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Angle-differential cross sections for neutron-induced $\alpha$ production in carbon were determined at thirty discrete neutron energy levels ranging from 6.2 to 76 MeV at the Back-n white neutron source of the China Spallation Neutron…

The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) operates in pulsed mode and has a high neutron flux. This provides opportunities for energy resolved neutron imaging by using the TOF (Time Of Flight) approach. An Energy resolved neutron imaging…

A facility based on a next-generation, high-flux D-D neutron generator has been commissioned and it is now operational at the University of California, Berkeley. The current generator design produces near monoenergetic 2.45 MeV neutrons at…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-01-03 Cory Waltz , Mauricio Ayllon , Tim Becker , Lee Bernstein , Ka-Ngo Leung , Leo Kirsch , Paul Renne , Karl Van Bibber

During 2014 the second experimental area EAR2 was completed at the n-TOF neutron beam facility at CERN. As the neutrons are produced via spallation, by means of a high-intensity 20 GeV pulsed proton beam impinging on a thick target, the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 L. Cosentino , A. Musumarra , M. Barbagallo , N. Colonna , L. Damone , A. Pappalardo , M. Piscopo , P. Finocchiaro

We study the possibility of using CsI[Na] scintillators as an advantageous target for the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS), using the neutrino emissions from the SNS spallation source at Oak Ridge National…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-12-04 J. I. Collar , N. E. Fields , E. Fuller , M. Hai , T. W. Hossbach , J. L. Orrell , G. Perumpilly , B. Scholz

A natural neutron flux is one of significant kind of background in high-sensitive underground experiments. Therefore, when scheduling a delicate underground measurements one needs to measure neutron background. Deep underground the most…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 J. N. Abdurashitov , V. N. Gavrin , V. L. Matushko , A. A. Shikhin , V. E. Yants , J. Peltoniemi , T. Keranen

Ultra-cold neutrons (UCN), neutrons with energies low enough to be confined by the Fermi potential in material bottles, are playing an increasing role in measurements of fundamental properties of the neutron. The ability to manipulate UCN…

Neutrons serve as unique probes for exploring the microscopic structure of matter, with the performance of a neutron source fundamentally governing the depth of scientific exploration and the breadth of industrial applicability. To address…

The design of a low-power prototype of neutron amplifier recently proposed within the INFN-E project indicated the need for more accurate called for detailed data on the neutron yield produced by a proton beam with energy of about 70 MeV…

High-Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (HiCANS) are currently under development across Europe to address the shortage of medium-scale neutron sources, as many research nuclear reactors have been decommissioned over the past several…

Commissioning of the new high-intensity ultracold neutron (UCN) source at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) has started in 2009. The design goal of this new generation high intensity UCN source is to surpass by a factor of ~100 the current…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2011-09-30 Bernhard Lauss

Several experiments have been conducted in the YangYang Underground Laboratory in the Republic of Korea such as the search for dark matter and the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay, which require an extremely low background event…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-02-16 Young Soo Yoon , Jungho Kim , Hyeonseo Park

Due to their high cost of acquisition and operation, there are still a limited number of high-yield, high-flux neutron source facilities worldwide. In this context, laser-driven neutron sources offer a promising, cheaper alternative to…

Accurately measuring the neutron beam polarization of a high flux, large area neutron beam is necessary for many neutron physics experiments. The Fundamental Neutron Physics Beamline (FnPB) at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is a pulsed…

Two new facilities have recently been proposed to measure low energy neutrino-nucleus cross sections, the nu-SNS (Spallation Neutron Source) and low energy beta beams. The former produces neutrinos by pion decay at rest, while the latter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 G. C. McLaughlin

A new muon and pion capture system is proposed for the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS), currently under construction. Using about 4\% of the pulsed proton beam (1.6 GeV, 4 kW and 1 Hz) of CSNS to bombard a cylindrical graphite target…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-08-03 Ran Xiao , Yanfen Liu , Wenzhen Xu , Xiaojie Ni , Ziwen Pan , Bangjiao Ye

A high precision beam monitor system based on silicon carbide PIN sensor is designed for China Spallation Neutron Source 1.6 GeV proton beam to monitor the proton beam fluence.The concept design of the beam monitor system is finished…

We present a case study on a new type of cold neutron beam station for the investigation of angular correlations in the beta-decay of free neutrons. With this beam station, called PERC, the 'active decay volume' lies inside the neutron…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-10-23 D. Dubbers , H. Abele , S. Baessler , B. Maerkisch , M. Schumann , T. Soldner , O. Zimmer

Using the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) linac as the injector, a 500 MeV proton synchrotron is proposed for multidisciplinary application, such as biology, material and proton therapy. The synchrotron will deliver proton beam with…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 Liang-Sheng Huang , Sheng Wang , Hong-Fei Ji