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Open AccessNuclear data activities at the n_TOF facility at CERN
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...
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Interaction of elemental mercury with selenium surfaces: model experiments for investigations of superheavy elements copernicium and flerovium
The adsorption behavior of 197Hg and 183–185Hg on red amorphous selenium (red a-Se) and trigonal selenium (t-Se) was investigated experimentally by off-line and on-line gas chromatographic methods, in preparation...
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High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux in the new experimental area n_TOF-EAR2 at CERN
A new high flux experimental area has recently become operational at the n_TOF facility at CERN. This new measuring station, n_TOF-EAR2, is placed at the end of a vertical beam line at a distance of approximat...
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Status of the HOLMES Experiment to Directly Measure the Neutrino Mass
The assessment of neutrino absolute mass scale is still a crucial challenge in today particle physics and cosmology. Beta or electron capture spectrum end-point study is currently the only experimental method ...
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\(^{7}\) Be(n,p) \(^{7}\) Li Cross Section Measurement for the Cosmological Lithium Problem at the n \(\_\) TOF Facility at CERN
One of the most puzzling problems in Nuclear Astrophysics is the “Cosmological Lithium Problem”, i.e the discrepancy between the primordial abundance of
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Measurement of the \(^{244}\) Cm and \(^{246}\) Cm Neutron-Induced Cross Sections at the n_TOF Facility
The neutron capture reactions of the \(^{244}\) ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Characterization and First Test of an i-TED Prototype at CERN n_TOF
Neutron capture cross section measurements are of fundamental importance for the study of the slow process of neutron capture, so called s-process. This mechanism is responsible for the formation of most eleme...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Data for the s Process from n_TOF
A considerable amount of (n, \(\gamma \) ) reactions has been studied, so far, at the neutron time-of-flight facility n...
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Cross section measurements of 155,157Gd(n,\(\gamma\)) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons
Neutron capture cross section measurements on 155Gd and 157Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n_TOF facility at CERN on isotopically enriched samples. The measurements were carried out in...
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Erratum to: Cross section measurements of 155, 157Gd(n,\(\gamma\)) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons
After publication of the paper, the authors noticed some errors in the list of authors and in the list of affiliations. Their correct version is given in this erratum.
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Open AccessMeasurement of the 235U(n, f) cross section relative to the 6Li(n, t) and 10B(n,\( \alpha\)) standards from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy range at n_TOF
The 235U(n, f ) cross section was measured at n_TOF relative to 6Li(n, t) and 10B(n,\( \alpha\)α) , with high resolution ( \( L=183.49(2)\)L=183.49(2) m) and in a wide energy range (25meV-170keV) with 1.5% systematic...
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Status of the HOLMES Experiment
The absolute neutrino mass is still an unknown parameter in the modern landscape of particle physics. The HOLMES experiment aims at exploiting the calorimetric approach to directly measure the neutrino mass th...
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Imaging neutron capture cross sections: i-TED proof-of-concept and future prospects based on Machine-Learning techniques
i-TED is an innovative detection system which exploits Compton imaging techniques to achieve a superior signal-to-background ratio in ( $$n,\ga...
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Open AccessFirst direct determination of the 93Mo half-life
This work presents the first direct measurement of the 93Mo half-life. The measurement is a combination of high-resolution mass spectrometry for the determination of the 93Mo concentration and liquid scintillatio...
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Open AccessHigh accuracy, high resolution 235U(n,f) cross section from n_TOF (CERN) from 18 meV to 10 keV
The 235U(n,f) cross section was measured in a wide energy range (18 meV–170 keV) at the n_TOF facility at CERN, relative to 6Li(n,t) and 10B(n,α) standard reactions, with high resolution and accuracy, with a setu...
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Status of the HOLMES Experiment
The assessment of the absolute \(\nu\) ν mass scale is a crucial challenge ...
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Open Access\(^{74}\) Ge( \(n,\gamma \) ) cross section below 70 keV measured at n_TOF CERN
Neutron capture reaction cross sections on \(^{74}\) 74 ...
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Open AccessAdvances and new ideas for neutron-capture astrophysics experiments at CERN n_TOF
This article presents a few selected developments and future ideas related to the measurement of \((n,\gamma )\) ...
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Open AccessStatus report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period
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 spallat...
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Open AccessTowards a re-determination of the 42Ar half-life
We report on a new measurement of the half-life of 42Ar by following its decay over a time period of more than 13 years using γ-ray spectrometry. The obtained value of (39.5 ± 3.6) y confirms the only other, prev...
