Publikationen

The Neutron Time-Of-Flight Facility n_TOF At CERN: Phase II

Autor(en)
Frank Gunsing, Samuel Andriamonje, J Andrzejewski, Ludmila Audouin, Vicente Bécares, Frantisek Becvar, Fabio Belloni, B Berthier, E Berthoumieux, Markus Brugger, M Calviani, Francisco Calvino, Daniel Cano Ott, C. Carrapico, Paolo Cennini, Fabio Cerutti, E Chiaveri, M. Chin, N Colonna, Guillem Cortes Rossell, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, Iris Dillmann, César Domingo-Pardo, I Duran-Escribano, 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, Sotirios Harrisopulos, Michael Heil, K G Ioannides, E Jericha, Yacine Kadi, Franz Käppeler, Dimitrios Karadimos, M Kritcka, Elias Lebbos, Claudia Lederer, Helmut Leeb, Roberto Losito, Manuel Luis Lozano Leyva, 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, 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, Gianni Vannini, Vincenzo Variale, Pedro Vaz, A Ventura, Vassilis Vlachoudis, R Vlastou, Zdenek Vykydal, Anton Wallner, C. Weiß
Abstrakt

Neutron-induced reactions are studied at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. The facility uses 6~ns wide pulses of 20 GeV/c protons impinging on a lead spallation target. The large neutron energy range and the high instantaneous neutron flux combined with high resolution are among the key characteristics of the facility. After a first phase of data taking during the period 2001-2004, the facility has been refurbished with an upgraded spallation target and cooling system for a second phase of data taking which started in 2009. Since 2010, the experimental area at 185 m where the neutron beam arrives, has been modified into a worksector of type A, allowing the extension of the physics program to include neutron-induced reactions on radioactive isotopes.

Organisation(en)
Isotopenphysik
Externe Organisation(en)
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), University of Lodz, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPN), Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnológica, Charles University Prague, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Roma, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, Technische Universität München, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Universitat de València, National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos (NCSR), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, University of Ioannina, Technische Universität Wien, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Universität Basel, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Università degli studi di Pavia, Instituto Superior Técnico, Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU)
Seiten
547-551
Anzahl der Seiten
5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3586160
Publikationsdatum
2011
ÖFOS 2012
103005 Atomphysik, 103004 Astrophysik
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/the-neutron-timeofflight-facility-ntof-at-cern-phase-ii(16c175ad-377c-4cb4-bd6b-739a50b020b2).html