavrigin, Kimura, Kivel, Knapova, Kokkoris, Krti?ka, Kurtulgil, Leal-Cidoncha, Lederer, Leeb, Lerendegui-Marco, Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, Marganiec, Mart?nez, Masi, Massimi, Mastinu, Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, Mendoza, Mengoni, Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, Musumarra, Negret, Nolte, Oprea, Patronis, Pavlik, Perkowski, Porras, Praena, Quesada, J.M., Radeck, Rauscher, Reifarth, Rocchi, Rubbia, Ryan, J.A., Sabat?-Gilarte, Saxena, Schillebeeckx, Schumann, Sedyshev, Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, Tagliente, Tain, J.L., Tarife?o-Saldivia, Tassan-Got, Valenta, Vannini, Variale, Vaz, Ventura, Vlachoudis, Vlastou, Wallner, Warren, Weiss, Winants, Woods, P.J., Wright, ugec, 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, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Enginyeria Nuclear i de les Radiacions Ionitzants, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Mastromarco, M., Manna, A., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Becvar, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamano, M., Calvino, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y. H., Chiaveri, E., Clai, G., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Duran, I., Fernandez-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gobel, K., Garcia, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Goncalves, I. F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Guglielmelli, A., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Kappeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Knapova, I., Kokkoris, M., Krticka, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lonsdale, S. J., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martinez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Maugeri, E. A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rocchi, F., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Sosnin, N. V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeno-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Winants, R., Woods, P. J., Wright, T., Zugec, P., Bečvář, F., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Castelluccio, D.M., Chen, Y.H., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Damone, L.A., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Jenkins, D.G., Käppeler, F., Krtička, M., Lonsdale, S.J., Martínez, T., Maugeri, E.A., Milazzo, P.M., Quesada, J.M., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Woods, P.J., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, CERN Lab, nTOF, scintillation counter: liquid, Nuclear physics, shape analysis, Nuclear Physics, Nuclear thecnology, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Kinetic energy, time-of-flight, nucl-ex, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, thermal, resonance: energy, 0103 physical sciences, Thermal, CERN, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, structure, n: capture, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, capture, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, energy: kinetic, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, capture cross section, Liquid scintillation counting, nucleus, Nuclear data, Nuclear reaction, Epithermal neutron, Nuclear Astrophysics | Absorption Cross Sections | Neutrons, Neutron capture, Automatic Keywords, Neutron source, Física nuclear, Atomic physics, neutron capture, 155, 157Gd, n_TOF, experimental results
Abstract: Neutron capture cross section measurements on$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n_TOF facility at CERN on isotopically enriched samples. The measurements were carried out in the n_TOF experimental area EAR1, at 185 m from the neutron source, with an array of 4 C$_{6}$D$_{6}$ liquid scintillation detectors. At a neutron kinetic energy of 0.0253 eV, capture cross sections of 62.2(2.2) and 239.8(8.4) kilobarn have been derived for$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd, respectively, with up to 6% deviation relative to values presently reported in nuclear data libraries, but consistent with those values within 1.6 standard deviations. A resonance shape analysis has been performed in the resolved resonance region up to 181 eV and 307 eV, respectively for$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd, where on average, resonance parameters have been found in good agreement with evaluations. Above these energies and up to 1 keV, the observed resonance-like structure of the cross section has been analysed and characterised. From a statistical analysis of the observed neutron resonances we deduced: neutron strength function of $2.01(28) \times 10^{-4}$ and $2.17(41) \times 10^{-4}$ , average total radiative width of 106.8(14) meV and 101.1(20) meV and s-wave resonance spacing 1.6(2) eV and 4.8(5) eV for n +$^{155}$Gd and n +$^{157}$Gd systems, respectively. Neutron capture cross section measurements on$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n_TOF facility at CERN on isotopically enriched samples. The measurements were carried out in the n_TOF experimental area EAR1, at 185 m from the neutron source, with an array of 4 C$_{6}$D$_{6}$ liquid scintillation detectors. At a neutron kinetic energy of 0.0253 eV, capture cross sections of 62.2(2.2) and 239.8(8.4) kilobarn have been derived for$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd, respectively, with up to 6% deviation relative to values presently reported in nuclear data libraries, but consistent with those values within 1.6 standard deviations. A resonance shape analysis has been performed in the resolved resonance region up to 181 eV and 307 eV, respectively for$^{155}$Gd and$^{157}$Gd, where on average, resonance parameters have been found in good agreement with evaluations. Above these energies and up to 1 keV, the observed resonance-like structure of the cross section has been analysed and characterised. From a statistical analysis of the observed neutron resonances we deduced: neutron strength function of $2.01(28) \times 10^{-4}$ and $2.17(41) \times 10^{-4}$, average total radiative width of 106.8(14) meV and 101.1(20) meV and s-wave resonance spacing 1.6(2) eV and 4.8(5) eV for n +$^{155}$Gd and n +$^{157}$Gd systems, respectively. Neutron capture measurements on $^{155}$Gd and $^{157}$Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n\_TOF facility at CERN. Four samples in form of self-sustaining metallic discs isotopically enriched in $^{155}$Gd and $^{157}$Gd were used. The measurements were carried out at the experimental area (EAR1) at 185 m from the neutron source, with an array of 4 C$_6$D$_6$ liquid scintillation detectors. The capture cross sections of $^{155}$Gd and $^{157}$Gd at neutron kinetic energy of 0.0253 eV have been estimated to be 62.2(2.2) kb and 239.8(9.3) kb, respectively, thus up to 6\% different relative to the ones reported in the nuclear data libraries. A resonance shape analysis has been performed in the resolved resonance region up to 180 eV and 300 eV, respectively, in average resonance parameters have been found in good agreement with evaluations. Above these energies the observed resonance-like structures in the cross section have been tentatively characterised in terms of resonance energy and area up to 1 keV.
Published: 2018
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21. The Nuclear astrophysics program at n_TOF (CERN)

Author: 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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22. First Measurement of $^{72}$Ge$(n,γ)$ at n_TOF

Author: R. Vlastou, D. Radeck, E. Berthoumieux, N. V. Sosnin, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, A. Mengoni, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, M. Mastromarco, J. Andrzejewski, M. Krtička, G. Cortes, A. Oprea, A. Musumarra, J. Lerendegui-Marco, E. Leal-Cidoncha, F. Bečvář, S. Warren, Anton Wallner, J. Balibrea, I. F. Gonçalves, T. Martinez, E. Jericha, Alexandru Negret, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, D. Bosnar, M. Bacak, Paolo Finocchiaro, F. Calviño, E. Mendoza, V. Variale, P. Kavrigin, A. Gawlik, A. Kimura, Thomas Rauscher, Dorothea Schumann, H. Leeb, G. Tagliente, J. A. Ryan, Claudia Lederer-Woods, Ralf Nolte, J. Perkowski, D. Kahl, Peter Schillebeeckx, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, S. Heinitz, Y. H. Chen, Ignacio Porras, A. Stamatopoulos, O. Aberle, E. Griesmayer, A. Casanovas, Mario Barbagallo, F. Gunsing, Deniz Kurtulgil, Y. Kadi, T. Glodariu, E. González-Romero, F. Cerutti, L. Cosentino, P. V. Sedyshev, A. Masi, L. A. Damone, Cristian Massimi, D. G. Jenkins, Simone Gilardoni, A. R. García, Rugard Dressler, A. S. Brown, C. Rubbia, I. Duran, S. Valenta, R. Cardella, D. Cano-Ott, J. Marganiec, M. Diakaki, F. Mingrone, G. Vannini, D. Macina, Marco Calviani, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Sabateé-Gilarte, Carlos Guerrero, A. G. Smith, E. Chiaveri, P. M. Milazzo, Nicola Colonna, P. F. Mastinu, M. Dietz, L. Audouin, J. L. Tain, E. Dupont, R. Garg, M. Caamaño, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, Niko Kivel, Rene Reifarth, P. Vaz, Pedro G. Ferreira, Alberto Ventura, C. Weiss, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, Hideo Harada, Kathrin Göbel, Jan Heyse, P. J. Woods, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, J. Billowes, A. Kalamara, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, M. Kokkoris, 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, 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), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, 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, Dietz, M., Lederer-Woods, C., 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., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A, Cosentino, L., Damone, L. A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Dominguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Garg, R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Goncalves, I. F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kahl, D., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S. J, Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E. A, Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M, Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M, Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A, Sabateé-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G, Sosnin, N. V, Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L, Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P. J, Wright, T., and Žugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, QC1-999, Nuclear physics, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Nucleosynthesis, Nuclear Astrophysics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, Isotope, Stable isotope ratio, Liquid scintillation counting, Neutron capture, neutron capture, 72Ge, n_TOF, Física nuclear, Nucleosíntesi
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) cross section has an important influence on production of isotopes between Ge and Zr during s-process in massive stars and therefore experimental data are urgently required. 72Ge(n, γ) was measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF (CERN) for the first time at stellar energies. The measurement was performed using an enriched 72GeO2 sample at a flight path of 185m with a set of liquid scintillation detectors (C6D6). The motivation, experiment and current status of the data analysis are reported.
Published: 2017
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23. The 33S(n,α)30Si cross section measurement at n TOF-EAR2 (CERN): From 0.01 eV to the resonance region

