https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714611002
The measurement programme at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN
1 CEA Saclay, Irfu, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
2 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
3 University of Lodz, Poland
4 Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
5 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
6 Technische Universität Wien, Austria
7 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Italy
8 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
9 Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
10 Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
11 University of Manchester, UK
12 University of Zagreb, Croatia
13 University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
14 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
15 Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie (ENEA), Bologna, Italy
16 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Italy
17 Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
18 INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
19 Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
20 Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India
21 National Technical University of Athens, Greece
22 Instituto de Física Corpuscular, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
23 Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villingen, Switzerland
24 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
25 Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
26 Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE), Obninsk, Russia
27 Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-mura, Japan
28 European Commission JRC, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel, Belgium
29 University of York, UK
30 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
31 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
32 School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK
33 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Italy
34 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Legnaro, Italy
35 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, Italy
36 Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Trieste, Italy
37 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy
38 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, Italy
39 Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
40 University of Ioannina, Greece
41 Universität Wien, Austria
42 University of Granada, Spain
43 Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, UK
44 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Basel, Switzerland
45 Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
a e-mail: gunsing@cea.fr
Published online: 13 September 2017
Neutron-induced reaction cross sections are important for a wide variety of research fields ranging from the study of nuclear level densities, nucleosynthesis to applications of nuclear technology like design, and criticality and safety assessment of existing and future nuclear reactors, radiation dosimetry, medical applications, nuclear waste transmutation, accelerator-driven systems and fuel cycle investigations. Simulations and calculations of nuclear technology applications largely rely on evaluated nuclear data libraries. The evaluations in these libraries are based both on experimental data and theoretical models. CERN’s neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF has produced a considerable amount of experimental data since it has become fully operational with the start of its scientific measurement programme in 2001. While for a long period a single measurement station (EAR1) located at 185 m from the neutron production target was available, the construction of a second beam line at 20 m (EAR2) in 2014 has substantially increased the measurement capabilities of the facility. An outline of the experimental nuclear data activities at n_TOF will be presented.
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