Measurement of the ²³⁸U radiative capture cross section with C₆D₆ at the CERN n_TOF facility

Author(s)

F. Mingrone, C. Massimi, S. Altstadt, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, M. Barbagallo, V. Bécares, F. Bečvář, F. Belloni, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, C. Carrapiço, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, M. Chin, N. Colonna, G. Cortés, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, I. Duran, R. Dressler, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Ferrari, K. Fraval, S. Ganesan, A. R. García, G. Giubrone, I. F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, A. Hernández-Prieto, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, Y. Kadi, F. Käppeler, D. Karadimos, N. Kivel, P. Koehler, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, J. Kroll, C. Lampoudis, C. Langer, E. Leal-Cidoncha, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, L. S. Leong, R. Losito, A. Mallick, A. Manousos, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, P. F. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, M. Mirea, W. Mondalaers, C. Paradela, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, A. Plompen, J. Praena, J. M. Quesada, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego, M. S. Robles, C. Rubbia, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, R. Sarmento, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, D. Schumann, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, D. Tarrío, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, M. J. Vermeulen, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, T. Ware, M. Weigand, C. Weiß, T. Wright, P. Žugec

Abstract

We present the preliminary results of the 238U(n,γ) reaction cross section measurement, performed on April 2012 at the CERN n TOF facility using C6D6 scintillation detectors over an energy range from thermal to 1 MeV. The goal of this measurement, which is part of a larger proposal, is to reach an uncertainty of 2% in the cross section. The experimental set-up and the methods used to obtain this result are described.

Organisation(s)

Isotope Physics, Basic Experimental Physics Training and University Didactics

External organisation(s)

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

Journal

Nuclear Data Sheets

Volume

119

Pages

18-21

No. of pages

4

ISSN

0090-3752

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2014.08.007

Publication date

05-2014

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103014 Nuclear physics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/f00e44b1-3f7c-4766-a8b4-8e6eecc74d90