Author: A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, P. Kavrigin, R. Cardella, G. Tagliente, E. Mendoza, Ralf Nolte, E. Griesmayer, V. Bécares, F. Bečvář, C. Wolf, L. A. Damone, A. Casanovas, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Hideo Harada, S. Heinitz, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, M. Diakaki, P. Vaz, C. Rubbia, G. Cortes, L. Cosentino, Alberto Ventura, A. Gawlik, Peter Schillebeeckx, P. C. Rout, F. Cerutti, I. Duran, Ignacio Porras, Thomas Rauscher, A. Oprea, C. Lederer, A. Kimura, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, S. Valenta, Arnaud Ferrari, A. García-Rios, Rene Reifarth, F. Gunsing, Marco Calviani, P. M. Milazzo, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Mastromarco, Stefan Schmidt, J. Billowes, S. Montesano, V. Khryachkov, A. G. Smith, J. L. Tain, K. Rajeev, D. Cano-Ott, J. Balibrea-Correa, M. Bacak, Philip Woods, Mario Barbagallo, Anton Wallner, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, M. Kokkoris, Francesca Matteucci, E. Jericha, A. Stamatopoulos, M. Krtička, Paolo Finocchiaro, K. Gödel, G. Vannini, S. Warren, J. Lerendegui-Marco, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, Niko Kivel, A. Goverdovski, C. Weiss, V. Variale, Cristian Massimi, T. Glodariu, F. Mingrone, Roberto Losito, Damir Bosnar, J. Andrzejewski, Y. Kadi, Rugard Dressler, I. F. Gonçalves, A. Tsinganis, A. Musumarra, M. Mirea, M. Camaño, T. Martinez, Nicola Colonna, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, Tanja Heftrich, J. Perkowski, Vasilis Vlachoudis, A. Riego-Perez, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, O. Aberle, S. Barros, M. Brugger, J. Marganiec, S. J. Lonsdale, D. G. Jenkins, C. Beinrucker, A. Mengoni, V. Ketlerov, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, Y. H. Chen, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, Petar Žugec, E. González, E. Dupont, D. M. Castelluccio, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, Jan Heyse, P. V. Sedyshev, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, L. Audouin, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, 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, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Praena, J., Porras, I., Quesada, J.M., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Camaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Gödel, K., García-Rios, A., Gawlik, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., and Ž Ugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, nTOF, Neutron therapy, QC1-999, chemistry.chemical_element, Neutron, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Physics and Astronomy (all), 0103 physical sciences, CERN, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Boron, Physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, cross section, Reaccions nuclears, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron capture, chemistry, Nuclear reactions
Abstract: The 33S(n,α)30Si cross section measurement, using 10B(n,α) as reference, at the n TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR2) facility at CERN is presented. Data from 0.01 eV to 100 keV are provided and, for the first time, the cross section is measured in the range from 0.01 eV to 10 keV. These data may be used for a future evaluation of the cross section because present evaluations exhibit large discrepancies. The 33S(n,α)30Si reaction is of interest in medical physics because of its possible use as a cooperative target to boron in Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT)., This work has been partially supported by the projects of Junta de Andalucía (P07-FQM-02894, FQM-220, P11-FQM-8229), Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (FPA2011-28770-C03-02), CEI-Biotic Granada (P-BS-64), Mineco (FPA2013-47327-C2- 1-R, FPA2014-53290-C2-2-P, FIS2015-69941-C2-1-P) and the funding agencies of the participating institutes.
Published: 2017
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24. The n_TOF facility: Neutron beams for challenging future measurements at CERN

Author: A. Kalamara, J. Marganiec, L. Cosentino, J. Lerendegui-Marco, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, M. Kokkoris, F. Bečvář, N. Patronis, T. J. Wright, A. K. Saxena, D. Cano-Ott, Arnaud Ferrari, Alberto Mengoni, A. Kimura, J. Billowes, I. F. Gonçalves, E. Chiaveri, A. Casanovas, M. Bacak, P. F. Mastinu, Peter Schillebeeckx, G. Vannini, Pedro G. Ferreira, Ignacio Porras, Simone Gilardoni, T. Glodariu, Mario Barbagallo, A. Musumarra, A. Pavlik, P. Kavrigin, Ralf Nolte, Hideo Harada, Kathrin Göbel, A. S. Brown, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Alexandru Negret, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, R. Cardella, E. Griesmayer, G. Tagliente, Jan Heyse, M. Caamaño, M. Diakaki, E. Mendoza, L. A. Damone, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, Y. H. Chen, R. Vlastou, D. Radeck, Rugard Dressler, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, O. Aberle, P. M. Milazzo, J. Perkowski, F. Cerutti, E. Berthoumieux, A. Tsinganis, M. Mastromarco, L. Audouin, F. Gunsing, Nicola Colonna, G. Cortes, I. Duran, Deniz Kurtulgil, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Anton Wallner, S. Heinitz, Cristian Massimi, E. Jericha, J. Balibrea, P. Vaz, Paolo Finocchiaro, M. Krtička, A. Oprea, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Dorothea Schumann, A. Stamatopoulos, T. Martinez, N. V. Sosnin, Rene Reifarth, Alberto Ventura, E. Dupont, J. A. Ryan, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, A. Masi, D. G. Jenkins, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, E. González, S. Warren, V. Variale, A. R. García, F. Mingrone, C. Lederer, J. Andrzejewski, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, J. L. Tain, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, Niko Kivel, A. G. Smith, Philip Woods, C. Rubbia, 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, n_TOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Chiaveri, E., 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., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., 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., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., 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., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Ugec, P., 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: Astrofísica, nTOF, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, Neutron, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Neutron flux, law, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Nuclear astrophysics, Spallation, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear data, Nuclear reactor, Neutron radiation, Accelerators and Storage Rings, 3. Good health, 13. Climate action
Abstract: The CERN n TOF neutron beam facility is characterized by a very high instantaneous neutron flux, excellent TOF resolution at the 185 m long flight path (EAR-1), low intrinsic background and coverage of a wide range of neutron energies, from thermal to a few GeV. These characteristics provide a unique possibility to perform high-accuracy measurements of neutron-induced reaction cross-sections and angular distributions of interest for fundamental and applied Nuclear Physics. Since 2001, the n TOF Collaboration has collected a wealth of high quality nuclear data relevant for nuclear astrophysics, nuclear reactor technology, nuclear medicine, etc. The overall efficiency of the experimental program and the range of possible measurements has been expanded with the construction of a second experimental area (EAR-2), located 20 m on the vertical of the n TOF spallation target. This upgrade, which benefits from a neutron flux 30 times higher than in EAR- 1, provides a substantial extension in measurement capabilities, opening the possibility to collect data on neutron cross-section of isotopes with short half-lives or available in very small amounts. This contribution will outline the main characteristics of the n TOF facility, with special emphasis on the new experimental area. In particular, we will discuss the innovative features of the EAR-2 neutron beam that make possible to perform very challenging measurements on short-lived radioisotopes or sub-mg samples, out of reach up to now at other neutron facilities around the world. Finally, the future perspectives of the facility will be presented.
Published: 2017
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25. High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux in the new experimental area n_TOF-EAR2 at CERN

Author: D. Cano-Ott, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, G. Vannini, Y. H. Chen, F. Bečvář, M. Caamaño, G. Tagliente, C. Wolf, M. Licata, Peter Schillebeeckx, J. Billowes, V. Bécares, O. Aberle, A. Villacorta, R. J. W. Frost, M. S. Robles, F. Belloni, J. Andrzejewski, M. Bacak, D. G. Jenkins, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, V. Ketlerov, E. Jericha, R. Baccomi, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, E. González, F. Cerutti, M. Diakaki, Paolo Finocchiaro, K. Rajeev, Dorothea Schumann, Francesca Matteucci, Luigi Cosentino, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, C. Weiss, J. I. Porras, T. Glodariu, Roberto Losito, J. A. Ryan, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. R. García, F. Käppeler, A. Oprea, Y. Kadi, C. Rubbia, M. Brugger, J. Lerendegui-Marco, N. Patronis, C. Beinrucker, A. K. Saxena, R. Cardella, Hideo Harada, M. Mastromarco, I. F. Gonçalves, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Arnaud Ferrari, V. Khryachkov, A. Gawlik, Anton Wallner, Thomas Rauscher, Rugard Dressler, P. M. Milazzo, J. L. Tain, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, J. Balibrea, Niko Kivel, P. Kavrigin, A. Tsinganis, Ralf Nolte, A. Casanovas, M. Piscopo, Nicola Colonna, E. Griesmayer, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, M. Krtička, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Tatsuya Katabuchi, S. Valenta, Alberto Mengoni, T. Martinez, Marco Calviani, T. Papaevangelou, M. Kokkoris, S. Barros, A. G. Smith, I. Duran, Philip Woods, A. Hernández-Prieto, L. A. Damone, Rene Reifarth, J. Marganiec, Stefan Schmidt, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortés, P. F. Mastinu, S. Warren, V. Variale, P. V. Sedyshev, A. Musumarra, K. Deo, D. M. Castelluccio, Tanja Heftrich, A. Riego-Perez, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, C. Paradela, S. Heinitz, L. Audouin, Kathrin Göbel, Jan Heyse, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, E. Mendoza, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, Petar Žugec, A. Kimura, Mario Barbagallo, S. V. Suryanarayana, A. Goverdovski, M. Mirea, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, E. Dupont, Ioana Gheorghe, S. Montesano, A. Stamatopoulos, P. C. Rout, F. Mingrone, C. Lederer, D. Bosnar, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), 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), Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Gunsing, F., Žugec, P., Vlachoudis, V., Chen, Y. H., Stamatopoulos, A., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Cortés-Giraldo, M. A., Villacorta, A., Guerrero, C., Damone, L., Audouin, L., Berthoumieux, E., Cosentino, L., Diakaki, M., Finocchiaro, P., Musumarra, A., Papaevangelou, T., Piscopo, M., Tassan-Got, L., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Baccomi, R., Balibrea, J., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D. M., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Deo, K., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Frost, R. J. W., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A. R., Gawlik, A., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I. F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D. G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Licata, M., Lo Meo, S., Lonsdale, S. J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E. A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Palomo-Pinto, F. R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J. I., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M. S., Rout, P. C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J. A., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A. G., Suryanarayana, S. V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Wolf, C., Woods, P. J., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, n-tof, Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Spallation, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, n_TOF, EAR2, neutron flux measurement, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron radiation, Neutron temperature, Radiation flux, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Beam (structure)
Abstract: A new high flux experimental area has recently become operational at the n_TOF facility at CERN. This new measuring station, n_TOF-EAR2, is placed at the end of a vertical beam line at a distance of approximately 20m from the spallation target. The characterization of the neutron beam, in terms of flux, spatial profile and resolution function, is of crucial importance for the feasibility study and data analysis of all measurements to be performed in the new area. In this paper, the measurement of the neutron flux, performed with different solid-state and gaseous detection systems, and using three neutron-converting reactions considered standard in different energy regions is reported. The results of the various measurements have been combined, yielding an evaluated neutron energy distribution in a wide energy range, from 2meV to 100MeV, with an accuracy ranging from 2%, at low energy, to 6% in the high-energy region. In addition, an absolute normalization of the n_TOF-EAR2 neutron flux has been obtained by means of an activation measurement performed with 197Au foils in the beam. © 2017, SIF, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
Published: 2017
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26. Measurement of the 241Am neutron capture cross section at the n-TOF facility at CERN

