학술논문

Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period
Document Type
Original Paper
Author
Patronis, N.Mengoni, A.Goula, S.Aberle, O.Alcayne, V.Altieri, S.Amaducci, S.Andrzejewski, J.Babiano-Suarez, V.Bacak, M.Balibrea Correa, J.Beltrami, C.Bennett, S.Bernardes, A. P.Berthoumieux, E.Beyer, R.Boromiza, M.Bosnar, D.Caamaño, M.Calviño, F.Calviani, M.Cano-Ott, D.Casanovas, A.Castelluccio, D. M.Cerutti, F.Cescutti, G.Chasapoglou, S.Chiaveri, E.Colombetti, P.Colonna, N.Console Camprini, P.Cortés, G.Cortés-Giraldo, M. A.Cosentino, L.Cristallo, S.Dellmann, S.Di Castro, M.Di Maria, S.Diakaki, M.Dietz, M.Domingo-Pardo, C.Dressler, R.Dupont, E.Durán, I.Eleme, Z.Fargier, S.Fernández, B.Fernández-Domínguez, B.Finocchiaro, P.Fiore, S.García-Infantes, F.Gawlik-Ramiega, A.Gervino, G.Gilardoni, S.González-Romero, E.Guerrero, C.Gunsing, F.Gustavino, C.Heyse, J.Hillman, W.Jenkins, D. G.Jericha, E.Junghans, A.Kadi, Y.Kaperoni, K.Kaur, G.Kimura, A.Knapová, I.Kokkoris, M.Krtička, M.Kyritsis, N.Ladarescu, I.Lederer-Woods, C.Lerendegui-Marco, J.Lerner, G.Manna, A.Martínez, T.Masi, A.Massimi, C.Mastinu, P.Mastromarco, M.Maugeri, E. A.Mazzone, A.Mendoza, E.Michalopoulou, V.Milazzo, P. M.Mucciola, R.Murtas, F.Musacchio-Gonzalez, E.Musumarra, A.Negret, A.Pérez de Rada, A.Pérez-Maroto, P.Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A.Pellegriti, M. G.Perkowski, J.Petrone, C.Pirovano, E.Plaza del Olmo, J.Pomp, S.Porras, I.Praena, J.Quesada, J. M.Reifarth, R.Rochman, D.Romanets, Y.Rubbia, C.Sánchez-Caballero, A.Sabaté-Gilarte, M.Schillebeeckx, P.Schumann, D.Sekhar, A.Smith, A. G.Sosnin, N. V.Stamati, M. E.Sturniolo, A.Tagliente, G.Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.Tarrío, D.Torres-Sánchez, P.Vagena, E.Valenta, S.Variale, V.Vaz, P.Vecchio, G.Vescovi, D.Vlachoudis, V.Vlastou, R.Wallner, A.Woods, P. J.Zarrella, R.Zugec, P.
Source
EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation. 10(1)
Subject
Neutron time of flight
Spallation target
Nuclear astrophysics
Neutron physics
Neutron induced fission
Neutron reactions
Language
English
ISSN
2195-7045
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.