The n_TOF NEAR Station Commissioning and first physics case

M. E. Stamati; P. Torres-Sánchez; P. Pérez-Maroto; M. Cecchetto; S. Goula; M. Mastromarco; S. Chasapoglou; C. Beltrami; D. Chiesa; A. Manna; R. Mucciola; N. Patronis; J. Praena; C. Guerrero; N. Colonna; A. Mengoni; C. Massimi; O. Aberle; V. Alcayne; S. Altieri; S. Amaducci; H. Amar Es-Sghir; J. Andrzejewski; V. Babiano-Suarez; M. Bacak; J. Balibrea; S. Bennett; A. P. Bernardes; E. Berthoumieux; D. Bosnar; M. Busso; M. Caamaño; F. Calviño; M. Calviani; D. Cano-Ott; A. Casanovas; D. M. Castelluccio; F. Cerutti; G. Cescutti; E. Chiaveri; P. Colombetti; P. C. Console Camprini; G. Cortés; M. A. Cortés-Giraldo; L. Cosentino; S. Cristallo; M. Di Castro; D. Diacono; M. Diakaki; M. Dietz; C. Domingo-Pardo; R. Dressler; E. Dupont; I. Durán; Z. Eleme; S. Fargier; B. Fernández-Domínguez; P. Finocchiaro; S. Fiore; V. Furman; F. García-Infantes; A. Gawlik-Ramięga; G. Gervino; S. Gilardoni; E. González-Romero; F. Gunsing; C. Gustavino; J. Heyse; D. G. Jenkins; E. Jericha; A. Junghans; Y. Kadi; T. Katabuchi; T. Katabuchi; I. Knapová; M. Kokkoris; Y. Kopatch; M. Krticka; D. Kurtulgil; I. Ladarescu; C. Lederer-Woods; J. Lerendegui-Marco; G. Lerner; T. Martínez; A. Masi; P. Mastinu; F. Matteucci; E. A. Maugeri; A. Mazzone; E. Mendoza; V. Michalopoulou; P. M. Milazzo; F. Murtas; E. Musacchio-Gonzalez; A. Musumarra; A. Negret; A. Oprea; J. A. Pavón-Rodríguez; M. G. Pellegriti; J. Perkowski; C. Petrone; L. Piersanti; E. Pirovano; S. Pomp; I. Porras; N. Protti; J. M. Quesada; T. Rauscher; R. Reifarth; D. Rochman; Y. Romanets; F. Romano; C. Rubbia; A. Sánchez; M. Sabaté-Gilarte; P. Schillebeeckx; D. Schumann; A. Sekhar; A. G. Smith; N. V. Sosnin; M. Spelta; G. Tagliente; A. Tarifeño-Saldivia; D. Taríro; N. Terranova; S. Urlass; S. Valenta; V. Variale; P. Vaz; D. Vescovi; V. Vlachoudis; R. Vlastou; A. Wallner; P. J. Woods; T. Wright; P. Žugec

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202328406009

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EPJ Web of Conf., 284 (2023) 06009

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


Article Number		06009
Number of page(s)		7
Section		Experimental Facilities
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328406009
Published online		26 May 2023

EPJ Web of Conferences 284, 06009 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328406009