Author: C. Carrapiço, Tanja Heftrich, Rene Reifarth, I. Duran, M. S. Robles, A. Mengoni, M. P. W. Chin, V. Ketlerov, F. Roman, Javier Praena, E. Leal-Cidoncha, M. Mastromarco, Anton Wallner, Srinivasan Ganesan, J. Balibrea, Mario Barbagallo, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, A. Riego-Perez, M. Diakaki, D. Cano-Ott, P. Gurusamy, E. González, F. Käppeler, Jeri Kroll, C. Eleftheriadis, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, C. Domingo-Pardo, G. Vannini, Stefan Schmidt, A. Goverdovski, Vittorio Boccone, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Iris Dillmann, A. Hernández-Prieto, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, A. R. García, M. Brugger, L. S. Leong, Jan Heyse, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Manousos, Mario Weigand, J. Billowes, G. Tagliente, F. Cerutti, F. Gunsing, M. Krtička, Tatsuya Katabuchi, P. E. Koehler, M. Fernandez-Ordonez, Cristian Massimi, P. V. Sedyshev, M. Licata, G. Giubrone, A. J. M. Plompen, F. Bečvář, T. Martinez, V. Khryachkov, Roberto Losito, T. Ware, P. M. Milazzo, F. Gramegna, M. Kokkoris, C. Weiss, E. Griesmayer, G. Cortes, E. Mendoza, D. Tarrío, J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, M. Mirea, Peter Schillebeeckx, Carlos Guerrero, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, N. Dzysiuk, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, E. Chiaveri, S. Heinitz, F. Calviño, P. F. Mastinu, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, C. Rubbia, V. Bécares, Petar Žugec, K. Fraval, S. Altstadt, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Christoph Langer, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, A. Tsinganis, J. L. Tain, Nicola Colonna, E. Jericha, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, R. Sarmento, R. Vlastou, J. Lerendegui-Marco, P. Vaz, E. Berthoumieux, Alberto Ventura, I. F. Gonçalves, D. G. Jenkins, Fabio Belloni, W. Mondelaers, V. Variale, Roberto Versaci, C. Lederer, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, M. J. Vermeulen, B. Berthier, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), n_TOF, Mengoni, A., 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), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Altstadt, S., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Balibrea, J., Bécares, V., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthier, B., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Dillmann, I., Domingo-Pardo, C., Durán, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Fernández-Ordóñez, M., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Licata, M., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A.J.M., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., and Ž Ugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Nuclear transmutation, nTOF, QC1-999, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Cross section (physics), Nuclear reactors, Reactors nuclears, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron cross section, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Large Hadron Collider, Cross section, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Calorimeter
Abstract: New neutron cross section measurements of minor actinides have been performed recently in order to reduce the uncertainties in the evaluated data, which is important for the design of advanced nuclear reactors and, in particular, for determining their performance in the transmutation of nuclear waste. We have measured the 241 Am(n,γ) cross section at the n TOF facility between 0.2 eV and 10 keV with a BaF2 Total Absorption Calorimeter, and the analysis of the measurement has been recently concluded. Our results are in reasonable agreement below 20 eV with the ones published by C. Lampoudis et al. in 2013, who reported a 22% larger capture cross section up to 110 eV compared to experimental and evaluated data published before. Our results also indicate that the 241 Am(n,γ) cross section is underestimated in the present evaluated libraries between 20 eV and 2 keV by 25%, on average, and up to 35% for certain evaluations and energy ranges. Plan Nacional I+D+I FPA2014-53290-C2-1 Comisión Europea, ANDES FP7- 249671 Comisión Europea, CHANDA FP7-605203
Published: 2017
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27. Neutron spectroscopy of 26Mg states: Constraining the stellar neutron source 22Ne(α, n)25Mg

Author: D. Tarrío, C. Paradela, A. Manousos, Rene Reifarth, J. Marganiec, P. Schillebeeckx, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, P. F. Mastinu, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, Marco Pignatari, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Srinivasan Ganesan, Alfredo Ferrari, M. Mastromarco, Petar Žugec, Carlo Rubbia, A. Mallick, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, J. L. Tain, C. Lampoudis, F. Cerutti, G. Vannini, A. Tsinganis, Mario Barbagallo, C. Carrapiço, Sergio Cristallo, Anton Wallner, D. Schumann, R. Vlastou, P. Vaz, J. Billowes, Nicola Colonna, L.S. Leong, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, A. R. García, S. Altstadt, E. Jericha, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, Vasilis Vlachoudis, Christoph Langer, T. Martinez, N. Kivel, Paolo Finocchiaro, D. M. Castelluccio, P. E. Koehler, A. J. M. Plompen, Alberto Ventura, M. S. Robles, R. Losito, C. Weiß, T. Wright, M. Brugger, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, V. Bécares, I. Van Rijs, M. Weigand, M. J. Vermeulen, F. Belloni, G. Tagliente, Alberto Mengoni, A. Musumarra, Stefan Kopecky, P. M. Milazzo, D. G. Jenkins, M. Kokkoris, K. Fraval, A. Hernández-Prieto, M. Diakaki, Luigi Cosentino, G. Giubrone, E. Leal-Cidoncha, F. Bečvář, C. Eleftheriadis, Giulia Clai, F. Käppeler, E. Chiaveri, I. Duran, D. Cano-Ott, I. F. Gonçalves, Thomas Rauscher, A. K. Saxena, R. Dressler, R. Wynants, A. Pavlik, T. Ware, A. Riego, C. Domingo-Pardo, E. Griesmayer, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, D. Karadimos, L. Audouin, Carlos Guerrero, C. Lederer, E. González-Romero, M. P. W. Chin, Jeri Kroll, R. Sarmento, S. Schmidt, M. Mirea, L. Piersanti, E. Berthoumieux, W. Mondelaers, V. Variale, E. Mendoza, S. Bisterzo, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, G. Cortes, ITA, GBR, FRA, DEU, ESP, AUS, AUT, BEL, JPN, GRC, IND, CZE, CHE, Massimi, C., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bisterzo, S., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Cosentino, L., Chin, M., Clai, G., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cristallo, S., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Duran, I., Dressler, R., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Finocchiaro, P., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kopecky, S., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lo Meo, S., Losito, R., Mallick, A., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Mastinu, P.F., Mastromarco, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Musumarra, A., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Pignatari, M., Piersanti, L., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Robles, M.S., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Van Rijs, I., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wynants, R., Wright, T., Žugec, P., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, 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, 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, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, 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: Capture, nucl-ex, Proce, 01 natural sciences, Espectroscòpia atòmica, Stellar nucleosynthesis, CERN, Neutron spectroscopy, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Cross section, s Process, α+22Ne, lcsh:QC1-999, Neutron temperature, PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika, Atomic spectroscopy, Excited state, Atomic physics, s Process, α+22Ne, Neutron spectroscopy, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, nTOF, Neutron, [formula omitted]Ne, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Neutron spectroscopy, s Process, α+22Ne, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear physics, Experimental, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Spin (physics), α+22 Ne, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics, Neutron source, Neutron spectroscopy, s Process, α+22Ne, α+Ne, s-process, lcsh:Physics
Abstract: This work reports on accurate, high-resolution measurements of the $^{25}$Mg($n, \gamma$)$^{26}$Mg and $^{25}$Mg($n, tot$) cross sections in the neutron energy range from thermal to about 300 keV, leading to a significantly improved $^{25}$Mg($n, \gamma$)$^{26}$Mg parametrization. The relevant resonances for $n+^{25}$Mg were characterized from a combined R-matrix analysis of the experimental data. This resulted in an unambiguous spin/parity assignment of the corresponding excited states in $^{26}$Mg. With this information experimental upper limits of the reaction rates for $^{22}$Ne($\alpha, n$)$^{25}$Mg and $^{22}$Ne($\alpha, \gamma$)$^{26}$Mg were established, potentially leading to a significantly higher ($\alpha, n$)/($\alpha, \gamma$) ratio than previously evaluated. The impact of these results have been studied for stellar models in the mass range 2 to 25 $M_{\odot}$., Comment: Preprint, 6 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2017
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28. New measurement of the 242Pu(n,γ) cross section at n-TOF-EAR1 for MOX fuels: Preliminary results in the RRR

Author: Simone Gilardoni, P. C. Rout, Ignacio Porras, Rene Reifarth, J. Billowes, C. Lederer, E. Leal-Cidoncha, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, R. Cardella, P. Vaz, P. Schillebeeckx, M. Diakaki, A. Casanovas, Alberto Ventura, A. Mengoni, M. Kokkoris, Hideo Harada, J. Marganiec, G. Vannini, M. Caamaño, A. Oprea, J. Heyse, N. Patronis, L. Cosentino, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, S. Warren, E. A. Maugeri, A. Pavlik, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, C. Domingo-Pardo, F. Cerutti, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, E. Mendoza, E. Jericha, R. Nolte, S. Valenta, P. F. Mastinu, T. Glodariu, J. Lerendegui-Marco, V. Variale, Arnd R. Junghans, A. R. García, Paolo Finocchiaro, Marco Calviani, A. Kimura, J. A. Ryan, A. Saxena, A. G. Smith, P. M. Milazzo, I. F. Gonçalves, M. Mastromarco, Philip Woods, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, A. S. Brown, Anton Wallner, R. Vlastou, J. Perkowski, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, I. Duran, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, F. Gunsing, P. Ferreira, Y. H. Chen, Mario Barbagallo, D. Schumann, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, J. Balibrea, E. Chiaveri, A. Masi, G. Tagliente, S. Heinitz, Damir Bosnar, D. Cano-Ott, Carlo Rubbia, G. Cortes, Cristian Massimi, A. Stamatopoulos, Y. Kadi, D. G. Jenkins, K. Göbel, R. Dressler, V. Vlachoudis, D. Macina, P. Kavrigin, Alfredo Ferrari, E. González, T. Wright, E. Griesmayer, L. A. Damone, M. Krtička, O. Aberle, T. Martinez, N. V. Sosnin, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, B. Fernández-Domínguez, J. L. Tain, Alexandru Negret, F. Käppeler, N. Kivel, Klaus Eberhardt, D. Radeck, E. Berthoumieux, L. Audouin, A. Kalamara, A. Musumarra, Deniz Kurtulgil, Nicola Colonna, Carlos Guerrero, E. Dupont, F. Bečvář, M. Bacak, 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., 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), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España, Lerendegui-Marco, J., Guerrero, C., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Quesada, J.M., Mendoza, E., Cano-Ott, D., Eberhardt, K., Junghans, A., 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., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Ž Ugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, nTOF, QC1-999, Nuclear engineering, Context (language use), CERN nTOF, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Physics and Astronomy (all), Nuclear reactors, Reactors nuclears, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron cross section, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, ddc:530, 242Pu neutron capture, 010306 general physics, MOX fuel, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Fissile material, Cross section, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics, Spent nuclear fuel, Neutron temperature, 13. Climate action, neutron time-of-flight measurement
Abstract: The spent fuel of current nuclear reactors contains fissile plutonium isotopes that can be combined with 238U to make mixed oxide (MOX) fuel. In this way the Pu from spent fuel is used in a new reactor cycle, contributing to the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy. The use of MOX fuels in thermal and fast reactors requires accurate capture and fission cross sections. For the particular case of 242Pu, the previous neutron capture cross section measurements were made in the 70’s, providing an uncertainty of about 35% in the keV region. In this context, the Nuclear Energy Agency recommends in its “High Priority Request List” and its report WPEC-26 that the capture cross section of 242Pu should be measured with an accuracy of at least 7–12% in the neutron energy range between 500 eV and 500 keV. This work presents a brief description of the measurement performed at n TOF-EAR1, the data reduction process and the first ToF capture measurement on this isotope in the last 40 years, providing preliminary individual resonance parameters beyond the current energy limits in the evaluations, as well as a preliminary set of average resonance parameters., This measurement has received funding from the EC FP7 Programme under the projects NEUTANDALUS (Grant No. 334315) and CHANDA (Grant No. 605203), and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness projects FPA2013- 45083-P and FPA2014-53290-C2-2-P.
Published: 2017
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29. Characterization of the n-TOF EAR-2 neutron beam

