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n_TOF Collaboration (Barbagallo, M. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Be-7(n,alpha)He-4 Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN |
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2016 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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The energy-dependent cross section of the (7)Bed(n,alpha)He-4 reaction, of interest for the so-called cosmological lithium problem in big bang nucleosynthesis, has been measured for the first time from 10 meV to 10 keV neutron energy. The challenges posed by the short half-life of Be-7 and by the low reaction cross section have been overcome at nTOF thanks to an unprecedented combination of the extremely high luminosity and good resolution of the neutron beam in the new experimental area (EAR2) of the nTOF facility at CERN, the availability of a sufficient amount of chemically pure Be-7, and a specifically designed experimental setup. Coincidences between the two alpha particles have been recorded in two Si-Be-7-Si arrays placed directly in the neutron beam. The present results are consistent, at thermal neutron energy, with the only previous measurement performed in the 1960s at a nuclear reactor. The energy dependence reported here clearly indicates the inadequacy of the cross section estimates currently used in BBN calculations. Although new measurements at higher neutron energy may still be needed, the n_TOF results hint at a minor role of this reaction in BBN, leaving the long-standing cosmological lithium problem unsolved. |
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[Barbagallo, M.; Colonna, N.; Damone, L.; Mastromarco, M.; Mazzone, A.; Tagliente, G.; Variale, V.] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, Bari, Italy, Email: nicola.colonna@ba.infn.it |
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n_TOF Collaboration (Damone, L. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Be-7 (n,p)Li-7 Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN |
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2018 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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We report on the measurement of the Be-7(n,p)Li-7 cross section from thermal to approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area (EAR2) of the n_TOF facility at CERN. This reaction plays a key role in the lithium yield of the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) for standard cosmology. The only two previous time-of-flight measurements performed on this reaction did not cover the energy window of interest for BBN, and they showed a large discrepancy between each other. The measurement was performed with a Si telescope and a high-purity sample produced by implantation of a Be-7 ion beam at the ISOLDE facility at CERN. While a significantly higher cross section is found at low energy, relative to current evaluations, in the region of BBN interest, the present results are consistent with the values inferred from the time-reversal Li-7(p,n)Be-7 reaction, thus yielding only a relatively minor improvement on the so-called cosmological lithium problem. The relevance of these results on the near-threshold neutron production in the p + Li-7 reaction is also discussed. |
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[Damone, L.; Barbagallo, M.; Mastromarco, M.; Colonna, N.; Mazzone, A.; Tagliente, G.; Variale, V.] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, Bari, Italy, Email: alberto.mengoni@enea.it |
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Phong, V.H. et al; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Morales, A.I.; Rubio, B.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.; Tolosa-Delgado, A. |
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Beta-Delayed One and Two Neutron Emission Probabilities South-East of Sn-132 and the Odd-Even Systematics in r-Process Nuclide Abundances |
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2022 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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The beta-delayed one- and two-neutron emission probabilities (P-1n and P-2n) of 20 neutron-rich nuclei with N >= 82 have been measured at the RIBF facility of the RIKEN Nishina Center. P-1n of Ag-130;131, Cd-133;134, In-135;136, and (138;13)9Sn were determined for the first time, and stringent upper limits were placed on P-2n for nearly all cases. beta-delayed two-neutron emission (beta 2n) was unambiguously identified in Cd-133 and In-135;136, and their P-2n were measured. Weak beta 2n was also detected from Sn-137;138. Our results highlight the effect of the N = 82 and Z = 50 shell closures on beta-delayed neutron emission probability and provide stringent benchmarks for newly developed macroscopic-microscopic and self-consistent global models with the inclusion of a statistical treatment of neutron and. emission. The impact of our measurements on r-process nucleosynthesis was studied in a neutron star merger scenario. Our P-1n and P-2n have a direct impact on the |
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[Phong, V. H.; Nishimura, S.; Lorusso, G.; Liu, J.; Nishimura, N.; Ahn, D. S.; Baba, H.; Fukuda, N.; Go, S.; Ha, J.; Isobe, T.; Kiss, G. G.; Kubono, S.; Matsui, K.; Sakurai, H.; Shimizu, Y.; Sumikama, T.; Suzuki, H.; Takeda, H.] RIKEN, Nishina Ctr, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan, Email: phong@ribf.riken.jp; |
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n_TOF Collaboration (Gunsing, F. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Nuclear data activities at the n_TOF facility at CERN |
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European Physical Journal Plus |