The n_TOF NEAR Station Commissioning and first physics case

M. E. Stamati¹^,2, P. Torres-Sánchez³, P. Pérez-Maroto⁴, M. Cecchetto², S. Goula¹, M. Mastromarco⁵^,6, S. Chasapoglou⁷, C. Beltrami⁸, D. Chiesa⁹^,10, A. Manna¹¹^,12, R. Mucciola¹³^,14, N. Patronis¹, J. Praena²^,3, C. Guerrero⁴, N. Colonna⁵, A. Mengoni¹⁵^,11, C. Massimi¹¹^,12, O. Aberle², V. Alcayne¹⁶, S. Altieri⁸^,17, S. Amaducci¹⁸, H. Amar Es-Sghir³, J. Andrzejewski¹⁹, V. Babiano-Suarez²⁰, M. Bacak², J. Balibrea²⁰, S. Bennett²¹, A. P. Bernardes², E. Berthoumieux²², D. Bosnar²³, M. Busso¹³^,14, M. Caamaño²⁴, F. Calviño²⁵, M. Calviani², D. Cano-Ott¹⁶, A. Casanovas²⁰, D. M. Castelluccio¹⁵^,11, F. Cerutti², G. Cescutti²⁶^,27, E. Chiaveri²^,21, P. Colombetti²⁸^,29, P. C. Console Camprini¹⁵^,11, G. Cortés²⁵, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo⁴, L. Cosentino¹⁸, S. Cristallo¹³^,30, M. Di Castro², D. Diacono⁵, M. Diakaki⁷, M. Dietz³¹, C. Domingo-Pardo²⁰, R. Dressler³², E. Dupont²², I. Durán²⁴, Z. Eleme¹, S. Fargier², B. Fernández-Domínguez²⁴, P. Finocchiaro¹⁸, S. Fiore¹⁵^,33, V. Furman³⁴, F. García-Infantes³^,2, A. Gawlik-Ramięga¹⁹, G. Gervino²⁸^,29, S. Gilardoni², E. González-Romero¹⁶, F. Gunsing²², C. Gustavino³³, J. Heyse³⁵, D. G. Jenkins³⁶, E. Jericha³⁷, A. Junghans³⁸, Y. Kadi², T. Katabuchi³⁹, T. Katabuchi³⁹, I. Knapová⁴⁰, M. Kokkoris⁷, Y. Kopatch³⁴, M. Krticka⁴⁰, D. Kurtulgil⁴¹, I. Ladarescu²⁰, C. Lederer-Woods⁴², J. Lerendegui-Marco²⁰, G. Lerner², T. Martínez¹⁶, A. Masi², P. Mastinu⁴³, F. Matteucci²⁶^,27, E. A. Maugeri³², A. Mazzone⁵^,44, E. Mendoza¹⁶, V. Michalopoulou⁷^,2, P. M. Milazzo²⁶, F. Murtas⁴⁵, E. Musacchio-Gonzalez⁴³, A. Musumarra⁴⁶^,47, A. Negret⁴⁶, A. Oprea⁴⁸, J. A. Pavón-Rodríguez², M. G. Pellegriti⁴⁶, J. Perkowski¹⁹, C. Petrone⁴⁸, L. Piersanti¹³^,30, E. Pirovano³¹, S. Pomp⁴⁹, I. Porras³, N. Protti⁸^,17, J. M. Quesada⁴, T. Rauscher⁵⁰, R. Reifarth⁴¹, D. Rochman³², Y. Romanets⁵¹, F. Romano⁴⁶, C. Rubbia², A. Sánchez¹⁶, M. Sabaté-Gilarte², P. Schillebeeckx³⁵, D. Schumann³², A. Sekhar²¹, A. G. Smith²¹, N. V. Sosnin⁴², M. Spelta¹¹^,12, G. Tagliente⁵, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia²⁵, D. Taríro⁴⁹, N. Terranova¹⁵^,45, S. Urlass³⁸^,2, S. Valenta⁴⁰, V. Variale⁵, P. Vaz⁵¹, D. Vescovi⁴¹, V. Vlachoudis², R. Vlastou⁷, A. Wallner⁵², P. J. Woods⁴², T. Wright²¹, P. Žugec²³ and n_TOF Collaboration

¹ University of Ioannina, Greece
² European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
³ University of Granada, Spain
⁴ Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
⁵ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Italy
⁶ Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
⁷ National Technical University of Athens, Greece
⁸ Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Italy
⁹ Università di Milano Bicocca, Italy
¹⁰ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
¹¹ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Italy
¹² Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Italy
¹³ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, Italy
¹⁴ Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università di Perugia, Italy
¹⁵ Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie (ENEA), Italy
¹⁶ Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
¹⁷ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, Italy
¹⁸ INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
¹⁹ University of Lodz, Poland
²⁰ Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Valencia, Spain
²¹ University of Manchester, United Kingdom
²² CEA Irfu, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
²³ Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
²⁴ University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
²⁵ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
²⁶ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, Italy
²⁷ Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Italy
²⁸ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, Italy
²⁹ Department of Physics, University of Torino, Italy
³⁰ Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico di Teramo, Italy
³¹ Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
³² Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
³³ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma1, Roma, Italy
³⁴ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
³⁵ European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium
³⁶ University of York, United Kingdom
³⁷ TU Wien, Atominstitut, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Wien, Austria
³⁸ Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany
³⁹ Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
⁴⁰ Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
⁴¹ Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
⁴² School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
⁴³ INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy
⁴⁴ Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy
⁴⁵ INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy
⁴⁶ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Italy
⁴⁷ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Italy
⁴⁸ Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
⁴⁹ Uppsala University, Sweden
⁵⁰ Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland
⁵¹ Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
⁵² Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

^* e-mail: pablotorres@ugr.es

Published online: 26 May 2023

Abstract

The NEAR Station is a new experimental area developed at the n_TOF Facility at CERN. The activation station of NEAR underwent a characterization of the beam following the installation of the new n_TOF Spallation Target. The commissioning of the neutron beam comprises a set of simulations made with the FLUKA code and experimental verification. The experimental determination of the neutron spectrum was made using activation techniques with three separate set-ups. Two set-ups were based on the Multi-foil Activation technique (MAM-1 and MAM-2), and the third set-up relied on the process of neutron moderation and activation of a single material (ANTILoPE). The three set-ups are presented. Also the present plans and future perspectives of the activation station of NEAR are discussed.

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