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Author n_TOF Collaboration (Tagliente, G. et al.); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L. doi  openurl
  Title The Zr-93(n, gamma) reaction up to 8 keV neutron energy Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 87 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014622 - 7pp  
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  Abstract The (n, gamma) reaction of the radioactive isotope Zr-93 has been measured at the n_TOF high-resolution time-of-flight facility at CERN. Resonance parameters have been extracted in the neutron energy range up to 8 keV, yielding capture widths smaller (14%) than reported in an earlier experiment. These results are important for detailed nucleosynthesis calculations and for refined studies of waste transmutation concepts. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.87.014622  
  Address [Tagliente, G.; Colonna, N.; Marrone, S.; Terlizzi, R.] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-70126 Bari, Italy, Email: giuseppe.tagliente@ba.infn.it  
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  Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes  
  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1322  
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Author n_TOF Collaboration (Stamatopoulos, A. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. doi  openurl
  Title Investigation of the Pu-240(n, f) reaction at the n_TOF/EAR2 facility in the 9 meV-6 MeV range Type Journal Article
  Year 2020 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 102 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014616 - 23pp  
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  Abstract Background: Nuclear waste management is considered amongst the major challenges in the field of nuclear energy. A possible means of addressing this issue is waste transmutation in advanced nuclear systems, whose operation requires a fast neutron spectrum. In this regard, the accurate knowledge of neutron-induced reaction cross sections of several (minor) actinide isotopes is essential for design optimization and improvement of safety margins of such systems. One such case is Pu-240, due to its accumulation in spent nuclear fuel of thermal reactors and its usage in fast reactor fuel. The measurement of the Pu-240(n, f) cross section was previously attempted at the CERN nTOF facility EAR1 measuring station using the time-of-flight technique. Due to the low amount of available material and the given flux at EAR1, the measurement had to last several months to achieve a sufficient statistical accuracy. This long duration led to detector deterioration due to the prolonged exposure to the high alpha activity of the fission foils, therefore the measurement could not be successfully completed. Purpose: It is aimed to determine whether it is feasible to study neutron-induced fission at nTOF/EAR2 and provide data on the Pu-240(n, f) reaction in energy regions requested for applications. Methods: The study of the Pu-240(n, f) reaction was made at a new experimental area (EAR2) with a shorter flight path which delivered on average 30 times higher flux at fast neutron energies. This enabled the measurement to be performed much faster, thus limiting the exposure of the detectors to the intrinsic activity of the fission foils. The experimental setup was based on microbulk Micromegas detectors and the time-of-flight data were analyzed with an optimized pulse-shape analysis algorithm. Special attention was dedicated to the estimation of the non-negligible counting loss corrections with the development of a new methodology, and other corrections were estimated via Monte Carlo simulations of the experimental setup. Results: This new measurement of the Pu-240(n, f) cross section yielded data from 9 meV up to 6 MeV incident neutron energy and fission resonance kernels were extracted up to 10 keV. Conclusions: Neutron-induced fission of high activity samples can be successfully studied at the n_TOF/EAR2 facility at CERN covering a wide range of neutron energies, from thermal to a few MeV.  
  Address [Stamatopoulos, A.; Tsinganis, A.; Kokkoris, M.; Vlastou, R.; Diakaki, M.] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Athens, Greece, Email: athanasios.stamatopoulos@cern.ch  
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Author n_TOF Collaboration (Michalopoulou, V. et al); Babiano-Suarez, V.; Caballero, L.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Ladarescu, I.; Tain, J.L. doi  openurl
  Title Measurement of the neutron-induced fission cross section of Th-230 at the CERN n_TOF facility Type Journal Article
  Year 2023 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 108 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014616 - 15pp  
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  Abstract The neutron-induced fission cross section of Th-230 has been measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF located at CERN. The experiment was performed at the experimental area EAR-1 with a neutron flight path of 185 m, using Micromegas detectors for the detection of the fission fragments. The Th-230(n, f ) cross section was determined relative to the U-235(n, f ) one, covering the energy range from the fission threshold up to 400 MeV. The results from the present work are compared with existing cross-section datasets and the observed discrepancies are discussed and analyzed. Finally, using the code EMPIRE 3.2.3 a theoretical study, based on the statistical model, was performed leading to a satisfactory reproduction of the experimental results with the proper tuning of the respective parameters, while for incident neutron energy beyond 200 MeV the fission of( 230)Th was described by Monte Carlo simulations.  
