• A first prototype of C6D6 total-energy detector with SiPM readout for neutron capture time-of-flight experiments 

      Balibrea-Correa, J.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Calvo Diaz-Aldagalán, David; Caballero Ontanaya, Luis; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Tolosa Delgado, Alvaro; Domingo Pardo, César; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cano Ott, Daniel; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Bacak, Michael; Barbagallo, Massimo (2021-01-01)
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      Low efficiency total-energy detectors (TEDs) are one of the main tools for neutron capture cross section measurements utilizing the time-of-flight (TOF) technique. State-of-the-art TEDs are based on a CD liquid-scintillation ...
    • A segmented total energy detector (sTED) optimized for (n, ¿) cross-section measurements at n_TOF EAR2 

      Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Cano Ott, Daniel; García Alvarado, Jose Maria; González Romero, Enrique Miguel; Martínez, T.; Pérez de Rada Fiol, Alberto; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (Elsevier, 2024-04-01)
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      The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN is a spallation source dedicated to measurements of neutron- induced reaction cross-sections of interest in nuclear technologies, astrophysics, and other applications. Since ...
    • Advances and new ideas for neutron-capture astrophysics experiments at CERN n_TOF 

      Domingo Pardo, César; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Taín Enríquez, José Luis; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel; Aberle, O.; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, Józef; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Calviani, Marco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Cosentino, Luigi; Dressler, Rugard (Springer Nature, 2023-01-01)
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      This article presents a few selected developments and future ideas related to the measurement of (n,¿) data of astrophysical interest at CERN n_TOF. The MC-aided analysis methodology for the use of low-efficiency radiation ...
    • Constraints on the dipole photon strength for the odd uranium isotopes 

      Berthoumieux, Eric; Dupont, Emmeric; Gunsing, Frank; Serot, Olivier; Aberle, O.; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, Józef; Audouin, Ludmila; Bécares, Vicente; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Bacak, Michael; Barbagallo, Massimo; Billowes, J.; Bosnar, Damir; Caballero Ontanaya, Luis; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Calviani, Marco; Cano Ott, Daniel; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Chiaveri, E.; Colonna, Nicola; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Cosentino, Luigi; Cristallo, Sergio; Damone, Lucia Anna; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (American Physical Society, 2022-02-01)
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      Nuclear level densities (NLDs) and photon strength functions (PSFs), also called ¿ -ray or radiation strength functions, represent average properties of the nucleus in the regime of excitation where individual levels and ...
    • First results of the140ce(N,¿)141ce cross-section measurement at n_tof 

      Amaducci, Simone; Colonna, Nicola; Cosentino, Luigi; Cristallo, Sergio; Finocchio, Elisabetta; Massimi, Cristian; Mastromarco, Mario; Aberle, O.; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Andrzejewski, Józef; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Bacak, Michael; Barbagallo, Massimo; Berthoumieux, Eric; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere (2021-06-01)
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      An accurate measurement of the 140Ce(n,¿) energy-dependent cross-section was performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN. This cross-section is of great importance because it represents a bottleneck for the s-process nucleosynthesis ...
    • Measurement of the 154Gd(n,gamma) cross section and its astrophysical implications 

      Mazzoni, Alberto; Cristallo, Sergio; Aberle, O.; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, Józef; Audouin, Ludmila; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (Elsevier, 2020-05-10)
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      The neutron capture cross section of 154Gd was measured from 1 eV to 300 keV in the experimental area located 185 m from the CERN n_TOF neutron spallation source, using a metallic sample of gadolinium, enriched to 67% in ...
    • Measurement of the 244Cm and 246Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections at the n_TOF facility 

      Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio; Kimura, Atsushi; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019)
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      The neutron capture reactions of the 244Cm and 246Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier Cm isotopes and heavier elements such asThe neutron capture reactions of the 244Cm and 246Cm isotopes open the path ...
    • Measurement of the N 14 (n,p) C 14 cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility from subthermal energy to 800 keV 

      Torres Sanchez, Pablo; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Porras Sánchez, Ignacio; Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, Józef; Audouin, Laurent; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (American Physical Society, 2023-06-29)
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      Background: The 14N(n,p)14C reaction is of interest in neutron capture therapy, where nitrogen-related dose is the main component due to low-energy neutrons, and in astrophysics, where 14N acts as a neutron poison in the ...
    • miniBELEN: a modular neutron counter for (a, n) reactions 

      Mont i Geli, Nil; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban; Fraile, L. M.; Viñals Onsens, Silvia; Perea Martínez, Ángel; Pallàs i Solís, Max; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Nacher González, Enrique; Taín Enríquez, José Luis; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Algora Wesolowsk, Alejandro; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Benito García, Jaime; García Borge, María José; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Blas del Hoyo, Alfredo de (EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023-05-26)
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      miniBELEN is a modular and transportable neutron moderated counter with a nearly flat neutron detection efficiency up to 10 MeV. Modularity implies that the moderator can be reassembled in different ways in order to obtain ...
    • Neutron capture measurements with high efficiency detectors and the Pulse Height Weighting Technique 

      Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Cano Ott, Daniel; González Romero, Enrique Miguel; Martínez, T.; Pérez de Rada Fiol, Alberto; Sánchez Caballero, Adrián; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Domingo Pardo, César; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos (2023-02-01)
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      Neutron capture cross section measurements in time-of-flight facilities are usually performed by detecting the prompt ¿-rays emitted in the capture reactions. One of the difficulties to be addressed in these measurements ...
    • Pushing the high count rate limits of scintillation detectors for challenging neutron-capture experiments 

      Balibrea Correa, Javier; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Domingo Pardo, César; Ladarescu, Ion; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel; Fuente Rosales, Gabriel de la; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Cano Ott, Daniel; González Romero, Enrique Miguel; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere (Elsevier, 2024-04-25)
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      One of the critical aspects for the accurate determination of neutron capture cross sections when combining time-of-flight and total energy detector techniques is the characterization and control of systematic uncertainties ...
    • The DESPEC setup for GSI and FAIR 

      Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban; de Blas, Alfredo; Mont i Geli, Nil; Pallás Cabello, M. Elvira; Hall, O; Hubbard, Nicolas J.; Agramunt Ros, Jorge; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Algora, A.; Cano Ott, Daniel; Guadilla, Victor; Mistry, Andrew Kishor; Arici, Tugba; Banerjee, Akashrup; Benzoni, Giovanna; Cederwall, Bo; Gerl, Juergen; Górska, Magdalena; Hall, Oscar; Hubbard, Nicolas; Kojouharov, Ivan M.; Jolie, Jan (Elsevier, 2022-04-06)
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      The DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC) setup for nuclear structure investigations was developed and commissioned at GSI, Germany in preparation for a full campaign of experiments at the FRS and Super-FRS. In this paper, we report ...