Author: M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Enrique Casarejos, F. Gunsing, A. Musumarra, Cristian Massimi, A. Pavlik, P. Ferreira, C. Domingo-Pardo, P. M. Milazzo, N. Kivel, M. Krtička, R. Nolte, G. Tagliente, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, P. C. Rout, M. Caamaño, F. Cerutti, Alfredo Ferrari, R. Cardella, T. Martinez, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, K. Göbel, C. Lederer, G. Vannini, S. Warren, A. Kimura, Tatsuya Katabuchi, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Tanja Heftrich, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Mario Weigand, V. Variale, J. Marganiec, O. Aberle, T. Wright, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, D. Macina, J. L. Tain, Carlo Rubbia, E. González, V. Vlachoudis, S. Barros, A. Gawlik, M. Kokkoris, J. I. Porras, Thomas Rauscher, Rene Reifarth, D. M. Castelluccio, A. Riego-Perez, J. Lerendegui-Marco, Stefan Schmidt, Mario Barbagallo, P. F. Mastinu, V. Khryachkov, M. Mirea, D. Schumann, P. Vaz, L. Cosentino, J. M. Quesada, C. Le Naour, L. Tassan-Got, Alberto Ventura, I. F. Gonçalves, M. Bacak, D. G. Jenkins, F. Käppeler, E. Mendoza, V. Bécares, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, A. Oprea, G. Cortes, A. Casanovas, J. Perkowski, S. Montesano, Y. H. Chen, J. Heyse, A. R. García, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, B. Fernández-Domínguez, S. Heinitz, N. Patronis, Carlos Guerrero, M. Brugger, I. Duran, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, A. Stamatopoulos, C. Beinrucker, A. Saxena, E. Jericha, C. Wolf, A. G. Smith, Roberto Losito, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, K. Rajeev, Philip Woods, Alberto Mengoni, J. A. Ryan, P. Schillebeeckx, Francesca Matteucci, V. Ketlerov, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, A. Goverdovski, R. Dressler, A. Tsinganis, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, P. Kavrigin, P. V. Sedyshev, F. Bečvář, Nicola Colonna, Hideo Harada, E. Dupont, J. Billowes, E. Griesmayer, M. Mastromarco, L. A. Damone, M. S. Robles, Anton Wallner, E. A. Maugeri, J. Balibrea, L. Audouin, M. Diakaki, E. Berthoumieux, V. Furman, Petar Žugec, 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, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Gobierno de España, 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), Chen, Y.H., Tassan-Got, L., Audouin, L., Le Naour, C., Durán, I., Casarejos, E., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Ugec, P., and Lo Meo, S.
Subjects: nTOF, QC1-999, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], Neutron, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), CERN, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Neutrons, Physics, Flux, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Beam, Neutron radiation, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Parallel plate, Characterization (materials science), Beam (structure)
Abstract: The experimental area 2 (EAR-2) at CERNs neutron time-of-flight facility (n TOF), which is operational since 2014, is designed and built as a short-distance complement to the experimental area 1 (EAR-1). The Parallel Plate Avalanche Counter (PPAC) monitor experiment was performed to characterize the beam profile and the shape of the neutron flux at EAR-2. The prompt γ-flash which is used for calibrating the time-of-flight at EAR-1 is not seen by PPAC at EAR-2, shedding light on the physical origin of this γ-flash., The USC group contribution has been partly supported by Spanish grant FPA2013-46236-P.
Published: 2017
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30. 7Be(n,α) and 7Be(n,p) cross-section measurement for the cosmological lithium problem at the n-TOF facility at CERN

Author: M. Mirea, J. Marganiec, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, V. Bécares, J. Perkowski, Petar Žugec, P. F. Mastinu, A. Musumarra, D. G. Jenkins, Tanja Heftrich, F. Gunsing, P. Vaz, V. Furman, Y. H. Chen, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Riego-Perez, L. Cosentino, Cristian Massimi, S. Heinitz, A. Casanovas, E. A. Maugeri, Alberto Ventura, A. Saxena, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, S. Barros, G. Vannini, C. Wolf, J. Lerendegui-Marco, O. Aberle, F. Käppeler, A. Tsinganis, E. Berthoumieux, M. Krtička, I. F. Gonçalves, A. Kimura, Alfredo Ferrari, Mario Weigand, J. Billowes, N. Kivel, T. Martinez, Nicola Colonna, E. Dupont, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, A. Stamatopoulos, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortes, D. Cano-Ott, Rene Reifarth, V. Khryachkov, E. González, Alberto Mengoni, P. Ferreira, Stefan Schmidt, Mario Barbagallo, D. Schumann, J. I. Porras, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, F. Bečvář, R. Cardella, A. Pavlik, G. Tagliente, C. Domingo-Pardo, K. Rajeev, B. Fernández-Domínguez, Francesca Matteucci, E. Jericha, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, J. L. Tain, P. Schillebeeckx, M. Bacak, J. A. Ryan, M. Caamaño, M. Diakaki, F. Cerutti, Roberto Losito, P. V. Sedyshev, L. Audouin, A. Oprea, J. Heyse, Hideo Harada, D. M. Castelluccio, M. Mastromarco, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Carlos Guerrero, Anton Wallner, S. Montesano, J. Balibrea, S. Warren, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, V. Variale, R. Nolte, A. Goverdovski, E. Leal-Cidoncha, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, P. C. Rout, C. Lederer, S. Valenta, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Marco Calviani, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, A. G. Smith, V. Ketlerov, Philip Woods, P. M. Milazzo, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, A. R. García, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, M. Brugger, K. Göbel, C. Beinrucker, T. Wright, M. Kokkoris, N. Patronis, I. Duran, R. Dressler, P. Kavrigin, E. Griesmayer, L. A. Damone, E. Mendoza, D. Macina, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Castelluccio, D. M., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Furman, V., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., and Ugec, P.
Subjects: Astrofísica, nTOF, QC1-999, chemistry.chemical_element, Neutron, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Big Bang nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, CERN, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear astrophysics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Physics, Alpha, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Stars, chemistry, Lithium, Halo, Nucleosíntesi
Abstract: One of the most puzzling problems in Nuclear Astrophysics is the “Cosmological Lithium Problem”, i.e the discrepancy between the primordial abundance of $^{7}$Li observed in metal poor halo stars (Asplund et al. in Astrophys J 644:229–259, 2006, [1]), and the one predicted by Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN). One of the reactions that could have an impact on the problem is $^{7}$Be(n,p)$^{7}$Li. Despite of the importance of this reaction in BBN, the cross-section has never been directly measured at the energies of interest for BBN. Taking advantage of the innovative features of the second experimental area at the n$\_$TOF facility at CERN (Sabate-Gilarte et al. in Eur Phys J A 53:210, 2017, [2]; Weiss et al. in NIMA 799:90, 2015, [3]), an accurate measurement of $^{7}$Be(n,p) cross section has been recently performed at n$\_$TOF, with a pure $^{7}$Be target produced by implantation of a $^{7}$Be beam at ISOLDE. The mesurement started in April 2016 and lasted for two months. The experimental procedure, the setup used in the measurement and the results obtained so far will be here presented.
Published: 2017

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

Author: E. Leal-Cidoncha, P. M. Milazzo, M. Mastromarco, Rene Reifarth, O. Aberle, Simone Gilardoni, A. Gawlik, J. M. Quesada-Molina, Thomas Rauscher, D. Radeck, Michael Paul, J. Marganiec, R. Cardella, E. Berthoumieux, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Leonid Weissman, M. Diakaki, M. Kokkoris, A. S. Brown, L. Tassan-Got, Anton Wallner, M. Caamaño, F. Cerutti, M. Tessler, L. Cosentino, J. Balibrea, S. Valenta, G. Cortes, A. Stamatopoulos, Deniz Kurtulgil, A. Oprea, N. V. Sosnin, J. Heyse, Marco Calviani, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, A. G. Smith, A. Kimura, D. Macina, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, J. L. Tain, A. Saxena, A. R. García, F. Gunsing, N. Patronis, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, M. Bacak, I. Duran, P. Schillebeeckx, Philip Woods, S. Halfon, A. Casanovas, P. F. Mastinu, Ulli Köster, J. Lerendegui-Marco, P. Ferreira, Hideo Harada, Alfredo Ferrari, Mario Barbagallo, S. Warren, R. Dressler, Cristian Massimi, V. Variale, A. Kalamara, C. Weiss, D. Schumann, R. Vlastou, G. Tagliente, P. Kavrigin, I. F. Gonçalves, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, P. C. Rout, E. Mendoza, Y. H. Chen, Alexandru Negret, E. Griesmayer, R. Nolte, L. A. Damone, S. Heinitz, F. Becvar, A. Tsinganis, C. Lederer, A. Masi, E. Jericha, T. Glodariu, Paolo Finocchiaro, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, J. A. Ryan, D. G. Jenkins, E. A. Maugeri, K. Göbel, N. Kivel, Ignacio Porras, Nicola Colonna, E. Dupont, G. Vannini, T. Wright, M. Krtička, E. González, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, B. Fernández-Domínguez, T. Martinez, F. Calviño, L. Audouin, H. Leeb, Alberto Mengoni, J. Perkowski, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, Carlos Guerrero, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, A. Musumarra, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Billowes, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, Vannini, G., Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Guerrero, C., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Domingo-Pardo, C., Casanovas, A., Dressler, R., Halfon, S., Heinitz, S., Kivel, N., Köster, U., Paul, M., Quesada-Molina, J.M., Schumann, D., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tessler, M., Weissman, L., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barbagallo, M., Becvar, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Göbel, K., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kokkoris, M., Krticka, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Meo, S. Lo, Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weiss, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Ugec, P., and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Subjects: QC1-999, Neutron, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Stellar nucleosynthesis, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Isotope, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Tof, Time of flight, Neutron capture, 13. Climate action, Nucleosíntesi
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section of several key unstable isotopes acting as branching points in the s-process are crucial for stellar nucleosynthesis studies, but they are very challenging to measure due to the difficult production of sufficient sample material, the high activity of the resulting samples, and the actual (n,γ ) measurement, for which high neutron fluxes and effective background rejection capabilities are required. As part of a new program to measure some of these important branching points, radioactive targets of 147Pm and 171Tm have been produced by irradiation of stable isotopes at the ILL high flux reactor. Neutron capture on 146Nd and 170Er at the reactor was followed by beta decay and the resulting matrix was purified via radiochemical separation at PSI. The radioactive targets have been used for time-of-flight measurements at the CERN n TOF facility using the 19 and 185m beam lines during 2014 and 2015. The capture cascades were detected using a set of four C6D6 scintillators, allowing to observe the associated neutron capture resonances. The results presented in this work are the first ever determination of the resonance capture cross section of 147Pm and 171Tm. Activation experiments on the same 147Pm and 171Tm targets with a high-intensity 30 keV quasi-Maxwellian flux of neutrons will be performed using the SARAF accelerator and the Liquid-Lithium Target (LiLiT) in order to extract the corresponding Maxwellian Average Cross Section (MACS). The status of these experiments and preliminary results will be presented and discussed as well., The authors acknowledge financial support by Spanish FPA2013-45083-P and FPA2014-53290-C2-2-P projects and the EC FP7 projects NeutAndalus (Grant No. 334315) and CHANDA (Grant No. 605203).
Published: 2017