  Address [Michalopoulou, V; Stamatopoulos, A.; Diakaki, M.; Vlastou, R.; Kokkoris, M.; Tassan-Got, L.] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Dept Phys, Zografou Campus, Athens, Greece, Email: veatriki.michalopoulou@cern.ch  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5700  
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Author n_TOF Collaboration (Zugec, P. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Giubrone, G.; Tain, J.L. url  doi
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  Title Experimental neutron capture data of Ni-58 from the CERN n_TOF facility Type Journal Article
  Year 2014 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 89 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014605 - 9pp  
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  Abstract The Ni-58(n,gamma) cross section has been measured at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN, in the energy range from 27 meV up to 400 keV. In total, 51 resonances have been analyzed up to 122 keV. Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACS) have been calculated for stellar temperatures of kT = 5-100 keV with uncertainties of less than 6%, showing fair agreement with recent experimental and evaluated data up to kT = 50 keV. The MACS extracted in the present work at 30 keV is 34.2 +/- 0.6(stat) +/- 1.8(sys) mb, in agreement with latest results and evaluations, but 12% lower relative to the recent KADoNIS compilation of astrophysical cross sections. When included in models of the s-process nucleosynthesis in massive stars, this change results in a 60% increase of the abundance of Ni-58, with a negligible propagation on heavier isotopes. The reason is that, using both the old or the new MACS, Ni-58 is efficiently depleted by neutron captures.  
  Address [Zugec, P.; Bosnar, D.] Univ Zagreb, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Zagreb 41000, Croatia, Email: pzugec@phy.hr  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1727  
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Author Perez-Cerdan, A.B.; Rubio, B.; Gelletly, W.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Nacher, E.; Tain, J.L.; Sarriguren, P.; Fraile, L.M.; Borge, M.J.G.; Caballero, L.; Dessagne, P.; Jungclaus, A.; Heitz, G.; Marechal, F.; Poirier, E.; Salsac, M.D.; Tengblad, O. doi  openurl
  Title Deformation of Sr and Rb isotopes close to the N = Z line via beta-decay studies using the total absorption technique Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 88 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014324 - 15pp  
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  Abstract A study of the Gamow-Teller strength distributions B(GT) in the beta decay of Sr-78 and Rb-76,Rb-78 has been made using a total absorption spectrometer (TAS). Following the success in deducing the sign of the deformation for Sr-76, a similar approach is adopted for Sr-78 based on a comparison of the measured B(GT) with quasiparticle random-phase approximation calculations. This work confirms its previously expected prolate deformation in the ground state. Conclusions about the structure of the odd-odd Rb-76,Rb-78 isotopes have been drawn based on their measured B(GT) distributions.  
  Address [Perez-Cerdan, A. B.; Rubio, B.; Algora, A.; Agramunt, J.; Nacher, E.; Tain, J. L.; Caballero, L.] CSIC Univ Valencia, IFIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: berta.rubio@ific.uv.es  
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  Notes WOS:000322531400002 Approved no  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1522  
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Author Rice, S. et al; Algora, A.; Tain, J.L.; Valencia, E.; Agramunt, J.; Rubio, B.; Estevez, E.; Jordan, M.D. url  doi
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  Title Total absorption spectroscopy study of the beta decay of Br-86 and Rb-91 Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 96 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014320 - 10pp  
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  Abstract The beta decays of Br-86 and Rb-91 have been studied using the total absorption spectroscopy technique. The radioactive nuclei were produced at the Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line facility in Jyvaskyla and further purified using the JYFLTRAP. Br-86 and Rb-91 are considered to be major contributors to the decay heat in reactors. In addition, Rb-91 was used as a normalization point in direct measurements of mean gamma energies released in the beta decay of fission products by Rudstam et al. assuming that this decaywas well known from high-resolution measurements. Our results show that both decays were suffering from the Pandemonium effect and that the results of Rudstam et al. should be renormalized. The relative impact of the studied decays in the prediction of the decay heat and antineutrino spectrum from reactors has been evaluated.  
