New perspectives for neutron capture measurements in the upgraded CERN-n_TOF Facility

J. Lerendegui-Marco; A. Casanovas; V. Alcayne; O. Aberle; S. Altieri; S. Amaducci; J. Andrzejewski; V. Babiano-Suarez; M. Bacak; J. Balibrea; C. Beltrami; S. Bennett; A. P. Bernardes; E. Berthoumieux; M. Boromiza; D. Bosnar; M. Caamaño; F. Calviño; M. Calviani; D. Cano-Ott; F. Cerutti; G. Cescutti; S. Chasapoglou; E. Chiaveri; P. Colombetti; N. Colonna; P. Console Camprini; G. Cortés; M. A. Cortés-Giraldo; L. Cosentino; S. Cristallo; S. Dellmann; M. Di Castro; S. Di Maria; M. Diakaki; M. Dietz; C. Domingo-Pardo; R. Dressler; E. Dupont; I. Durán; Z. Eleme; S. Fargier; B. Fernández; B. Fernández-Domínguez; P. Finocchiaro; S. Fiore; V. Furman; F. García-Infantes; A. Gawlik-Ramiega; G. Gervino; S. Gilardoni; E. González-Romero; C. Guerrero; F. Gunsing; C. Gustavino; J. Heyse; W. Hillman; D. G. Jenkins; E. Jericha; A. Junghans; Y. Kadi; K. Kaperoni; G. Kaur; A. Kimura; I. Knapová; M. Kokkoris; Y. Kopatch; M. Krtička; N. Kyritsis; I. Ladarescu; C. Lederer-Woods; G. Lerner; A. Manna; T. Martínez; A. Masi; C. Massimi; P. Mastinu; M. Mastromarco; E. A. Maugeri; A. Mazzone; E. Mendoza; A. Mengoni; V. Michalopoulou; P. M. Milazzo; R. Mucciola; F. Murtas†; E. Musacchio-Gonzalez; A. Musumarra; A. Negret; A. Pérez de Rada; P. Pérez-Maroto; N. Patronis; J. A. Pavón-Rodríguez; M. G. Pellegriti; J. Perkowski; C. Petrone; E. Pirovano; J. Plaza; S. Pomp; I. Porras; J. Praena; J. M. Quesada; R. Reifarth; D. Rochman; Y. Romanets; C. Rubbia; A. Sánchez; M. Sabaté-Gilarte; P. Schillebeeckx; D. Schumann; A. Sekhar; A. G. Smith; N. V. Sosnin; M. E. Stamati; A. Sturniolo; G. Tagliente; D. Tarrío; P. Torres-Sánchez; S. Urlass; E. Vagena; S. Valenta; V. Variale; P. Vaz; G. Vecchio; D. Vescovi; V. Vlachoudis; R. Vlastou; T. Wallner; P. J. Woods; T. Wright; R. Zarrella; P. Žugec

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202328401028

All issues

Volume 284 (2023)

EPJ Web of Conf., 284 (2023) 01028

Abstract

Open Access

Issue		EPJ Web of Conf. Volume 284, 2023 15^th International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (ND2022)


Article Number		01028
Number of page(s)		6
Section		Nuclear Reaction Measurements
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328401028
Published online		26 May 2023

EPJ Web of Conferences 284, 01028 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328401028

New perspectives for neutron capture measurements in the upgraded CERN-n_TOF Facility