32. Nuclear data activities at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Author: Rene Reifarth, Stefan Schmidt, D. Radeck, J. M. Quesada, E. Berthoumieux, A. R. García, S. Montesano, P. Vaz, Rugard Dressler, I. Porras, G. Vannini, M. Brugger, P. C. Rout, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, A. Casanovas, A. Goverdovski, M. Caamaño, Alberto Ventura, C. Rubbia, C. Lederer, C. Beinrucker, M. Kokkoris, J. Balibrea-Correa, A. Tsinganis, F. Gunsing, M. Licata, M. Krtička, Nicola Colonna, Cristian Massimi, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, Tatsuya Katabuchi, A. Oprea, G. Cortes, D. Tarrío, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, K. Deo, T. Martinez, V. Ketlerov, S. Warren, S. Barros, A. Kimura, D. Cano-Ott, Srinivasan Ganesan, K. Rajeev, J. Marganiec, J. L. Tain, V. Variale, R. J. W. Frost, V. Khryachkov, Francesca Matteucci, D. G. Jenkins, P. Kavrigin, M. Mirea, E. Mendoza, N. Patronis, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Niko Kivel, E. Chiaveri, Laurent Tassan-Got, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, E. Jericha, Hideo Harada, A. Pavlik, Ralf Nolte, Kathrin Göbel, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, A. Hernández-Prieto, P. F. Mastinu, J. Billowes, Mario Barbagallo, A. Gawlik, E. Griesmayer, Thomas Rauscher, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, L. A. Damone, Paolo Finocchiaro, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, M. Mastromarco, S. Heinitz, Jan Heyse, M. S. Robles, A. Stamatopoulos, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Anton Wallner, I. F. Gonçalves, J. Perkowski, C. Paradela, M. Bacak, Y. H. Chen, M. Diakaki, Ioana Gheorghe, V. Bécares, E. González, I. Duran, Alberto Mengoni, T. Glodariu, Alessandro Masi, Roberto Losito, O. Aberle, P. M. Milazzo, Fabio Belloni, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, F. Bečvář, Pedro G. Ferreira, Mario Weigand, C. Wolf, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, S. J. Lonsdale, Peter Schillebeeckx, Saraswatula Venkata Suryanarayana, J. Lerendegui, E. Dupont, Luigi Cosentino, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, R. Cardella, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, V. Vlachoudis, L. Audouin, A. Musumarra, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, Tanja Heftrich, A. Riego-Perez, A. G. Smith, F. Cerutti, P. V. Sedyshev, D. M. Castelluccio, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, G. Tagliente, C. Weiss, R. Vlastou, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, Philip Woods, 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, Mengoni, A., Lo Meo, S., Castelluccio, D. M., Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), n_TOF Collaboration, The n_TOF Collaboration, Null, Gunsing, F., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Barbagallo, M., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Castelluccio, D.M., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cortés, G., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Frost, R.J.W., Furman, V., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Göbel, K., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui, J., Licata, M., Lonsdale, S.J., Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Palomo-Pinto, F.R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rajeev, K., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rout, P., Radeck, D., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Stamatopoulos, A., Suryanarayana, S.V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wolf, C., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Žugec, P., 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: Nuclear reaction, U-235, Nuclear transmutation, nTOF, CAPTURE CROSS-SECTION, Nuclear data, TOTAL ABSORPTION CALORIMETER, General Physics and Astronomy, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], COLLABORATION, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, PHYSICS, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), neutron, DESIGN, Radiation dosimetry, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, n_TOF, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, Neutron, 010306 general physics, nuclear data, n_TOF, CERN, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, FRAGMENT ANGULAR-DISTRIBUTION, Large Hadron Collider, ntof, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, cern, Experimental data, Radioactive waste, nuclear data, NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics, Radiació--Dosimetria, PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika, Nuclear technology, CAPTURE CROSS-SECTION, TOTAL ABSORPTION CALORIMETER, FRAGMENT ANGULAR-DISTRIBUTION, NEUTRON, TH-232, U-235, C6D6, COLLABORATION, PHYSICS, DESIGN, NEUTRON, TH-232, C6D6
Abstract: International audience; Nuclear data in general, and neutron-induced reaction cross sections in particular, are important for a wide variety of research fields. They play a key role in the safety and criticality assessment of nuclear technology, not only for existing power reactors but also for radiation dosimetry, medical applications, the transmutation of nuclear waste, accelerator-driven systems, fuel cycle investigations and future reactor systems as in Generation IV. Applications of nuclear data are also related to research fields as the study of nuclear level densities and stellar nucleosynthesis. Simulations and calculations of nuclear technology applications largely rely on evaluated nuclear data libraries. The evaluations in these libraries are based both on experimental data and theoretical models. Experimental nuclear reaction data are compiled on a worldwide basis by the international network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) in the EXFOR database. The EXFOR database forms an important link between nuclear data measurements and the evaluated data libraries. CERN's neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF has produced a considerable amount of experimental data since it has become fully operational with the start of the scientific measurement programme in 2001. While for a long period a single measurement station (EAR1) located at 185 m from the neutron production target was available, the construction of a second beam line at 20 m (EAR2) in 2014 has substantially increased the measurement capabilities of the facility. An outline of the experimental nuclear data activities at CERN's neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF will be presented.
Published: 2016
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33. Monte carlo simulations of the n_TOF lead spallation target with the Geant4 toolkit: A benchmark study

Author: S. Warren, J. Andrzejewski, V. Variale, M. Mastromarco, Pedro G. Ferreira, G. Vannini, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Rugard Dressler, N. Patronis, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, J. Billowes, J. Marganiec, E. Jericha, Paolo Finocchiaro, Anton Wallner, M. Caamaño, Nicola Colonna, A. Musumarra, Dorothea Schumann, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, J. Balibrea, J. A. Ryan, Vasilis Vlachoudis, C. Rubbia, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, G. Cortes, E. González, A. Pavlik, L. Audouin, A. Ventura, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, A. Casanovas, Y. H. Chen, P. C. Rout, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Bacak, A. Kimura, J. L. Tain, F. Gunsing, T. Glodariu, F. Mingrone, A. Masi, D. G. Jenkins, E. Dupont, Cristian Massimi, C. Lederer, M. Diakaki, Niko Kivel, F. Cerutti, M. Krtička, Kathrin Göbel, A. S. Brown, Alexandru Negret, S. J. Lonsdale, J. Lerendegui-Marco, E. Mendoza, T. Martinez, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, Jan Heyse, Mario Barbagallo, M.B. Gómez-Hornillos, A. Oprea, A. Kalamara, I. F. Gonçalves, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, P. M. Milazzo, A. Stamatopoulos, S. Heinitz, Ignacio Porras, F. Bečvář, T. J. Wright, D. Mancussi, Simone Gilardoni, Hideo Harada, Rene Reifarth, R. Cardella, A. Mengoni, O. Aberle, Peter Schillebeeckx, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Deniz Kurtulgil, R. Vlastou, P. Vaz, D. Radeck, E. Berthoumieux, L. Cosentino, N. V. Sosnin, Annamaria Mazzone, Petar Žugec, D. Bosnar, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, G. Tagliente, D. Cano-Ott, Y. Kadi, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, A. G. Smith, Philip Woods, A. R. García, Emilio Andrea Maugeri, M. Kokkoris, E. Leal-Cidoncha, A. Gawlik, Thomas Rauscher, I. Duran, P. Kavrigin, Ralf Nolte, E. Griesmayer, L. A. Damone, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), n_TOF, Lerendegui-Marco, J., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Guerrero, C., Quesada, J.M., Meo, S. Lo, Massimi, C., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Mancussi, D., Mingrone, F., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Vannini, G., Vlachoudis, V., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brown, A., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Cardella, R., Casanovas, A., Cerutti, F., Chen, Y.H., Chiaveri, E., Cortés, G., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., García, A.R., Gawlik, A., Gilardoni, S., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heinitz, S., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kalamara, A., Kavrigin, P., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kurtulgil, D., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lonsdale, S.J., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Masi, A., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Maugeri, E.A., Mazzone, A., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Musumarra, A., Negret, A., Nolte, R., Oprea, A., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, I., Praena, J., Radeck, D., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rout, P.C., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schumann, D., Smith, A.G., Sosnin, N.V., Stamatopoulos, A., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Woods, P.J., Wright, T., Ugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Tècniques Energètiques, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. NEMEN - Nanoenginyeria de materials aplicats a l'energia, 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 Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Subjects: nTOF, [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th], QC1-999, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Montecarlo, Mètode de, Monte Carlo method, Context (language use), Neutron, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Informàtica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutron flux, CERN, 0103 physical sciences, Spallation, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Monte Carlo, Neutrons, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutron radiation, Cascade, Nuclear Physics - Theory
Abstract: Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are an essential tool to determine fundamental features of a neutron beam, such as the neutron flux or the γ -ray background, that sometimes can not be measured or at least not in every position or energy range. Until recently, the most widely used MC codes in this field had been MCNPX and FLUKA. However, the Geant4 toolkit has also become a competitive code for the transport of neutrons after the development of the native Geant4 format for neutron data libraries, G4NDL. In this context, we present the Geant4 simulations of the neutron spallation target of the n TOF facility at CERN, done with version 10.1.1 of the toolkit. The first goal was the validation of the intra-nuclear cascade models implemented in the code using, as benchmark, the characteristics of the neutron beam measured at the first experimental area (EAR1), especially the neutron flux and energy distribution, and the time distribution of neutrons of equal kinetic energy, the so-called Resolution Function. The second goal was the development of aMonte Carlo tool aimed to provide useful calculations for both the analysis and planning of the upcoming measurements at the new experimental area (EAR2) of the facility., The research that led to these results has received funding from the EC FP7 Programme under the projects NEUTANDALUS (Grant No. 334315) and CHANDA (Grant No. 605203), and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness projects FPA2011-28770- C3-02, FPA2013-45083-P and FPA2014- 53290-C2-2-P. The simulations have been performed at the computing cluster FISATOM, hosted at CICA (Seville, Spain), and of INFN-CNAF, University of Bologna; we thank the staff of both institutions for the operational maintenance of the machines.
Published: 2016
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34. The 236U neutron capture cross-section measured at the n TOF CERN facility

