PT Journal
AU n_TOF Collaboration (Patronis, Nea
   Babiano-Suarez, V
   Balibrea Correa, J
   Domingo-Pardo, C
   Ladarescu, I
   Lerendegui-Marco, J
TI Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period
SO EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation
JI EPJ Tech. Instrum.
PY 2023
BP 13 - 10pp
VL 10
IS 1
DI 10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w
LA English
DE Neutron time of flight; Spallation target; Nuclear astrophysics; Neutron physics; Neutron induced fission; Neutron reactions
AB 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.
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