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

Author(s)

N Colonna, Samuel Andriamonje, J Andrzejewski, Ludmila Audouin, Massimo Barbagallo, Vicente Bécares, Frantisek Becvar, Fabio Belloni, B Berthier, Eric Berthoumieux, Markus Brugger, M Calviani, Francisco Calvino, Daniel Cano Ott, C. Carrapico, Paolo Cennini, Fabio Cerutti, E Chiaveri, M. Chin, Guillem Cortes, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, I Dillmann, César Domingo-Pardo, I Duran, Manuel Fernández-Ordóñez, Arnaud Ferrari, K. Fraval, S. Ganesan, Y Giomataris, Giuseppe Giubrone, M. Belén Gómez Hornillo, Isabel Maria Ferro Goncalves, E Gonzalez-Romero, F Gramegna, Carlos Guerrero, Frank Gunsing, Sotirios Harrisopulos, Michael Heil, K G Ioannides, E Jericha, Yacine Kadi, Franz Käppeler, Dimitrios Karadimos, M Krticka, Claudia Lederer, Helmut Leeb, Roberto Losito, M Lozano, J Marganiec, S Marrone, Trinitario Martinez, Cristian Massimi, P F Mastinu, Moinul Haque Meaze, Emilio Mendoza, Alberto Mengoni, P M Milazzo, Marita Mosconi, R Nolte, Thomas Papaevangelou, Carlos Paradela, Andreas Pavlik, Jan Perkowski, Ralf Plag, A J M Plompen, Javier Praena, Jose Manuel Quesada Molina, Thomas Rauscher, Rene Reifarth, Francisco L. Roman, Carlo Rubbia, Raúl Sarmento, Giuseppe Tagliente, Jose Luis Tain, Diego Tarrio, Laurent Tassan-Got, Lukas Tlustos, Andrea Tsinganis, Gianni Vannini, Vincenzo Variale, Pedro Vaz, A Ventura, Vassilis Vlachoudis, R Vlastou, Zdenek Vykydal, Anton Wallner, C. Weiß

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.

Organisation(s)

Isotope Physics

External organisation(s)

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Roma, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), University of Lodz, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPN), Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnológica, Charles University Prague, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Nuclear and Technological Institute (ITN), Universidad de Sevilla, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Universitat de València, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Bhabha Atomic Research Center, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos (NCSR), GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, University of Ioannina, Technische Universität Wien, Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Reference Mat & Measurements, Universität Basel, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Instituto Superior Técnico, Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU)

Journal

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volume

269

Pages

3251-3257

No. of pages

7

ISSN

0168-583X

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2011.04.014

Publication date

2011

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103014 Nuclear physics, 103005 Atomic physics

Portal url

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/neutron-measurements-for-advanced-nuclear-systems-the-ntof-project-at-cern(9d145949-6c25-447b-9b85-f281bff05269).html