Neutron Research At The N_TOF Facility (CERN): Results And Perspectives

Author(s)

N. Colonna, S. Altstadt, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, M. Barbagallo, V. Becares, F. Becvar, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, V. Boccone, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Calviani, F. Calvino, D. Cano-Ott, C. Carrapico, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, M. Chin, G. Cortes, M. A. Cortes-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, N. Dzysiuk, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Ferrari, 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, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Kaeppeler, D. Karadimos, Paul Edward Koehler, M. Kokkoris, M. Krticka, J. Kroll, Christoph Langer, C. Lederer, Helmut Leeb, L. S. Leong, R. Losito, A. Manousos, J. Marganiec, T. Martinez, C. Massimi, P. F. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, M. Meaze, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, W. Mondalaers, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, A. Plompen, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego, F. Roman, C. Rubbia, R. Sarmento, P. Schillebeeckx, Schmidt Stefan, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, D. Tarrio, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, R. Versaci, M. J. Vermeulen, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, Anton Wallner, T. Ware, M. Weigand, C. Weiß, T. J. Wright, P. Zugec

Abstract

In the first ten years of operation, the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN has produced a large body of new and accurate data on neutron capture and fission cross sections, relevant to Nuclear Astrophysics and advanced nuclear technologies. In the next phase, with the construction of a second experimental area with a shorted flight path, the focus of the Collaboration will partially shift from high-resolution measurements of stable or long-lived isotopes, to high-flux measurements of isotopes of relatively short half-life, very low-cross sections, or available in very small quantities. The main results obtained so far at n_TOF and the future perspectives are here presented.

Organisation(s)

Isotope Physics

External organisation(s)

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, University of Lodz, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPN), Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnológica, IRFU CEA-Saclay laboratory , University of Manchester, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), University of Zagreb, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Universidad de Sevilla, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Universitat de València, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Roma, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Technische Universität Wien, University of York, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, University of Bologna, Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Reference Mat & Measurements, Universität Basel, Charles University Prague, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Pages

570-576

No. of pages

7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4802393

Publication date

2013

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103005 Atomic physics

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Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/a8c68ae7-8b40-4c0f-a53a-0a111404371a