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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 239, 2020
ND 2019: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology
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Article Number | 17001 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
Section | Experimental Facilities, Equipment, Techniques and Methods | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023917001 | |
Published online | 30 September 2020 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023917001
Status and perspectives of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN
1 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
2 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
3 INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, ITALY
4 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, ITALY
5 University of Lodz, Poland
6 IPN, CNRS-IN2P3, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, FRANCE
7 Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Valencia, Spain
8 Technische Universität Wien, Austria
9 CEA Saclay, Irfu, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRANCE
10 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bari, ITALY
11 University of Manchester, United Kingdom
12 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
13 University of York, United Kingdom
14 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nazionale, Perugia, ITALY
15 Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università di Perugia, ITALY
16 University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
17 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
18 Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
19 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico d’Abruzzo, ITALY
20 Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, ITALY
21 National Technical University of Athens, Greece
22 School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
23 Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
24 Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
25 University of Ioannina, Greece
26 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
27 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
28 Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
29 European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Geel, Retieseweg 111, B-2440 Geel, Belgium
30 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany
31 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, IKP, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
32 Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-mura, Japan
33 Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
34 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, ITALY
35 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, ITALY
36 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Legnaro, ITALY
37 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, ITALY
38 Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Bologna, ITALY
39 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nazionale, Trieste, ITALY
40 Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest
41 University of Granada, Spain
42 University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna, Austria
43 Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India
44 Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, ITALY
45 Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Published online: 30 September 2020
Since the start of its operation in 2001, based on an idea of Prof. Carlo Rubbia [1], the neutron time of-flight facility of CERN, n_TOF, has become one of the most forefront neutron facilities in the world for wide-energy spectrum neutron cross section measurements. Thanks to the combination of excellent neutron energy resolution and high instantaneous neutron flux available in the two experimental areas, the second of which has been constructed in 2014, n_TOF is providing a wealth of new data on neutron-induced reactions of interest for nuclear astrophysics, advanced nuclear technologies and medical applications. The unique features of the facility will continue to be exploited in the future, to perform challenging new measurements addressing the still open issues and long-standing quests in the field of neutron physics. In this document the main characteristics of the n_TOF facility and their relevance for neutron studies in the different areas of research will be outlined, addressing the possible future contribution of n_TOF in the fields of nuclear astrophysics, nuclear technologies and medical applications. In addition, the future perspectives of the facility will be described including the upgrade of the spallation target, the setup of an imaging installation and the construction of a new irradiation area.
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