The CERN n_TOF NEAR station for astrophysics- and application-related neutron activation measurements
| Title: | The CERN n_TOF NEAR station for astrophysics- and application-related neutron activation measurements |
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| Authors: | Patronis, N.; Mengoni, A.; Colonna, N.; Cecchetto, M.; Lerendegui-Marco, J.; Aberle, O.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Gervino, G.; Stamati, M. E.; Goula, S.; Bernardes, A. P.; Mastromarco, M.; Manna, A.; Vlastou, R.; Massimi, C.; Calviani, M.; Alcayne, V.; Altieri, S.; Amaducci, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Babiano-Suarez, V.; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Beltrami, C.; Bennett, S.; Berthoumieux, E.; Boromiza, M.; Bosnar, D.; Caamano, M.; Calvino, F.; Cano-Ott, D.; Casanovas, A.; Cerutti, F.; Cescutti, G.; Chasapoglou, S.; Chiaveri, E.; Colombetti, P.; Camprini, P. Console; Cortes, G.; Cortes-Giraldo, M. A.; Cosentino, L.; Cristallo, S.; Dellmann, S.; Di Castro, M.; Di Maria, S.; Diakaki, M.; Dietz, M.; Dressler, R.; Dupont, E.; Duran, I.; Eleme, Z.; Fargier, S.; Fernandez, B.; Fernandez-Dominguez, B.; Finocchiaro, P.; Fiore, S.; Furman, V.; Garcia-Infantes, F.; Gawlik-Ramiega, A.; Gilardoni, S.; Gonzalez-Romero, E.; Guerrero, C.; Gunsing, F.; Gustavino, C.; Heyse, J.; Hillman, W.; Jenkins, D. G.; Jericha, E.; Junghans, A.; Kadi, Y.; Kaperoni, K.; Kaur, G.; Kimura, A.; Knapova, I.; Kokkoris, M.; Kopatch, Y.; Krticka, M.; Kyritsis, N.; Ladarescu, I.; Lederer-Woods, C.; Lerner, G.; Martinez, T.; Masi, A.; Mastinu, P.; Maugeri, E. A.; Mazzone, A.; Mendoza, E.; Michalopoulou, V.; Milazzo, P. M.; Mucciola, R.; Murtas, F.; Musacchio-Gonzalez, E.; Musumarra, A.; Negret, A.; de Rada, A. Perez; Perez-Maroto, P.; Pavon-Rodriguez, J. A.; Pellegriti, M. G.; Perfetto, G.; Perkowski, J.; Petrone, C.; Pirovano, E.; Plaza, J.; Pomp, Stephan; Porras, I.; Praena, J.; Quesada, J. M.; Reifarth, R.; Rochman, D.; Romanets, Y.; Rubbia, C.; Sanchez, A.; Sabate-Gilarte, M.; Schillebeeckx, P.; Schumann, D.; Sekhar, A.; Smith, A. G.; Sosnin, N. V.; Sturniolo, A.; Tagliente, G.; Saldivia, A. Tarifeno; Tarrío, Diego; Torres-Sanchez, P.; Urlass, S.; Vagena, E.; Valenta, S.; Variale, V.; Vaz, P.; Vecchio, G.; Vescovi, D.; Vlachoudis, V.; Wallner, T.; Woods, P. J.; Wright, T.; Zarrella, R.; Zugec, P. |
| Publisher Information: | Uppsala universitet, Tillämpad kärnfysik; Univ Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.;CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.; CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.;ENEA, Bologna, Italy.; INFN, Sez Bari, Bari, Italy.; CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.; Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Valencia, Spain.; Univ Torino, Dipartimento Fis, Turin, Italy.;INFN, Sez Torino, Turin, Italy.; Univ Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.; INFN, Sez Bari, Bari, Italy.;Univ Bari, Dip Interateneo Fis, Bari, Italy.; INFN, Sez Bologna, Bologna, Italy.; Natl Tech Univ Athens, Athens, Greece.; INFN, Sez Bologna, Bologna, Italy.;Univ Bologna, Dip Fis & Astron, Bologna, Italy.; Ctr Invest Energet Medioambientales & Tecnol CIEM, Madrid, Spain.; INFN, Pavia, Italy.;Univ Pavia, Pavia, Italy.; INFN, Lab Nazl Sud, Catania, Italy.; Univ Lodz, Lodz, Poland.; Univ Manchester, Manchester, England.; Univ Paris Saclay, CEA Irfu, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France.; Horia Hulubei Natl Inst Phys & Nucl Engn, Magurele, Romania.; Univ Zagreb, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Zagreb, Croatia.; Univ Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain.; Univ Politecn Cataluna, Terrassa, Spain.; INFN, Sez Trieste, Trieste, Italy.;INAF, Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Trieste, Italy.; Univ Seville, Seville, Spain.; INFN, Sez Perugia, Perugia, Italy.;INAF, Osservatorio Astron Teramo, Teramo, Italy.; Goethe Univ, Frankfurt, Germany.; Inst Super Tecn, Lisbon, Portugal.; Phys Tech Bundesanstalt PTB, Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany.; Paul Scherrer Inst PSI, Villigen, Switzerland.; ENEA, Frascati, Italy.; Joint Inst Nucl Res JINR, Dubna, Russia.; Univ Granada, Granada, Spain. INFN, Sez Roma, Rome, Italy.; European Commiss, Joint Res Ctr JRC, Geel, Belgium.; Univ York, York, England.; TU Wien, Atominst, Stadionallee 2, A-1020 Vienna, Austria.; Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.; Japan Atom Energy Agcy JAEA, Tokai, Japan.; Charles Univ Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.; Univ Edinburgh, Sch Phys & Astron, Edinburgh, Scotland.; INFN, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy.; CNR, Bari, Italy.; INFN, Sez Trieste, Trieste, Italy.; INFN, Sez Perugia, Perugia, Italy.; INFN, Lab Nazl Frascati, Frascati, Italy.; Univ Catania, Dept Phys & Astron, Catania, Italy.;Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, Catania, Italy.; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, Catania, Italy.; Univ Torino, Dipartimento Fis, Turin, Italy.; Univ Bologna, Dip Fis & Astron, Bologna, Italy. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Collection: | Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) |
| Subject Terms: | Subatomic Physics; Subatomär fysik |
| Description: | A new experimental area, the NEAR station, has recently been built at the CERN n_TOF facility, at a short distance from the spallation target (3 m). The new area, characterized by a neutron beam of very high flux, has been designed with the purpose of performing activation measurements of interest for astrophysics and various applications. The beam is transported from the spallation target to the NEAR station through a hole in the shielding wall of the target, inside which a collimator is inserted. The new area is complemented with a γ-ray spectroscopy laboratory, the GEAR station, equipped with a high-efficiency HPGe detector, for the measurement of the activity resulting from irradiation of a sample in the NEAR station. The use of a moderator/filter assembly is envisaged, in order to produce a neutron beam with quasi-Maxwellian energy distribution, of different thermal energies, necessary for the determination of Maxwellian Averaged Cross Sections of astrophysical interest. A new fast-cycling activation technique is also being investigated for measurements of reactions leading to isotopes of very short half life. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | European Physical Journal A, 1434-6001, 2025, 61; ISI:001576892200001 |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01674-7 |
| Availability: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-569209; https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01674-7 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.98232CD0 |
| Database: | BASE |