J. Lerendegui-Marco¹, A. Casanovas², V. Alcayne³, O. Aberle⁴, S. Altieri⁵, S. Amaducci⁶, J. Andrzejewski⁷, V. Babiano-Suarez¹, M. Bacak⁴, J. Balibrea¹, C. Beltrami⁵, S. Bennett⁸, A. P. Bernardes⁴, E. Berthoumieux⁹, M. Boromiza¹⁰, D. Bosnar¹¹, M. Caamaño¹², F. Calviño², M. Calviani⁴, D. Cano-Ott³, F. Cerutti⁴, G. Cescutti¹³^,14, S. Chasapoglou¹⁵, E. Chiaveri⁴^,8, P. Colombetti¹⁶, N. Colonna¹⁷, P. Console Camprini¹⁸, G. Cortés², M. A. Cortés-Giraldo¹⁹, L. Cosentino⁶, S. Cristallo²⁰^,21, S. Dellmann²², M. Di Castro⁴, S. Di Maria²³, M. Diakaki¹⁵, M. Dietz²⁴, C. Domingo-Pardo¹, R. Dressler²⁵, E. Dupont⁹, I. Durán¹², Z. Eleme²⁶, S. Fargier⁴, B. Fernández¹⁹, B. Fernández-Domínguez¹², P. Finocchiaro⁶, S. Fiore²⁷, V. Furman²⁸, F. García-Infantes²⁹, A. Gawlik-Ramiega⁷, G. Gervino¹⁶, S. Gilardoni⁴, E. González-Romero³, C. Guerrero¹⁹, F. Gunsing⁹, C. Gustavino³⁰, J. Heyse³¹, W. Hillman⁸, D. G. Jenkins³², E. Jericha³³, A. Junghans³⁴, Y. Kadi⁴, K. Kaperoni¹⁵, G. Kaur⁹, A. Kimura³⁵, I. Knapová³⁶, M. Kokkoris¹⁵, Y. Kopatch²⁸, M. Krtička³⁶, N. Kyritsis¹⁵, I. Ladarescu¹, C. Lederer-Woods³⁷, G. Lerner⁴, A. Manna¹⁸^,38, T. Martínez³, A. Masi⁴, C. Massimi¹⁸^,38, P. Mastinu³⁹, M. Mastromarco¹⁷^,40, E. A. Maugeri²⁵, A. Mazzone¹⁷^,41, E. Mendoza³, A. Mengoni²⁷, V. Michalopoulou¹⁵, P. M. Milazzo¹³, R. Mucciola²⁰, F. Murtas†³⁰, E. Musacchio-Gonzalez³⁹, A. Musumarra¹⁸, A. Negret¹⁰, A. Pérez de Rada³, P. Pérez-Maroto¹⁹, N. Patronis²⁶, J. A. Pavón-Rodríguez¹⁹, M. G. Pellegriti¹⁸, J. Perkowski⁷, C. Petrone¹⁰, E. Pirovano²⁴, J. Plaza³, S. Pomp⁴², I. Porras²⁹, J. Praena²⁹, J. M. Quesada¹⁹, R. Reifarth²², D. Rochman²⁵, Y. Romanets²³, C. Rubbia⁴, A. Sánchez³, M. Sabaté-Gilarte⁴, P. Schillebeeckx³¹, D. Schumann²⁵, A. Sekhar⁸, A. G. Smith⁸, N. V. Sosnin³⁷, M. E. Stamati²⁶, A. Sturniolo¹⁶, G. Tagliente¹⁷, D. Tarrío⁴², P. Torres-Sánchez²⁹, S. Urlass³⁴^,4, E. Vagena²⁶, S. Valenta³⁶, V. Variale¹⁷, P. Vaz²³, G. Vecchio⁶, D. Vescovi²², V. Vlachoudis⁴, R. Vlastou¹⁵, T. Wallner³⁴, P. J. Woods³⁷, T. Wright⁸, R. Zarrella¹⁸^,38, P. Žugec¹¹ and the n_TOF Collaboration

¹ Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Valencia, Spain
² Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
³ Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
⁴ European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
⁵ Laboratori Nazionali di Pavia, Italy
⁶ INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
⁷ University of Lodz, Poland
⁸ University of Manchester, United Kingdom
⁹ CEA Irfu, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
¹⁰ Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
¹¹ Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
¹² University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
¹³ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, Italy
¹⁴ Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy
¹⁵ National Technical University of Athens, Greece
¹⁶ Laboratori Nazionali di Torino, Italy
¹⁷ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Italy
¹⁸ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Italy
¹⁹ Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
²⁰ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, Italy
²¹ Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo, Italy
²² Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
²³ Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
²⁴ Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
²⁵ Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
²⁶ University of Ioannina, Greece
²⁷ Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie (ENEA), Bologna, Italy
²⁸ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
²⁹ University of Granada, Spain
³⁰ Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy
³¹ European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium
³² University of York, United Kingdom
³³ TU Wien, Atominstitut, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Wien, Austria
³⁴ Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany
³⁵ Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-Mura, Japan
³⁶ Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
³⁷ School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
³⁸ Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Italy
³⁹ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Legnaro, Italy
⁴⁰ Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
⁴¹ Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy
⁴² Uppsala University, Sweden

Published online: 26 May 2023

Abstract

The n_TOF facility has just undergone in 2021 a major upgrade with the installation of its third generation spallation target that has been designed to optimize the performance of the two n_TOF time-of-flight lines. This contribution describes the key features and limitations for capture measurements in the two beam lines prior to the target upgrade and presents first results of (n,γ) measurements carried out as part of the commissioning of the upgraded facility. In particular, the energy resolution, a key factor for both increasing the signal-to-background ratio and obtaining accurate resonance parameters, has been clearly improved for the 20 m long vertical beam-line with the new target design while keeping the remarkably high resolution of the long beamline n_TOF-EAR1. The improvements in the n_TOF neutron beam-lines need to be accompanied by improvements in the instrumentation. A review is given on recent detector R&D projects aimed at tackling the existing challenges and further improving the capabilities of this facility.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.