Based on an idea by Carlo Rubbia, the n_TOF facility at CERN has been built and has been operating for over 20 years. It is a neutron spallation source, driven by the 20 GeV/c proton beam from the CERN PS accelerator. Neutrons in a very wide energy range (from GeV, down to sub-eV kinetic energy) are generated by a massive Lead spallation target feeding two experimental areas. EAR1, horizonal...
The NEA/OECD included the cross-section of neutron capture and neutron-induced fission reactions for $^{239}$Pu in its High Priority Request List, in response to the demands for more accurate and reliable nuclear data essential for the design and operation of nuclear technologies. Recent efforts have been concentrated on meeting these data needs by means of a new measurement utilizing...
The neutron time-of-flight facility, n_TOF, at CERN, offers the possibility to study neutron-induced reactions thanks to the extremely wide neutron energy spectrum available in its experimental area, from thermal up to GeV. Already since the year 2001, the n_TOF Collaboration has been producing relevant nuclear data for fundamental nuclear physics, technology and astrophysics.
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