Browsing by Author "Bacak, Michael"

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    • 74 Ge(n, ¿) cross section below 70 keV measured at n_TOF CERN 

      Lederer Woods, Claudia; Aberle, O.; Andrzejewski, Józef; Audouin, Ludmila; Bécares, Vicente; Bacak, Michael; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Barbagallo, Massimo; Barros, S.; Battino, Umberto; Becvar, F.; Beinrucker, C.; Berthoumieux, Eric; Billowes, J.; Bosnar, Damir; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Riego Pérez, Albert (Springer Nature, 2022-12-01)
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      Neutron capture reaction cross sections on 74Ge are of importance to determine 74Ge production during the astrophysical slow neutron capture process. We present new resonancedataon74Ge(n,¿)reactionsbelow70keVneutron energy. ...

    • A compact fission detector for fission-tagging neutron capture experiments with radioactive fissile isotopes 

      Bacak, Michael; Aiche, Mourad; Bélier, Gilbert; Berthoumieux, Eric; Diakaki, Maria; Dupont, Emmeric; Gunsing, Frank; Kopecky, Stefan; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (2020-04-21)
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      In the measurement of neutron capture cross-sections of fissile isotopes, the fission channel is a source of background which can be removed efficiently using the so-called fission-tagging or fission-veto technique. For ...

    • 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 ...

    • Characterization of the FOOT neutron detectors for nuclear fragmentation measurements at the n_TOF facility 

      Zarrella, Roberto; Manna, Alice; Amaducci, Simone; Bacak, Michael; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Colombi, Sofia; D'Orazio, Claudio; García Infantes, Francisco; Malekinezhad, Nasrin; Marafini, Michela; Massimi, Cristian; Mengoni, Alberto (IOP Publishing, 2024-04-02)
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      FOOT (FragmentatiOn Of Target) is an applied nuclear physics experiment with the aim of performing high precision cross section measurements for fragmentation reactions of interest in hadrontherapy and radiation protection ...

    • 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 ...

    • Destruction of the cosmic ¿ -ray emitter Al 26 in massive stars: Study of the key Al 26 (n,p) reaction 

      Lederer-Woods, C.; Woods, Phil J.; Kahl, D.; Aberle, O.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, Józef; Audouin, Ludmila; Bacak, Michael; Balibrea-Correa, J.; Barbagallo, Massimo; Becvar, F.; Berthoumieux, Eric; Billowes, J.; Calviño Tavares, Francisco (American Physical Society, 2021-08-01)
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      The 26 Al ( n , p ) 26 Mg reaction is the key reaction impacting on the abundances of the cosmic ¿ -ray emitter 26 Al produced in massive stars and impacts on the potential pollution of the early solar system with 26 Al ...

    • 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 ...

    • High accuracy, high resolution 235U(n,f) cross section from n_TOF (CERN) from 18 meV to 10 keV 

      Mastromarco, Mario; Amaducci, Simone; Colonna, Nicola; Finocchiaro, Paolo; Cosentino, Luigi; Barbagallo, Massimo; Aberle, O.; Andrzejewski, Józef; Audouin, Ludmila; Bacak, Michael; Balibrea-Correa, J.; Becvar, F.; Berthoumieux, Eric; Billowes, J.; Bosnar, Damir; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (Springer Nature, 2022-08-01)
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      U(n,f) cross section was measured in a wide energy range (18 meV–170 keV) at the n_TOF facility at CERN, relative to 6Li(n,t) and 10B(n,a) standard reactions, with high resolution and accuracy, with a setup based on a stack ...

    • Measurement of the 77Se(n,¿) cross section up to 200 keV at the n_TOF facility at CERN 

      Sosnin, Nikolay Viktorovich; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Krticka, Milan; Garg, R.; Dietzel, Martin; Bacak, Michael; Barbagallo, Massimo; Battino, Umberto; Cristallo, Sergio; Damone, Lucia Anna; Diakaki, Maria; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (American Physical Society, 2023-06-12)
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      The 77Se(n,¿) reaction is of importance for 77Se abundance during the slow neutron capture process in massive stars. We have performed a new measurement of the 77Se radiative neutron capture cross section at the Neutron ...

    • Measurement of the cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN 

      Gawlik Ramiega, Aleksandra; Battino, U.; Andrzejewski, Józef; Aberle, O.; Audouin, Ludmila; Bacak, Michael; Balibrea-Correa, J.; Barbagallo, Massimo; Barros, S.; Bécares, Vicente; Becvar, F.; Beinrucker, C.; Berthoumieux, Eric; Billowes, J.; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Bosnar, Damir (American Physical Society, 2021-10-01)
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      The 76 Ge ( n , ¿ ) reaction has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN via the time-of-flight technique. Neutron capture cross sections on 76 Ge are of interest to a variety of low-background experiments, such as ...

    • Multi-section fission ionization chamber for measurement of 239 Pu (n, y) reaction in fission tagging method 

      Perkowski, Jaroslaw; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Andrzejewski, Józef; Cano Ott, Daniel; Gawlik Ramiega, Aleksandra; Mendoza, Emilio; Sánchez Caballero, Adrián; Sibbens, Geodele; Vanleeuw, David; Aberle, Oliver; Altieri, Saverio; Amaducci, Simone; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Bacak, Michael; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (2024-10-01)
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      The 239 Pu (n, y) reaction cross section is very important for operation of both thermal and fast reactors, when loaded with MOX fuels. According to the NEA/OECD High Priority Request List the precision of cross section ...

    • Radiative neutron capture cross-section measurement of ge isotopes at n_TOF CERN facility and its importance for stellar nucleosynthesis 

      Gawlik Ramiega, Aleksandra; Lederer-Woods, C.; Andrzejewski, Józef; Battino, U.; Mingrone, Federica; Weiss, Christina; Aberle, O.; Audouin, Ludmila; Bacak, Michael; Balibrea-Correa, J.; Barbagallo, Massimo; Barros, S.; Bécares, Vicente; Becvar, F.; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere (2021-04-01)
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      This manuscript summarizes the results of radiative neutron capture cross-section measurements on two stable germanium isotopes, 70Ge and 73Ge. Experiments were performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN via the time-of-flight ...

    • Shedding light on the origin of 204Pb, the heaviest s-process–only isotope in the solar system 

      Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Domingo Pardo, César; Lerendegui Marco, J.; Guerrero, C.; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel; Krticka, Milan; Pignatari, Marco; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Schumann, D.; Heinitz, S.; Dressler, Rugard; Köster, U.; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, Józef; Audouin, Ludmila; Bécares, Vicente; Bacak, Michael; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2024-07-31)
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      Asymptotic giant branch stars are responsible for the production of most of the heavy isotopes beyond Sr observed in the solar system. Among them, isotopes shielded from the ¿-process contribution by their stable isobars ...