%0 Journal Article
%T Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period
%A n_TOF Collaboration (Patronis, N. et al
%A Babiano-Suarez, V.
%A Balibrea Correa, J.
%A Domingo-Pardo, C.
%A Ladarescu, I.
%A Lerendegui-Marco, J.
%J EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation
%D 2023
%V 10
%N 1
%I Springer
%@ 2195-7045
%G English
%F n_TOFCollaborationPatronis_etal2023
%O WOS:001008786600001
%O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=5591), last updated on Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:05:11 +0000
%X During the second long shutdown period of the CERN accelerator complex (LS2, 2019-2021), several upgrade activities took place at the n_TOF facility. The most important have been the replacement of the spallation target with a next generation nitrogen-cooled lead target. Additionally, a new experimental area, at a very short distance from the target assembly (the NEAR Station) was established. In this paper, the core commissioning actions of the new installations are described. The improvement in the n_TOF infrastructure was accompanied by several detector development projects. All these upgrade actions are discussed, focusing mostly on the future perspectives of the n_TOF facility. Furthermore, some indicative current and future measurements are briefly reported.
%K Neutron time of flight
%K Spallation target
%K Nuclear astrophysics
%K Neutron physics
%K Neutron induced fission
%K Neutron reactions
%R 10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w
%U https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w
%P 13 - 10pp