TY  - JOUR
AU  - n_TOF Collaboration (Patronis, N. et al
AU  - Babiano-Suarez, V.
AU  - Balibrea Correa, J.
AU  - Domingo-Pardo, C.
AU  - Ladarescu, I.
AU  - Lerendegui-Marco, J.
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023//
TI  - Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period
T2  - EPJ Tech. Instrum.
JO  - EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation
SP  - 13 - 10pp
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
PB  - Springer
KW  - Neutron time of flight
KW  - Spallation target
KW  - Nuclear astrophysics
KW  - Neutron physics
KW  - Neutron induced fission
KW  - 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.
SN  - 2195-7045
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w
DO  - 10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:001008786600001
ID  - n_TOFCollaborationPatronis_etal2023
ER  -