  Address [Rice, S.; Gelletly, W.; Regan, P. H.; Bowry, M.; Farrelly, G. F.; Mason, P.; Podolyak, Zs.] Univ Surrey, Dept Phys, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, England, Email: algora@ific.uv.es  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3226  
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Author Guadilla, V. et al; Algora, A.; Tain, J.L.; Agramunt, J.; Jordan, M.D.; Montaner-Piza, A.; Orrigo, S.E.A.; Rubio, B.; Valencia, E.; Gelletly, W.; Monserrate, M. url  doi
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  Title Experimental study of Tc-100 beta decay with total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy Type Journal Article
  Year 2017 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 96 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014319 - 10pp  
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  Abstract The beta decay of Tc-100 has been studied by using the total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy technique at the Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line facility in Jyvaskyla. In this work the new Decay Total Absorption gamma-ray Spectrometer in coincidence with a cylindrical plastic beta detector has been employed. The beta intensity to the ground state obtained from the analysis is in good agreement with previous high-resolution measurements. However, differences in the feeding to the first-excited state as well as weak feeding to a new level at high excitation energy have been deduced from this experiment. Theoretical calculations performed in the quasiparticle random-phase approximation framework are also reported. Comparison of these calculations with our measurement serves as a benchmark for calculations of the double beta decay of Mo-100.  
  Address [Guadilla, V.; Algora, A.; Tain, J. L.; Agramunt, J.; Jordan, D.; Montaner-Piza, A.; Orrigo, S. E. A.; Rubio, B.; Valencia, E.; Gelletly, W.; Monserrate, M.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: guadilla@ific.uv.es;  
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Author Nacher, E.; Rubio, B.; Algora, A.; Cano-Ott, D.; Tain, J.L.; Gadea, A.; Agramunt, J.; Gierlik, M.; Karny, M.; Janas, Z.; Roeckl, E.; Blazhev, A.; Collatz, R.; Doring, J.; Hellstrom, M.; Hu, Z.; Kirchner, R.; Mukha, I.; Plettner, C.; Shibata, M.; Rykaczewski, K.; Batist, L.; Moroz, F.; Wittmann, V.; Valiente-Dobon, J.J. doi  openurl
  Title Observations of the Gamow-Teller resonance in the rare-earth nuclei above Gd-146 populated in beta decay Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 93 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014308 - 13pp  
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  Abstract The rare-earth region of the nuclear table around the quasi-doubly magic nucleus Gd-146 is one of the very few places in which the Gamow-Teller (GT) resonance can be populated in beta decay. The appropriate technique to study such a phenomenon is total absorption spectroscopy, thanks to which one can measure the B(GT) distribution in beta-decay experiments even when it is very fragmented and lies at high excitation energy in the daughter nucleus. Results on the GT resonance measured in the beta decay of the odd-Z, N = 83 nuclei Tb-148, Ho-150, and Tm-152 are presented in this work and compared with shell-model calculations. The tail of the resonance is clearly observed up to the limit imposed by the Q value. This observation is important in the context of the understanding of the “quenching” of the GT strength.  
