Advances and new ideas for neutron-capture astrophysics experiments at CERN n_TOF
Abstract
This article presents a few selected developments and future ideas related to the measurement of data of astrophysical interest at CERN n_TOF. The MC-aided analysis methodology for the use of low-efficiency radiation detectors in time-of-flight neutron-capture measurements is discussed, with particular emphasis on the systematic accuracy. Several recent instrumental advances are also presented, such as the development of total-energy detectors with -ray imaging capability for background suppression, and the development of an array of small-volume organic scintillators aimed at exploiting the high instantaneous neutron-flux of EAR2. Finally, astrophysics prospects related to the intermediate neutron-capture process of nucleosynthesis are discussed in the context of the new NEAR activation area.
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@article{arxiv.2208.02163,
title = {Advances and new ideas for neutron-capture astrophysics experiments at CERN n_TOF},
author = {C. Domingo-Pardo and V. Babiano-Suarez and J. Balibrea-Correa and L. Caballero and I. Ladarescu and J. Lerendegui-Marco and J. L. Tain and A. Tarifeño-Saldivia and O. Aberle and V. Alcayne and S. Altieri and S. Amaducci and J. Andrzejewski and M. Bacak and C. Beltrami and S. Bennett and A. P. Bernardes and E. Berthoumieux and M. Boromiza and D. Bosnar and M. Caamaño and F. Calviño and M. Calviani and D. Cano-Ott and A. Casanovas and F. Cerutti and G. Cescutti and S. Chasapoglou and E. Chiaveri and N. M. Chiera and P. Colombetti and N. Colonna and P. Console Camprini and G. Cortés and M. A. Cortés-Giraldo and L. Cosentino and S. Cristallo and S. Dellmann and M. Di Castro and S. Di Maria and M. Diakaki and M. Dietz and R. Dressler and E. Dupont and I. Durán and Z. Eleme and S. Fargier and B. Fernández and B. Fernández-Domínguez and P. Finocchiaro and S. Fiore and V. Furman and F. García-Infantes and A. Gawlik-Ramiega and G. Gervino and S. Gilardoni and E. González-Romero and C. Guerrero and F. Gunsing and C. Gustavino0 and J. Heyse and W. Hillman and D. G. Jenkins and E. Jericha and A. Junghans and Y. Kadi and K. Kaperoni and F. Käppeler and G. Kaur and A. Kimura and I. Knapová and U. Koester and M. Kokkoris and Y. Kopatch and M. Krtička and N. Kyritsis and C. Lederer-Woods and G. Lerner and A. Manna and T. Martínez and A. Masi and C. Massimi and P. Mastinu and M. Mastromarco and E. A. Maugeri and A. Mazzone and E. Mendoza and A. Mengoni and P. M. Milazzo and I. Mönch and R. Mucciola and F. Murtas and E. Musacchio-Gonzalez and A. Musumarra and A. Negret and A. Pérez de Rada and P. Pérez-Maroto and N. Patronis and J. A. Pavón-Rodríguez and M. G. Pellegriti and J. Perkowski and C. Petrone and E. Pirovano and J. Plaza and S. Pomp and I. Porras and J. Praena and J. M. Quesada and R. Reifarth and D. Rochman and Y. Romanets and C. Rubbia and A. Sánchez and M. Sabaté-Gilarte and P. Schillebeeckx and D. Schumann and A. Sekhar and A. G. Smith and N. V. Sosnin and M. Stamati and A. Sturniolo and G. Tagliente and D. Tarrío and P. Torres-Sánchez and J. Turko and S. Urlass and E. Vagena and S. Valenta and V. Variale and P. Vaz and G. Vecchio and D. Vescovi and V. Vlachoudis and R. Vlastou and T. Wallner and P. J. Woods and T. Wright and R. Zarrella and P. Žugec},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.02163},
year = {2023}
}
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preprint submitted to the European Physical Journal A, 11 pages, 4 figures