https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327501009
Nuclear astrophysics activities at the n_TOF facility at CERN
1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Division of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
* e-mail: massimi@bo.infn.it
3 www.cern.ch/ntof
Published online: 3 February 2023
The n_TOF facility at CERN is operational since 2001, and provides neutron-induced cross section data of interest to several research fields, including nuclear astrophysics. The neutron time-of-flight (TOF) facility features three experimental areas located at different distances from the pulsed neutron source. Two beam lines at nominal distance of 185 and 19 m are especially equipped for TOF experiments. A third station at approximately 3 meters from the neutron source was conceived for irradiation and activation measurements. So far, neutron-induced cross sections for more than 100 isotopes have been measured.
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