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Eur. Phys. J. Plus |
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Nuclear data in general, and neutron-induced reaction cross sections in particular, are important for a wide variety of research fields. They play a key role in the safety and criticality assessment of nuclear technology, not only for existing power reactors but also for radiation dosimetry, medical applications, the transmutation of nuclear waste, accelerator-driven systems, fuel cycle investigations and future reactor systems as in Generation IV. Applications of nuclear data are also related to research fields as the study of nuclear level densities and stellar nucleosynthesis. Simulations and calculations of nuclear technology applications largely rely on evaluated nuclear data libraries. The evaluations in these libraries are based both on experimental data and theoretical models. Experimental nuclear reaction data are compiled on a worldwide basis by the international network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) in the EXFOR database. The EXFOR database forms an important link between nuclear data measurements and the evaluated data libraries. CERN's neutron time-of-flight facility nTOF has produced a considerable amount of experimental data since it has become fully operational with the start of the scientific measurement programme in 2001. While for a long period a single measurement station (EAR1) located at 185 m from the neutron production target was available, the construction of a second beam line at 20 m (EAR2) in 2014 has substantially increased the measurement capabilities of the facility. An outline of the experimental nuclear data activities at CERN's neutron time-of-flight facility nTOF will be presented. |
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[Gunsing, F.; Belloni, F.; Berthoumieux, E.; Diakaki, M.; Dupont, E.] CEA Saclay, Irfu, Gif Sur Yvette, France, Email: gunsing@cea.fr |
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n_TOF Collaboration (Amaducci, S. et al); Babiano-Suarez, V.; Caballero-Ontanaya, L.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Ladarescu, I.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Measurement of the 140Ceðn;γþ Cross Section at n_TOF and Its Astrophysical Implications for the Chemical Evolution of the Universe |
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2024 |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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140Ce(n, gamma) is a key reaction for slow neutron -capture (s -process) nucleosynthesis due to being a bottleneck in the reaction flow. For this reason, it was measured with high accuracy (uncertainty approximate to 5%) at the n_TOF facility, with an unprecedented combination of a high purity sample and low neutron -sensitivity detectors. The measured Maxwellian averaged cross section is up to 40% higher than previously accepted values. Stellar model calculations indicate a reduction around 20% of the s -process contribution to the Galactic cerium abundance and smaller sizeable differences for most of the heavier elements. No variations are found in the nucleosynthesis from massive stars. |
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[Amaducci, S.; Cosentino, L.; Finocchiaro, P.; Brown, A.] INFN, Lab Nazl Sud, Catania, Italy |
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n_TOF Collaboration (Gawlik, A. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Radiative Neutron Capture Cross-Section Measurement of Ge Isotopes at n_TOF CERN Facility and Its Importance for Stellar Nucleosynthesis |
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Acta Phys. Pol. A |
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n_TOF; neutron time-of-flight; neutron capture cross-section; MACS |
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This manuscript summarizes the results of radiative neutron capture cross-section measurements on two stable germanium isotopes, Ge-70 and Ge-73. Experiments were performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN via the time-of-flight technique, over a wide neutron energy range, for all stable germanium isotopes (70,72,73,74, and 76). Results for Ge-70 [Phys. Rev. C 100, 045804 (2019)] and Ge-73 [Phys. Lett. B 790, 458 (2019)] are already published. In the field of nuclear structure, such measurements allow to study excited levels close to the neutron binding energy and to obtain information on nuclear properties. In stellar nucleosynthesis research, neutron induced reactions on germanium are of importance for nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the slow neutron capture processes. |
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[Gawlik, A.; Andrzejewski, J.; Perkowski, J.] Univ Lodz, Lodz, Poland, Email: aleksandra.gawlik@uni.lodz.pl |
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n_TOF Collaboration (Lederer-Woods, C. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Measurement of Ge-73(n, gamma) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis |
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2019 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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Nucleosynthesis; Neutron capture; s process; Germanium; n_TOF |
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Ge-73(n, gamma) cross sections were measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN up to neutron energies of 300 keV, providing for the first time experimental data above 8 keV. Results indicate that the stellar cross section at kT = 30 keV is 1.5 to 1.7 times higher than most theoretical predictions. The new cross sections result in a substantial decrease of Ge-73 produced in stars, which would explain the low isotopic abundance of Ge-73 in the solar system. |