Author: A. J. M. Plompen, Rene Reifarth, Stefan Schmidt, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, C. Lampoudis, M. P. W. Chin, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Tanja Heftrich, V. Ketlerov, Christoph Langer, F. Roman, A. Riego-Perez, M. S. Robles, G. Vannini, G. Tagliente, C. Paradela, Srinivasan Ganesan, R. Sarmento, F. Cerutti, A. R. García, P. Vaz, D. Cano-Ott, R. Vlastou, M. Mirea, L. Audouin, M. J. Vermeulen, M. Diakaki, Alberto Ventura, E. Berthoumieux, I. Duran, W. Mondelaers, G. Giubrone, C. Lederer, Mario Barbagallo, M. Brugger, M. Kokkoris, A. Pavlik, P. V. Sedyshev, D. G. Jenkins, A. Manousos, Jeri Kroll, A. Goverdovski, M. Licata, V. Variale, A. Tsinganis, M. Mastromarco, F. Käppeler, Roberto Versaci, Damir Bosnar, F. Mingrone, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Y. Kadi, J. Andrzejewski, K. Fraval, Petar Žugec, Nicola Colonna, J. Marganiec, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Anton Wallner, G. Cortes, Vasilis Vlachoudis, C. Carrapiço, C. Eleftheriadis, A. K. Saxena, C. Weiss, S. Valenta, D. Tarrío, J. L. Tain, L. S. Leong, Arnaud Ferrari, Javier Praena, T. Ware, Thomas Rauscher, Alberto Mengoni, Marco Calviani, E. Chiaveri, J. Billowes, P. F. Mastinu, E. Griesmayer, D. Karadimos, Roberto Losito, Jan Heyse, S. Heinitz, P. Koehler, M. Krtička, T. Martinez, Carlos Guerrero, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. Hernández-Prieto, J. Lerendegui-Marco, I. F. Gonçalves, T. Katabuchi, Fabio Belloni, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, P. Gurusamy, J. Perkowski, E. González, Mario Weigand, C. Rubbia, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, F. Bečvář, E. Mendoza, Peter Schillebeeckx, N. Dzysiuk, V. Bécares, V. Khryachkov, P. M. Milazzo, S. Altstadt, E. Jericha, Dorothea Schumann, J. A. Ryan, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, 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, 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), Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Mastromarco, M., Barbagallo, M., Vermeulen, M.J., Colonna, N., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Durán, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Licata, M., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A.J.M., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., and Ž Ugec, P.
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, nTOF, QC1-999, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Cross section (physics), 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Neutron cross section, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Physics, Neutrons, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Isotope, Cross section, Reaccions nuclears, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resonance, Calorimeter, 13. Climate action, Nuclear reactions
Abstract: International audience; The $^{236}$U isotope plays an important role in nuclear systems, both for future and currently operating ones. The actual knowledge of the capture reaction of this isotope is satisfactory in the thermal region, but it is considered insufficient for Fast Reactor and ADS applications. For this reason the $^{236} \text{U}(n, \gamma)$ reaction cross-section has been measured for the first time in the whole energy region from thermal energy up to 1 MeV at the n_TOF facility with two different detection systems: an array of C$_6$D$_6$ detectors, employing the total energy deposited method, and a 4$\pi$ total absorption calorimeter (TAC), made of 40 BaF$_2$ crystals. The two n_TOF data sets agree with each other within the statistical uncertainty in the Resolved Resonance Region up to 800 eV, while sizable differences (up to ≃ 20%) are found relative to the current evaluated data libraries. Moreover two new resonances have been found in the n_TOF data. In the Unresolved Resonance Region up to 200 keV, the n_TOF results show a reasonable agreement with previous measurements and evaluated data.
Published: 2016
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35. Measurement of the 240Pu(n,f) cross-section at the CERN n TOF facility: First results from experimental area II (EAR-2)

Author: J. Marganiec, A. Kimura, E. Jericha, P. F. Mastinu, S. Montesano, Pedro G. Ferreira, J. A. Ryan, M. Mastromarco, Francesca Matteucci, Mario Barbagallo, S. V. Suryanarayana, D. Schumann, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, Carlo Rubbia, M. Kokkoris, A. Tsinganis, Anton Wallner, Variale, F. Calviño, Nicola Colonna, H. Leeb, J. Balibrea, T. Wright, M. Krtička, J. Perkowski, D. G. Jenkins, G. Tagliente, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, C. Lederer, T. Martinez, Ketlerov, N. Patronis, F. Gunsing, A. K. Saxena, M. Licata, Bécares, E. Mendoza, Petar Žugec, Cristian Massimi, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, F. Bečvář, O. Aberle, P. M. Milazzo, A. Stamatopoulos, A. Goverdovski, P. Schillebeeckx, I. Duran, Hideo Harada, S. Heinitz, L. Cosentino, J. Billowes, Alfredo Ferrari, F. R. Palomo-Pinto, S. Warren, C. Paradela, M. Bacak, S. Valenta, E. Dupont, R. Dressler, P. Kavrigin, Marco Calviani, A. Musumarra, Ioana Gheorghe, A. G. Smith, Ralf Nolte, M. S. Robles, T. Glodariu, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Käppeler, Furman, E. Griesmayer, Tanja Heftrich, L. A. Damone, C. Weiss, S. Schmidt, R. Vlastou, A. J. M. Plompen, M. Diakaki, A. Riego-Perez, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, N. Kivel, E. González, R. Losito, E. Berthoumieux, Rene Reifarth, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Tatsuya Katabuchi, D. Macina, Carlos Guerrero, S. Barros, P. Vaz, L. Audouin, Alberto Ventura, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, Khryachkov, A. Hernández-Prieto, J. I. Porras, M. Mirea, P. V. Sedyshev, Kathrin Göbel, Jan Heyse, J. L. Tain, Vlachoudis, P. Finocchiaro, Alberto Mengoni, G. Vannini, M. Caamaño, M. Weigand, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, F. Belloni, G. Cortes, R. J. W. Frost, F. Cerutti, J. Lerendegui-Marco, I. F. Gonçalves, K. Deo, Boccone, A. R. García, M. Brugger, C. Beinrucker, E. Leal-Cidoncha, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, Thomas Rauscher, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), n_TOF, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Stamatopoulos, A., Tsinganis, A., Colonna, N., Vlastou, R., Kokkoris, M., Schillebeeckx, P., Plompen, A., Heyse, J., Ugec, P., Barbagallo, M., Calviani, M., Berthoumieux, E., Chiaveri, E., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bacak, M., Balibrea, J., Barros, S., Bečvář, F., Beinrucker, C., Belloni, F., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Caamaño, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Cerutti, F., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Cosentino, L., Damone, L.A., Deo, K., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dupont, E., Durán, I., Fernández-Domínguez, B., Ferrari, A., Ferreira, P., Finocchiaro, P., Frost, R.J.W., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., García, A.R., Gheorghe, I., Glodariu, T., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Harada, H., Heftrich, T., Heinitz, S., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Katabuchi, T., Kavrigin, P., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kimura, A., Kivel, N., Krtička, M., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Licata, M., Meo, S. Lo, Losito, R., Macina, D., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Matteucci, F., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Montesano, S., Musumarra, A., Nolte, R., Palomo-Pinto, F.R., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Porras, J.I., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Saxena, A., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Smith, A.G., Suryanarayana, S.V., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tassan-Got, L., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vlachoudis, V., Wallner, A., Warren, S., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica
Subjects: Nuclear fuel cycle, Fission, nTOF, QC1-999, Nuclear Theory, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Fusió nuclear, ddc:530, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, MicroMegas detector, Actinide, 13. Climate action, Nuclear fission, Nuclear fusion
Abstract: The accurate knowledge of the neutron-induced fission cross-sections of actinides and other isotopes involved in the nuclear fuel cycle is essential for the design of advanced nuclear systems, such as Generation-IV nuclear reactors. Such experimental data can also provide the necessary feedback for the adjustment of nuclear model parameters used in the evaluation process, resulting in the further development of nuclear fission models. In the present work, the 240Pu(n,f) cross-section was measured at CERN’s n TOF facility relative to the well-known 235U(n,f) cross section, over a wide range of neutron energies, from meV to almost MeV, using the time-of-flight technique and a set-up based on Micromegas detectors. This measurement was the first experiment to be performed at n TOF’s new experimental area (EAR-2), which offers a significantly higher neutron flux compared to the already existing experimental area (EAR-1). Preliminary results as well as the experimental procedure, including a description of the facility and the data handling and analysis, are presented., Support of the European Commission under the ANDES, ERINDA and CHANDA projects (7th Framework Programme).
Published: 2016
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36. Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n-TOF facility

Author: M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Christoph Langer, M. Mirea, Petar Žugec, A. K. Saxena, J. Billowes, F. Cerutti, Arnaud Ferrari, H. Leeb, A. J. M. Plompen, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, J. Perkowski, G. Tagliente, Alberto Ventura, Rene Reifarth, V. Bécares, M. Krtička, F. Calviño, Stefan Schmidt, D. Cano-Ott, Alberto Mengoni, S. Heinitz, Vittorio Boccone, M. Diakaki, C. Paradela, Mario Weigand, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, E. Jericha, L. Audouin, G. Cortes, Javier Praena, S. Lo Meo, V. Variale, D. Tarrío, M. Kokkoris, J. L. Tain, Dorothea Schumann, C. Weiß, T. Martinez, Rugard Dressler, Jeri Kroll, Roberto Versaci, A. Tsinganis, G. Giubrone, Carlos Guerrero, Nicola Colonna, S. Altstadt, A. Pavlik, R. Sarmento, L.S. Leong, Vasilis Vlachoudis, C. Rubbia, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. Riegov, T. J. Wright, A. Manousos, J. Marganiec, I. F. Gonçalves, F. Bečvář, Roberto Losito, E. Mendoza, P. M. Milazzo, Peter Schillebeeckx, N. Dzysiuk, K. Fraval, F. Gunsing, C. Lederer, R. Vlastou, Fabio Belloni, E. Chiaveri, E. Berthoumieux, P. F. Mastinu, Cristian Massimi, Marco Pignatari, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, S. Valenta, Marco Calviani, F. Käppeler, N. Kivel, P. Gurusamy, M. Meaze, M. J. Vermeulen, W. Mondalaers, M. Mastromarco, C. Carrapiço, Anton Wallner, I. Duran, D. G. Jenkins, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, P. E. Koehler, T. Ware, E. Griesmayer, A. R. García, M. Brugger, Srinivasan Ganesan, Mario Barbagallo, M. P. W. Chin, F. Roman, C. Eleftheriadis, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, E. González-Romero, Žugec, P., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Duran, I., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Heinitz, S., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lo Meo, S., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P.F., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Pignatari, M., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riegov, A., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wright, T., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, nTOF, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, QC1-999, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutron, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), CERN, Neutron cross section, Nuclear Experiment, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, Reaccions nuclears, Resonance, Neutron temperature, Time of flight, Neutron capture, Nuclear reactions
Abstract: The neutron capture cross section of 58 Ni was measured at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN, from 27 meV to 400 keV neutron energy. Special care has been taken to identify all the possible sources of background, with the so-called neutron background obtained for the first time using high-precision GEANT4 simulations. The energy range up to 122 keV was treated as the resolved resonance region, where 51 resonances were identified and analyzed by a multilevel R -matrix code SAMMY. Above 122 keV the code SESH was used in analyzing the unresolved resonance region of the capture yield. Maxwellian averaged cross sections were calculated in the temperature range of kT = 5 – 100 keV, and their astrophysical implications were investigated.
Published: 2015

