Neutron-induced cross section measurements

C Massimi,M Caamaño,V Furman,I Knapová,G Cescutti,D Vescovi,E Musacchio-Gonzalez,G Tagliente,Y Romanets,D Bosnar,J Balibrea,P M Milazzo,Y Kopatch,D Rochman,J Perkowski,E Jericha,M E Stamati,A Masi,C Beltrami,S Fiore,E Dupont,V Michalopoulou,N Colonna,R Mucciola,F Cerutti,S Amaducci,A Kimura,V Variale,E Berthoumieux,A Sturniolo,C Rubbia,P Schillebeeckx,P Torres-Sánchez,C Gustavino,M Kokkoris,F Gunsing,P Vaz,A Wallner,Z Eleme,O Aberle,R Vlastou,S Dellmann,D Tarrío,J Plaza,A Negret,K Kaperoni,E Pirovano,P Žugec,A Casanovas,N Kyritsis,S Cristallo,E Mendoza,I Durán,T Wright,S Bennett,P Mastinu,C Guerrero,A Musumarra,E Chiaveri,R Dressler,V Alcayne,V Vlachoudis,D G Jenkins,F Murtas,E Vagena,A Manna,A P Bernardes,A Sekhar,N Patronis,M Calviani,G Lerner,G Kaur,S Fargier,A Mazzone,D Schumann,L Cosentino,M Krtička,B Fernández,J Heyse,A Gawlik-Ramięga,M Dietz,J Andrzejewski,M Boromiza,J Praena,S Gilardoni,P Pérez-Maroto,M Sabaté-Gilarte,S Valenta,P J Woods,A Pérez De Rada,G Gervino,F Calviño,C Petrone,M Bacak,P Colombetti,J A Pavón-Rodríguez,R Zarrella,M G Pellegriti,C Lederer-Woods,I Porras,R Reifarth,S Chasapoglou,S Di Maria,J Lerendegui-Marco,N V Sosnin,G Cortés,I Ladarescu,W Hillman,S Altieri,A Junghans,E A Maugeri,P Finocchiaro,T Martínez,M Mastromarco,G Vecchio,P Console Camprini,Y Kadi,E González‐Romero ,A K Sanchez ,J Quesada ,Donato Maurizio Castelluccio ,B Fernández–Domínguez ,C Domingo‐Pardo ,M A Cortés‐Giraldo ,D Cano‐Ott ,V Babiano-Suárez ,F García-Infantes ,Mario Di Castro ,Μ Diakaki ,Stephan Pomp ,S Urlaß ,Andrew Smith ,A Mengoni

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202327911009

Abstract

Neutron-induced cross sections represent the main nuclear input to models of stellar and Big-Bang nucleosynthesis. While (n,γ) reactions are relevant for the formation of elements heavier than iron, (n,p) and (n,α) reactions can play an important role in specific cases. The time-of-flight method is routinely used at n_TOF to experimentally determine the cross section data. In addition, recent upgrades of the facility will allow the use of activation techniques as well, possibly opening the way to a systematic study of neutron interaction with radioactive isotopes. In the last 20 years n_TOF has provided a large amount of experimental data for Nuclear Astrophysics. Our plan is to carry on challenging measurements and produce nuclear data in the next decades as well.

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