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[Lederer-Woods, C.; Battino, U.; Tattersalla, A.; Dietz, M.] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Phys & Astron, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Email: claudia.lederer-woods@ed.ac.uk |
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n_TOF Collaboration (Weiss, C. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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The new vertical neutron beam line at the CERN n_TOF facility design and outlook on the performance |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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n_TOF facility; Neutron time-of-flight; FLUKA; Neutron cross-section measurement |
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At the neutron Lime-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN a new vertical beam line was constructed in 2014, in order to extend the experimental possibilities at this facility to an even wider range of challenging cross-section measurements of interest in astrophysics, nuclear technology and medical physics. The design of the beam line and the experimental hall was based on FLUKA Monte Carlo simulations, aiming at maximizing the neutron flux, reducing the beam halo and minimizing the background from neutrons interacting with the collimator or back-scattered in the beam dump. The present paper gives an overview on the design of the beam line and the relevant elements and provides an outlook on the expected performance regarding the neutron beam intensity, shape and energy resolution, as well as the neutron and photon backgrounds. |
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[Weiss, C.; Chiaveri, E.; Girod, S.; Vlachoudis, V.; Aberle, O.; Bergstroem, I.; Calviani, M.; Guerrero, C.; Sabate-Gilarte, M.; Tsinganis, A.; Brugger, M.; Cerutti, F.; Ferrari, A.; Hernandez-Prieto, A.; Kadi, Y.; Leal-Cidoncha, E.; Losito, R.; Macina, D.; Montesano, S.; Porras, I.; Rubbia, C.] CERN, European Org Nucl Res, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland |
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Agramunt, J. et al; Tain, J.L.; Albiol, F.; Algora, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Jordan, M. D.; Rubio, B.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.; Valencia, E. |
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Characterization of a neutron-beta counting system with beta-delayed neutron emitters |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Beta-delayed neutron emission probability; Neutron and beta counters; Self-triggered digital data acquisition system; Geant4 simulations |
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A new detection system for the measurement of beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities has been characterized using fission products with well known beta-delayed neutron emission properties. The setup consists of BELEN-20, a 4 pi-neutron counter with twenty He-3 proportional tubes arranged inside a large polyethylene neutron moderator, a thin Si detector for beta counting and a self-triggering digital data acquisition system. The use of delayed-neutron precursors with different neutron emission windows allowed the study of the effect of energy dependency on neutron, beta and beta-neutron rates. The observed effect is well reproduced by Monte Carlo simulations. The impact of this dependency on the accuracy of neutron emission probabilities is discussed. A new accurate value of the neutron emission probability for the important delayed-neutron precursor I-137 was obtained, P-n = 7.76(14)%. |
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[Agramunt, J.; Tain, J. L.; Albiol, E.; Algora, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Jordan, M. D.; Rubio, B.; Tarifeno-Saldivia, A.; Valencia, E.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: Tain@ific.uv.es |
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Magan, D.L.P.; Caballero, L.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Agramunt-Ros, J.; Albiol, F.; Casanovas, A.; Gonzalez, A.; Guerrero, C.; Lerendegui-Marco, J.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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First tests of the applicability of gamma-ray imaging for background discrimination in time-of-flight neutron capture measurements |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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Neutron capture cross-sections; gamma-ray imaging; Total energy detectors; Pulse-height weighting technique; Time-of-flight method |
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In this work we explore for the first time the applicability of using gamma-ray imaging in neutron capture measurements to identify and suppress spatially localized background. For this aim, a pinhole gamma camera is assembled, tested and characterized in terms of energy and spatial performance. It consists of a monolithic CeBr3 scintillating crystal coupled to a position-sensitive photomultiplier and readout through an integrated circuit AMIC2GR. The pinhole collimator is a massive carven block of lead. A series of dedicated measurements with calibrated sources and with a neutron beam incident on a Au-197 sample have been carried out at n_TOF, achieving an enhancement of a factor of two in the signal-to-background ratio when selecting only those events coming from the direction of the sample. |
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[Perez Magan, D. L.; Caballero, L.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Agramunt-Ros, J.; Albiol, F.; Tarifeno-Saldivia, A.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: domingo@ific.uv.es |
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WOS:000374661600015 |
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