37. Neutron cross-sections for advanced nuclear systems: The n-TOF project at CERN

Author: G. Tagliente, V. Variale, F. Cerutti, Mario Weigand, M. P. W. Chin, Y. Kadi, C. Lederer, R. Vlastou, E. Chiaveri, C. Paradela, G. Giubrone, P. F. Mastinu, E. Berthoumieux, A. Manousos, S. Valenta, P. Vaz, L. Audouin, Rugard Dressler, Marco Calviani, M. Mirea, Christoph Langer, J. Marganiec, A. Tsinganis, T. Ware, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Javier Praena, Petar Žugec, S. Altstadt, A. Ventura, E. Leal-Cidoncha, A. K. Saxena, Arnaud Ferrari, Srinivasan Ganesan, M. Krtička, E. Jericha, C. Eleftheriadis, F. Calviño, E. Griesmayer, L.S. Leong, H. Leeb, Vasilis Vlachoudis, F. Käppeler, Dorothea Schumann, C. Weiß, F. Bečvář, T. Martinez, J. Perkowski, J. Billowes, E. Mendoza, I. F. Gonçalves, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. J. Vermeulen, M. Mastromarco, F. Gunsing, Peter Schillebeeckx, C. Lampoudis, A. Hernández-Prieto, Massimo Barbagallo, Thomas Rauscher, N. Colonna, D. Bosnar, C. Carrapiço, Cristian Massimi, Anton Wallner, Fabio Belloni, D. Karadimos, A. Riego, Jeri Kroll, Roberto Losito, V. Bécares, I. Duran, E. González-Romero, T. J. Wright, D. Cano-Ott, Rene Reifarth, R. Sarmento, K. Fraval, A. J. M. Plompen, M. Diakaki, A. R. García, W. Mondalaers, Carlos Guerrero, M. Brugger, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, D. G. Jenkins, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, P. E. Koehler, P. M. Milazzo, G. Cortes, D. Tarrío, G. Vannini, C. Rubbia, Stefan Schmidt, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, Alberto Mengoni, J. L. Tain, Niko Kivel, Sarkadi, L., Barbagallo, M, Mastromarco, M., Colonna, N., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Duran, I., Dressler, R., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P.F., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Žugec, P., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Computer science, Nuclear engineering, QC1-999, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear physics, Context (language use), Neutron, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Physics and Astronomy (all), Stellar nucleosynthesis, CERN, 0103 physical sciences, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics, Radioactive waste, Neutron radiation, Engineering physics, Nuclear technology, Time of flight facility, Física nuclear, Nuclear reactions
Abstract: The study of neutron-induced reactions is of high relevance in a wide variety of fields, ranging from stellar nucleosynthesis and fundamental nuclear physics to applications of nuclear technology. In nuclear energy, high accuracy neutron data are needed for the development of Generation IV fast reactors and accelerator driven systems, these last aimed specifically at nuclear waste incineration, as well as for research on innovative fuel cycles. In this context, a high luminosity Neutron Time Of Flight facility, n-TOF, is operating at CERN since more than a decade, with the aim of providing new, high accuracy and high resolution neutron cross-sections. Thanks to the features of the neutron beam, a rich experimental program relevant to nuclear technology has been carried out so far. The program will be further expanded in the near future, thanks in particular to a new high-flux experimental area, now under construction.
Published: 2014

38. Angular distribution in the neutron-induced fission of actinides

Author: A. Manousos, Willy Mondelaers, A. Mengon, R. Sarmento, C. Eleftheriadis, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, D. Schumann, G. Cortes, Thomas Rauscher, D. Tarrío, M. Mirea, Carlos Guerrero, R. Dressler, M. Mastromarco, F. Roman, S. Valenta, González-Romero, P. E. Koehler, R. Reifhart, G. Korschinek, C. Carrapiço, J. Billowes, J. Marganiec, V. Vlastou, T. Ware, A. R. García, Anton Wallner, C. Paradela, M. Brugger, V. Variale, G. Giubrone, L. Audouin, G. Tagliente, F. Calviño, P. Gurusamy, G. Vannini, E. Jericha, E. Griesmayer, C. Rubbia, E. Mendoza, Jan Perkowski, M. Weigand, M. P. W. Chin, Nicola Colonna, F. Bečvář, L.S. Leong, V. Vlachoudis, K. Fraval, M. Diakaki, R. Versaci, C. Weiß, I. Duran, N. Dzysiuk, P. F. Mastinu, E. Berthoumieux, E. Kadi, Marco Pignatari, C. Le Naour, A. Riego, P. Schillebeeckx, V. Bécares, Arnaud Ferrari, F. Gunsing, M. Meaze, T. Wright, I. F. Gonçalves, Cristian Massimi, J. L. Tain, M. Krtička, Marco Calviani, C. Lederer, T. Martinez, Fabio Belloni, S. Altstadt, A. Plompen, P. M. Milazzo, N. Kivel, A. Pavlik, C. Langer, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. Tsinganis, F. Käppeler, D. Karadimos, D. Bosnar, M. Kokkoris, T. Mingrone, E. Chiaveri, M. J. Vermeulen, Srinivasan Ganesan, D. G. Jenkins, D. Cano-Ott, Hannes Leeb, Mario Barbagallo, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, J. Andrzejewsky, R. Losito, J. Kroll, P. Vaz, Javier Praena, Alberto Ventura, Zǔgec, Stefan Schmidt, Vittorio Boccone, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, F. Cerutti, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Mengoni, A., Chatillon, A., Leong, L.S., Tassan-Got, L., Tarrio, D., Audouin, L., Paradela, C., Duran, I., Le Naour, C., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewsky, J., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calvino, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Dzysiuk, N., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Gonçalves, I.F., González, Romero, Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, E., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Korschinek, G., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Losito, R., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Massimi, C., Martínez, T., Mastinu, P.F., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Mengon, A., Mendoza, E., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, T., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Pignatari, M., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifhart, R., Riego, A., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sarmento, R., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Taín, J.L., Tagliente, G., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, V., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wright, T., and Zç, Gec
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Nuclear fission product, Fission, QC1-999, health care facilities, manpower, and services, education, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear physics, Neutron induced fission, Neutron, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Physics and Astronomy (all), Angular distribution, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, n_TOF, 010306 general physics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment, health care economics and organizations, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, neutron induced fission, angular distribution, actinides, Actinide, Nuclear fission, Física nuclear
Abstract: Above 1 MeV of incident neutron energy the fission fragment angular distribution (FFAD) has generally a strong anisotropic behavior due to the combination of the incident orbital momentum and the intrinsic spin of the fissioning nucleus. This effect has to be taken into account for the efficiency estimation of devices used for fission cross section measurements. In addition it bears information on the spin deposition mechanism and on the structure of transitional states. We designed and constructed a detection device, based on Parallel Plate Avalanche Counters (PPAC), for measuring the fission fragment angular distributions of several isotopes, in particular 232Th. The measurement has been performed at n-TOF at CERN taking advantage of the very broad energy spectrum of the neutron beam. Fission events were recognized by back to back detection in coincidence in two position-sensitive detectors surrounding the targets. The detection efficiency, depending mostly on the stopping of fission fragments in backings and electrodes, has been computed with a Geant4 simulation and validated by the comparison to the measured case of 235U below 3 keV where the emission is isotropic. In the case of 232Th, the result is in good agreement with previous data below 10 MeV, with a good reproduction of the structures associated to vibrational states and the opening of second chance fission. In the 14 MeV region our data are much more accurate than previous ones which are broadly scattered. © Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2013.
Published: 2013
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39. Simultaneous measurement of neutron-induced capture and fission reactions at CERN

Author: J. Marganiec, S. Andriamonje, J. L. Tain, E. Chiaveri, P. F. Mastinu, M. Meaze, V. Bécares, H. Leeb, E. Berthoumieux, A. Manousos, J. Perkowski, Roberto Losito, M. Fernandez-Ordonez, Iris Dillmann, F. Gramegna, T. Ware, F. Käppeler, Srinivasan Ganesan, G. Cortes, G. Tagliente, T. J. Wright, M. Krtička, Alberto Mengoni, P. Vaz, J. Billowes, D. Tarrío, E. Lebbos, F. Calviño, M. Vermeullen, F. Gunsing, E. Griesmayer, Rene Reifarth, Mario Barbagallo, Ralf Plag, Alberto Ventura, T. Martinez, Cristian Massimi, F. Bečvář, J. M. Quesada, Anton Wallner, J. Andrzejewski, D. Cano-Ott, A. Tsinganis, M. Diakaki, C. Rubbia, P. M. Milazzo, C. Eleftheriadis, E. Mendoza, Nicola Colonna, D. G. Jenkins, Laurent Tassan-Got, C. Carrapiço, Vasilis Vlachoudis, S. Marrone, C. Lederer, Carlos Guerrero, G. Vannini, E. Jericha, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, A. Pavlik, C. Weiß, Javier Praena, C. Domingo-Pardo, Arnaud Ferrari, I. Duran, F. Belloni, F. Cerutti, G. Giubrone, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Manuel Lozano, C. Paradela, L. Audouin, Jeri Kroll, R. Sarmento, I. F. Gonçalves, R. Vlastou, Y. Kadi, Marco Calviani, V. Variale, M. P. W. Chin, F. Roman, M. Brugger, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, E. González-Romero, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), TOF, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Guerrero C., Berthoumieux E., Cano-Ott D., Mendoza E., Andriamonje S., Andrzejewski J., Audouin L., Barbagallo M., Bécares V., Bečvář F., Belloni F., Billowes J., Brugger M., Calviani M., Calviño F., Carrapiço C., Cerutti F., Chiaveri E., Chin M., Colonna N., Cortés G., Cortés-Giraldo M., Diakaki M., Dillmann I., Domingo-Pardo C., Duran I., Eleftheriadis C., Fernández-Ordóñez M., Ferrari A., Ganesan S., Giubrone G., Gómez-Hornillos M., Gonçalves I., González-Romero E., Gramegna F., Griesmayer E., Gunsing F., Jenkins D., Jericha E., Kadi Y., Käppeler F., Karadimos D., Kroll J., Krtička M., Lebbos E., Lederer C., Leeb H., Losito R., Lozano M., Manousos A., Marganiec J., Marrone S., Martinez T., Massimi C., Mastinu P., Meaze M., Mengoni A., Milazzo P., Paradela C., Pavlik A., Perkowski J., Plag R., Praena J., Quesada J., Rauscher T., Reifarth R., Roman F., Rubbia C., Sarmento R., Tagliente G., Tain J., Tarrío D., Tassan-Got L., Tsinganis A., Vannini G., Variale V., Vaz P., Ventura A., Vermeullen M., Vlachoudis V., Vlastou R., Wallner A., Ware T., Weiß C., Wright T., 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: Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Fission, TOTAL ABSORPTION CALORIMETER, Nuclear physics, Neutrons--Captura, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Neutrons--Capture, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear fusion, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Isotopes of uranium, Fissile material, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, MicroMegas detector, Uranium-236, TIME-OF-FLIGHT, NEUTRON-INDUCED REACTIONS, MICROMEGAS, Física nuclear
Abstract: The measurement of the capture cross-section of fissile elements, of utmost importance for the design of innovative nuclear reactors and the management of nuclear waste, faces particular difficulties related to the $ \gamma$ -ray background generated in the competing fission reactions. At the CERN neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF we have combined the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) capture detector with a set of three 235U loaded MicroMegas (MGAS) fission detectors for measuring simultaneously two reactions: capture and fission. The results presented here include the determination of the three detection efficiencies involved in the process: $\ensuremath \varepsilon_{TAC}(n,f)$ , $\ensuremath \varepsilon_{TAC}(n,\gamma)$ and $\ensuremath \varepsilon_{MGAS}(n,f)$ . In the test measurement we have succeeded in measuring simultaneously with a high total efficiency the 235U capture and fission cross-sections, disentangling accurately the two types of reactions. The work presented here proves that accurate capture cross-section measurements of fissile isotopes are feasible at n_TOF.
Published: 2012
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40. High accuracy 234U(n,f) cross section in the resonance energy region