  Address [Nacher, E.; Rubio, B.; Algora, A.; Cano-Ott, D.; Tain, J. L.; Gadea, A.; Agramunt, J.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: berta.rubio@ific.uv.es  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 0556-2813 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes WOS:000368298200001 Approved no  
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Author Guadilla, V. et al; Algora, A.; Tain, J.L.; Agramunt, J.; Jordan, D.; Monserrate, M.; Montaner-Piza, A.; Nacher, E.; Orrigo, S.E.A.; Rubio, B.; Valencia, E. url  doi
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  Title Total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy of the ss decays of Y-96gs,Y-m Type Journal Article
  Year 2022 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 106 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014306 - 14pp  
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  Abstract The ss decays of the ground state (gs) and isomeric state (m) of Y-96 have been studied with the total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy technique at the Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line facility. The separation of the 8(+) isomeric state from the 0(-) ground state was achieved thanks to the purification capabilities of the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap system. The ss-intensity distributions of both decays have been independently determined. In the analyses the deexcitation of the 1581.6 keV level in Zr-96, in which conversion electron emission competes with pair production, has been carefully considered and found to have significant impact on the ss-detector efficiency, influencing the ss-intensity distribution obtained. Our results for Y-96gs (0(-)) confirm the large ground state to ground state ss-intensity probability, although a slightly larger value than reported in previous studies was obtained, amounting to 96.6(-2.1)(+0.3) % of the total ss intensity. Given that the decay of Y-96gs is the second most important contributor to the reactor antineutrino spectrum between 5 and 7 MeV, the impact of the present results on reactor antineutrino summation calculations has been evaluated. In the decay of Y-96m (8(+)), previously undetected ss intensity in transitions to states above 6 MeV has been observed. This shows the importance of total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements of ss decays with highly fragmented deexcitation patterns. Y-96m (8(+)) is a major contributor to reactor decay heat in uranium-plutonium and thorium-uranium fuels around 10 s after fission pulses, and the newly measured average ss and gamma energies differ significantly from the previous values in evaluated databases. The discrepancy is far above the previously quoted uncertainties. Finally, we also report on the successful implementation of an innovative total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy analysis of the module-multiplicity gated spectra, as a first proof of principle to distinguish between decaying states with very different spin-parity values.  
  Address [Guadilla, V; Le Meur, L.; Fallot, M.; Briz, J. A.; Estienne, M.; Giot, L.; Porta, A.; Cucoanes, A.; Shiba, T.; Zakari-Issoufou, A-A] Univ Nantes, Subatech, IMT Atlantique, CNRS IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France, Email: vguadilla@fuw.edu.pl  
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Author Molina, F. et al; Rubio, B.; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Gadea, A.; Tain, J.L. doi  openurl
  Title T-z =-1 -> 0 beta decays of Ni-54, Fe-50, Cr-46, and Ti-42 and comparison with mirror (He-3,t) measurements Type Journal Article
  Year 2015 Publication Physical Review C Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. C  
  Volume 91 Issue 1 Pages (down) 014301 - 19pp  
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  Abstract We have studied the beta decay of the T-z = -1, f(7/2) shell nuclei Ni-54, Fe-50, Cr-46, and Ti-42 produced in fragmentation reactions. The proton separation energies in the daughter T-z = 0 nuclei are relatively large (approximate to 4-5 MeV) so studies of the. rays are essential. The experiments were performed at GSI as part of the Stopped-beam campaign with the RISING setup consisting of 15 Euroball Cluster Ge detectors. From the newly obtained high precision beta-decay half-lives, excitation energies, and beta branching ratios, we were able to extract Fermi and Gamow-Teller transition strengths in these beta decays. With these improved results it was possible to compare in detail the Gamow-Teller (GT) transition strengths observed in beta decay including a sensitivity limit with the strengths of the T-z = +1 to T-z = 0 transitions derived from high resolution (He-3,t) reactions on the mirror target nuclei at RCNP, Osaka. The accumulated B(GT) strength obtained from both experiments looks very similar although the charge exchange reaction provides information on a broader energy range. Using the “merged analysis” one can obtain a full picture of the B(GT) over the full Q(beta) range. Looking at the individual transitions some differences are observed, especially for the weak transitions. Their possible origins are discussed.  
  Address [Molina, F.; Rubio, B.; Agramunt, J.; Algora, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Gadea, A.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: berta.rubio@ific.uv.es  
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  Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 2087  
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