The CERN n TOF NEAR station for astrophysics- and application-related neutron activation measurements
Abstract
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 (1.5 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 {\gamma}-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 of Maxwellian shape at different thermal energies, necessary for the measurement 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.
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@article{arxiv.2209.04443,
title = {The CERN n TOF NEAR station for astrophysics- and application-related neutron activation measurements},
author = {N. Patronis and A. Mengoni and N. Colonna and M. Cecchetto and C. Domingo-Pardo and O. Aberle and J. Lerendegui-Marco and G. Gervino and M. E. Stamati and S. Goula and A. P. Bernardes and M. Mastromarco and A. Manna and R. Vlastou and C. Massimi and M. Calviani and V. Alcayne and S. Altieri and S. Amaducci and J. Andrzejewski and V. Babiano-Suarez and M. Bacak and J. Balibrea and C. Beltrami and S. Bennett and E. Berthoumieux and M. Boromiza and D. Bosnar and M. Caamano and F. Calvino and D. Cano-Ott and A. Casanovas and F. Cerutti and G. Cescutti and S. Chasapoglou and E. Chiaveri and P. Colombetti and P. Console Camprini and G. Cortes and M. A. Cortes-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. Duran and Z. Eleme and S. Fargier and B. Fernandez and B. Fernandez-Dominguez and P. Finocchiaro and S. Fiore and V. Furman and F. Garcia-Infantes and A. Gawlik-Ramiega and S. Gilardoni and E. Gonzalez-Romero and C. Guerrero and F. Gunsing and C. Gustavino and J. Heyse and W. Hillman and D. G. Jenkins and E. Jericha and A. Junghans and Y. Kadi and K. Kaperoni and G. Kaur and A. Kimura and I. Knapova and M. Kokkoris and Y. Kopatch and M. Krticka and N. Kyritsis and I. Ladarescu and C. Lederer-Woods and G. Lerner and T. Martınez and A. Masi and P. Mastinu and E. A. Maugeri and A. Mazzone and E. Mendoza and P. M. Milazzo and R. Mucciola and F. Murtas and E. Musacchio-Gonzalez and A. Musumarra and A. Negret and A. Perez de Rada and P. Perez-Maroto and J. A. Pavon-Rodrıguez 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. Sanchez and M. Sabate-Gilarte and P. Schillebeeckx and D. Schumann and A. Sekhar and A. G. Smith and N. V. Sosnin and A. Sturniolo and G. Tagliente and D. Tarrio and P. Torres-Sanchez 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 T. Wallner and P. J. Woods and T. Wright and R. Zarrella and P. Zugec},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.04443},
year = {2022}
}