Author: A. R. García, A. Mallick, G. Vannini, N. Kivel, E. Chiaveri, D. Cano-Ott, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Brugger, Gilles Noguere, M. Weigand, F. Belloni, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, P. Gurusamy, C. Domingo-Pardo, Rene Reifarth, Vittorio Boccone, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, A. Hernández-Prieto, G. Cortes, I. F. Gonçalves, A. Riego, Alfredo Ferrari, D. Tarrío, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Eleftheriadis, T. Wright, M. Kokkoris, Thomas Rauscher, F. Cerutti, M. Meaze, M. J. Vermeulen, A. Manousos, P. Vaz, D. Karadimos, D. G. Jenkins, Srinivasan Ganesan, P. Schillebeeckx, Alberto Ventura, S. Altstadt, C. Le Naour, R. Vlastou, E. González-Romero, M. P. W. Chin, G. Tagliente, Luiz Leal, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Christoph Langer, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, V. Bécares, Alberto Mengoni, J. Billowes, Damir Bosnar, Mario Barbagallo, D. Schumann, Y. Kadi, E. Jericha, W. Mondelaers, F. Käppeler, F. Roman, Javier Praena, E. Mendoza, I. Duran, S. Valenta, M. S. Robles, Marco Calviani, K. Fraval, V. Variale, C. Lederer, Roberto Versaci, M. Diakaki, M. Mastromarco, C. Weiß, F. Bečvář, A. Saxena, M. Krtička, C. Carrapiço, Anton Wallner, Jeri Kroll, R. Dressler, J. L. Tain, R. Sarmento, S. Schmidt, T. Martinez, T. Ware, E. Griesmayer, A. J. M. Plompen, J. Marganiec, Petar Žugec, P. F. Mastinu, E. Berthoumieux, L. Audouin, Carlos Guerrero, C. Paradela, M. Mirea, A. Tsinganis, Nicola Colonna, L.S. Leong, R. Losito, F. Mingrone, J. Andrzejewski, Carlo Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis, P. M. Milazzo, G. Giubrone, F. Gunsing, Cristian Massimi, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, J. Perkowski, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Leal-Cidoncha, E., Durán, I., Paradela, C., Tassan-Got, L., Audouin, L., Leal, L.C., Naour, C. Le, Noguere, G., Tarrío, D., Leong, L.S., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Gonçalves, I.F., González-Romero, E., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Gurusamy, P., Hernández-Prieto, A., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karadimos, D., Kivel, N., Kokkoris, M., Krtička, M., Kroll, J., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Losito, R., Mallick, A., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P.F., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mingrone, F., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego, A., Robles, M.S., Roman, F., Rubbia, C., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Versaci, R., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiß, C., Wright, T., Ugec, P., Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, n_TOF, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay ( IPNO ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire ( IRSN ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers ( IRFU ), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Fission, nTOF, QC1-999, Analytical chemistry, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Fissió nuclear, Subatomär fysik, Cross section (physics), Physics and Astronomy (all), Nuclear magnetic resonance, Neutron flux, Subatomic Physics, 0103 physical sciences, CERN, ddc:530, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Chemistry, Physics, Nuclear fission, 13. Climate action, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: New results are presented of the 234U neutron-induced fission cross section, obtained with high accuracy in the resonance region by means of two methods using the 235U(n,f) as reference. The recent evaluation of the 235U(n,f) obtained with SAMMY by L. C. Leal et al. (these Proceedings), based on previous n-TOF data [1], has been used to calculate the 234U(n,f) cross section through the 234U/235U ratio, being here compared with the results obtained by using the n-TOF neutron flux. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.
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41. High precision measurement of the radiative capture cross section of 238U at the n_TOF CERN facility

Author: I. Duran, Rugard Dressler, A. Mallick, M. Kokkoris, G. Vannini, S. Valenta, D. G. Jenkins, W. Mondelaers, Marco Calviani, A. Tsinganis, M. B. Gómez-Hornillos, Nicola Colonna, Christoph Langer, V. Variale, Vasilis Vlachoudis, M. Krtička, G. Giubrone, Jeri Kroll, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Javier Praena, T. Martinez, A. K. Saxena, A. Goverdovski, Srinivasan Ganesan, T. Ware, Arnaud Ferrari, J. Marganiec, G. Cortes, E. Griesmayer, D. Tarrío, J. Andrzejewski, E. Chiaveri, Damir Bosnar, Y. Kadi, P. F. Mastinu, J. Billowes, A. Hernández-Prieto, L. S. Leong, Mario Weigand, Mario Barbagallo, Petar Žugec, Tanja Heftrich, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, F. Cerutti, P. E. Koehler, A. Riego-Perez, G. Tagliente, C. Carrapiço, F. Gunsing, Roberto Losito, Rene Reifarth, M. J. Vermeulen, Kathrin Göbel, Stefan Schmidt, S. Altstadt, A. J. M. Plompen, Cristian Massimi, E. Jericha, K. Fraval, Vittorio Boccone, Jan Heyse, J. M. Quesada, L. Tassan-Got, C. Paradela, P. V. Sedyshev, L. Audouin, Dorothea Schumann, M. Mirea, F. Mingrone, C. Weiss, J. A. Ryan, C. Lederer, F. Calviño, H. Leeb, V. Bécares, J. Perkowski, Carlos Guerrero, Tatsuya Katabuchi, M. Mastromarco, P. M. Milazzo, J. Lerendegui-Marco, Anton Wallner, F. Bečvář, R. Sarmento, E. Mendoza, R. Vlastou, E. Berthoumieux, I. F. Gonçalves, Peter Schillebeeckx, Fabio Belloni, V. Furman, T. J. Wright, A. R. García, M. Brugger, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Eleftheriadis, Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia, Thomas Rauscher, D. Karadimos, A. Mengoni, M. P. W. Chin, V. Ketlerov, C. Lampoudis, A. Pavlik, C. Domingo-Pardo, P. Vaz, Alberto Ventura, M. S. Robles, D. Cano-Ott, M. Diakaki, A. Manousos, V. Khryachkov, E. González, F. Käppeler, C. Rubbia, J. L. Tain, Niko Kivel, Mingrone, F., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Barbagallo, M., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., Brugger, M., Calviño, F., Calviani, M., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., Chin, M., Colonna, N., Cortés, G., Cortés-Giraldo, M.A., Diakaki, M., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dressler, R., Durán, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Ferrari, A., Fraval, K., Furman, V., Göbel, K., Gómez-Hornillos, M.B., Ganesan, S., García, A.R., Giubrone, G., Gonçalves, I.F., González, E., Goverdovski, A., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Heftrich, T., Hernández-Prieto, A., Heyse, J., Jenkins, D.G., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Karadimos, D., Katabuchi, T., Ketlerov, V., Khryachkov, V., Kivel, N., Koehler, P., Kokkoris, M., Kroll, J., Krtička, M., Lampoudis, C., Langer, C., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Lederer, C., Leeb, H., Leong, L.S., Lerendegui-Marco, J., Losito, R., Mallick, A., Manousos, A., Marganiec, J., Martínez, T., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mastromarco, M., Mendoza, E., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Mirea, M., Mondelaers, W., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Perkowski, J., Plompen, A.J.M., Praena, J., Quesada, J.M., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Riego-Perez, A., Robles, M., Rubbia, C., Ryan, J.A., Sabaté-Gilarte, M., Sarmento, R., Saxena, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Schmidt, S., Schumann, D., Sedyshev, P., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tarifeño-Saldivia, A., Tarrío, D., Tassan-Got, L., Tsinganis, A., Valenta, S., Vannini, G., Variale, V., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Vermeulen, M.J., Vlachoudis, V., Vlastou, R., Wallner, A., Ware, T., Weigand, M., Weiss, C., Wright, T., Ž Ugec, P., 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, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, 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 Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, nTOF, QC1-999, Neutron, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Physics and Astronomy (all), Nuclear reactors, Reactors nuclears, 0103 physical sciences, Thermal, CERN, ddc:530, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, 010306 general physics, Physics, Energies::Energia nuclear [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Neutrons, Range (particle radiation), Large Hadron Collider, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cross section, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Radiative capture, Nuclear energy, Energia nuclear, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: The importance of improving the accuracy on the capture cross-section of 238U has been addressed by the Nuclear Energy Agency, since its uncertainty significantly affects the uncertainties of key design parameters for both fast and thermal nuclear reactors. Within the 7th framework programme ANDES of the European Commission three different measurements have been carried out with the aim of providing the 238U(n,γ) cross-section with an accuracy which varies from 1 to 5%, depending on the energy range. Hereby the final results of the measurement performed at the n-TOF CERN facility in a wide energy range from 1 eV to 700 keV will be presented. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.
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