학술논문

Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period
Document Type
article
Author
N. PatronisA. MengoniS. GoulaO. AberleV. AlcayneS. AltieriS. AmaducciJ. AndrzejewskiV. Babiano-SuarezM. BacakJ. Balibrea CorreaC. BeltramiS. BennettA. P. BernardesE. BerthoumieuxR. BeyerM. BoromizaD. BosnarM. CaamañoF. CalviñoM. CalvianiD. Cano-OttA. CasanovasD. M. CastelluccioF. CeruttiG. CescuttiS. ChasapoglouE. ChiaveriP. ColombettiN. ColonnaP. Console CampriniG. CortésM. A. Cortés-GiraldoL. CosentinoS. CristalloS. DellmannM. Di CastroS. Di MariaM. DiakakiM. DietzC. Domingo-PardoR. DresslerE. DupontI. DuránZ. ElemeS. FargierB. FernándezB. Fernández-DomínguezP. FinocchiaroS. FioreF. García-InfantesA. Gawlik-RamiegaG. GervinoS. GilardoniE. González-RomeroC. GuerreroF. GunsingC. GustavinoJ. HeyseW. HillmanD. G. JenkinsE. JerichaA. JunghansY. KadiK. KaperoniG. KaurA. KimuraI. KnapováM. KokkorisM. KrtičkaN. KyritsisI. LadarescuC. Lederer-WoodsJ. Lerendegui-MarcoG. LernerA. MannaT. MartínezA. MasiC. MassimiP. MastinuM. MastromarcoE. A. MaugeriA. MazzoneE. MendozaV. MichalopoulouP. M. MilazzoR. MucciolaF. MurtasE. Musacchio-GonzalezA. MusumarraA. NegretA. Pérez de RadaP. Pérez-MarotoJ. A. Pavón-RodríguezM. G. PellegritiJ. PerkowskiC. PetroneE. PirovanoJ. Plaza del OlmoS. PompI. PorrasJ. PraenaJ. M. QuesadaR. ReifarthD. RochmanY. RomanetsC. RubbiaA. Sánchez-CaballeroM. Sabaté-GilarteP. SchillebeeckxD. SchumannA. SekharA. G. SmithN. V. SosninM. E. StamatiA. SturnioloG. TaglienteA. Tarifeño-SaldiviaD. TarríoP. Torres-SánchezE. VagenaS. ValentaV. VarialeP. VazG. VecchioD. VescoviV. VlachoudisR. VlastouA. WallnerP. J. WoodsR. ZarrellaP. Zugec
Source
EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)
Subject
Neutron time of flight
Spallation target
Nuclear astrophysics
Neutron physics
Neutron induced fission
Neutron reactions
Physics
QC1-999
Optics. Light
QC350-467
Descriptive and experimental mechanics
QC120-168.85
Language
English
ISSN
2195-7045
Abstract
Abstract 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.