Neutron-induced cross section measurements

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