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Integral measurement of the <sup>12</sup>C(n, p) <sup>12</sup>B reaction up to 10 GeV

Author(s)
P. Zugec, N. Colonna, D. Bosnar, A. Ventura, A. Mengoni, S. Altstadt, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, M. Barbagallo, V. Becares, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, V. Boccone, M. Brugger, M. Calviani, F. Calvino, D. Cano-Ott, C. Carrapico, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, M. Chin, G. Cortes, M. A. Cortes-Giraldo, L. Cosentino, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, I. Duran, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Ferrari, P. Finocchiaro, K. Fraval, S. Ganesan, A. R. Garcia, G. Giubrone, M. B. Gomez-Hornillos, I. F. Goncalves, E. Gonzalez-Romero, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, P. Gurusamy, S. Heinitz, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Kaeppeler, D. Karadimos, N. Kivel, M. Kokkoris, M. Krticka, J. Kroll, C. Langer, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, L. S. Leong, S. Lo Meo, R. Losito, A. Manousos, J. Marganiec, T. Martinez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, E. Mendoza, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, W. Mondalaers, A. Musumarra, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, A. Plompen, J. Praena, J. Quesada, 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. Tsinganis, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, R. Versaci, M. J. Vermeulen, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, T. Ware, M. Weigand, C. Weiss, T. Wright
Abstract

The integral measurement of the

12C(n, p)

12B reaction was performed at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. The total number of

12B nuclei produced per neutron pulse of the n_TOF beam was determined using the activation technique in combination with a time-of-flight technique. The cross section is integrated over the n_TOF neutron energy spectrum from reaction threshold at 13.6MeV to 10GeV. Having been measured up to 1GeV on basis of the

235U(n, f) reaction, the neutron energy spectrum above 200MeV has been re-evaluated due to the recent extension of the cross section reference for this particular reaction, which is otherwise considered a standard up to 200MeV. The results from the dedicated GEANT4 simulations have been used to evaluate the neutron flux from 1GeV up to 10GeV. The experimental results related to the

12C(n, p)

12B reaction are compared with the evaluated cross sections from major libraries and with the predictions of different GEANT4 models, which mostly underestimate the

12B production. On the contrary, a good reproduction of the integral cross section derived from measurements is obtained with TALYS-1.6 calculations, with optimized parameters.

Organisation(s)
Isotope Physics
External organisation(s)
University of Zagreb, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Roma, Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, University of Lodz, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPN), Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnológica, Charles University Prague, Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Reference Mat & Measurements, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), University of Manchester, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universidade de Lisboa, Universidad de Sevilla, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), Paul Scherrer Institute, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Technische Universität Wien, York University, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, University of Bologna, Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Università degli Studi di Catania, University of Hertfordshire, Universität Basel, Australian National University
Journal
European Physical Journal A
Volume
52
No. of pages
13
ISSN
1434-6001
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16101-7
Publication date
04-2016
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103014 Nuclear physics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/integral-measurement-of-the-12cn-p-12b-reaction-up-to-10-gev(f6acd14b-18f8-4639-90aa-5c50ab5ce315).html