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High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux at n{sub T}OF

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The neutron flux of the n{sub T}OF facility at CERN was measured, after installation of the new spallation target, with four different systems based on three neutron-converting reactions, which represent accepted cross sections standards in different energy regions. A careful comparison and combination of the different measurements allowed us to reach an unprecedented accuracy on the energy dependence of the neutron flux in the very wide range (thermal to 1 GeV) that characterizes the n{sub T}OF neutron beam. This is a pre-requisite for the high accuracy of cross section measurements at n{sub T}OF. An unexpected anomaly in the neutron-induced fission cross section of {sup 235}U is observed in the energy region between 10 and 30keV, hinting at a possible overestimation of this important cross section, well above currently assigned uncertainties. (orig.)
Authors:
Barbagallo, M.; Colonna, N.; Mastromarco, M.; Meaze, M.; Tagliente, G.; Variale, V.; [1]  Guerrero, C.; Andriamonje, S.; Boccone, V.; Brugger, M.; Calviani, M.; Cerutti, F.; Chin, M.; Ferrari, A.; Kadi, Y.; Losito, R.; Versaci, R.; Vlachoudis, V.; [2]  Tsinganis, A.; [2]  National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens (Greece)]; Tarrio, D.; Duran, I.; Leal-Cidoncha, E.; Paradela, C.; [3]  Altstadt, S.; Goebel, K.; Langer, C.; Reifarth, R.; Schmidt, S.; Weigand, M.; [4]  Andrzejewski, J.; Marganiec, J.; Perkowski, J.; [5]  Audouin, L.; Leong, L. S.; Tassan-Got, L.; [6]  Becares, V.; Cano-Ott, D.; Garcia, A. R.; Gonzalez-Romero, E.; Martinez, T.; Mendoza, E.; [7]  Becvar, F.; Krticka, M.; Kroll, J.; Valenta, S.; [8]  Belloni, F.; Fraval, K.; Gunsing, F.; Lampoudis, C.; Papaevangelou, T.; [9]  Berthoumieux, E.; Chiaveri, E.; [2]  Commissariata l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Saclay - Irfu, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)]; Billowes, J.; Ware, T.; Wright, T.; [10]  Bosnar, D.; Zugec, P.; [11]  Calvino, F.; Cortes, G.; Gomez-Hornillos, M. B.; Riego, A.; [12]  Carrapico, C.; Goncalves, I. F.; Sarmento, R.; Vaz, P.; [13]  Cortes-Giraldo, M. A.; Praena, J.; Quesada, J. M.; Sabate-Gilarte, M.; [14]  Diakaki, M.; Karadimos, D.; Kokkoris, M.; Vlastou, R.; [15]  Domingo-Pardo, C.; Giubrone, G.; Tain, J. L.; [16]  Dressler, R.; Kivel, N.; Schumann, D.; Steinegger, P.; [17]  Dzysiuk, N.; Mastinu, P. F.; [18]  Eleftheriadis, C.; Manousos, A.; [19]  Ganesan, S.; Gurusamy, P.; Saxena, A.; [20]  Griesmayer, E.; Jericha, E.; Leeb, H.; [21]  Hernandez-Prieto, A.; [22]  Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (ES)]; Jenkins, D. G.; Vermeulen, M. J.; [23]  Kaeppeler, F.; [24]  Koehler, P.; [25]  Lederer, C.; [26]  University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna (AT)]; Massimi, C.; Mingrone, F.; Vannini, G.; [27]  INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica, Bologna (IT)]; Mengoni, A.; Ventura, A.; [28]  Milazzo, P. M.; [29]  Mirea, M.; [30]  Mondalaers, W.; Plompen, A.; Schillebeeckx, P.; [31]  Pavlik, A.; Wallner, A.; [32]  Rauscher, T.; [33]  Roman, F.; [22]  Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN HH, Bucharest - Magurele (RO)]; Rubbia, C.; [22]  Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi (AQ) (IT)]; Weiss, C.; [22]  Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt (DE)]
  1. Sezione di Bari, INFN, Bari (Italy)
  2. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
  3. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago (Spain)
  4. Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt (Germany)
  5. Uniwersytet Lodzki, Lodz (Poland)
  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/IN2P3 - IPN, Orsay (France)
  7. Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas (CIEMAT), Madrid (Spain)
  8. Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic)
  9. Commissariata l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Saclay - Irfu, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  10. University of Manchester, Manchester (United Kingdom)
  11. University of Zagreb, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Zagreb (Croatia)
  12. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain)
  13. Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa (Portugal)
  14. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla (Spain)
  15. National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens (Greece)
  16. CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Valencia (Spain)
  17. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI (Switzerland)
  18. Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Rome (Italy)
  19. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki (Greece)
  20. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai (IN)
  21. Technische Universitaet Wien, Atominstitut, Wien (AT)
  22. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (CH)
  23. University of York, Heslington, York (GB)
  24. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Nord, Karlsruhe (DE)
  25. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge (US)
  26. Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt (DE)
  27. Universita di Bologna (IT)
  28. Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Bologna (IT)
  29. Sezione di Trieste, INFN, Trieste (IT)
  30. Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN HH, Bucharest - Magurele (RO)
  31. Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, European Commission JRC, Geel (BE)
  32. University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna (AT)
  33. University of Basel, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Basel (CH)
Publication Date:
Dec 15, 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1140/EPJA/I2013-13156-X
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: European Physical Journal. A; Journal Volume: 49; Journal Issue: 12
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; CROSS SECTIONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY SPECTRA; EV RANGE; FAST FISSION; KEV RANGE 10-100; MEV RANGE; NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRON SOURCE FACILITIES; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRON SPECTRA; SPALLATION; TARGET CHAMBERS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD; URANIUM 235 TARGET
OSTI ID:
22200975
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001; TRN: DE14F0696021798
Availability:
Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13156-x
Submitting Site:
DE
Size:
page(s) 1-11
Announcement Date:
Mar 06, 2014

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Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Tagliente, G., Variale, V., Guerrero, C., Andriamonje, S., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Cerutti, F., Chin, M., Ferrari, A., Kadi, Y., Losito, R., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Tsinganis, A., National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens (Greece)], Tarrio, D., Duran, I., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Paradela, C., Altstadt, S., Goebel, K., Langer, C., Reifarth, R., Schmidt, S., Weigand, M., Andrzejewski, J., Marganiec, J., Perkowski, J., Audouin, L., Leong, L. S., Tassan-Got, L., Becares, V., Cano-Ott, D., Garcia, A. R., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Martinez, T., Mendoza, E., Becvar, F., Krticka, M., Kroll, J., Valenta, S., Belloni, F., Fraval, K., Gunsing, F., Lampoudis, C., Papaevangelou, T., Berthoumieux, E., Chiaveri, E., Commissariata l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Saclay - Irfu, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)], Billowes, J., Ware, T., Wright, T., Bosnar, D., Zugec, P., Calvino, F., Cortes, G., Gomez-Hornillos, M. B., Riego, A., Carrapico, C., Goncalves, I. F., Sarmento, R., Vaz, P., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Diakaki, M., Karadimos, D., Kokkoris, M., Vlastou, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Giubrone, G., Tain, J. L., Dressler, R., Kivel, N., Schumann, D., Steinegger, P., Dzysiuk, N., Mastinu, P. F., Eleftheriadis, C., Manousos, A., Ganesan, S., Gurusamy, P., Saxena, A., Griesmayer, E., Jericha, E., Leeb, H., Hernandez-Prieto, A., Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (ES)], Jenkins, D. G., Vermeulen, M. J., Kaeppeler, F., Koehler, P., Lederer, C., University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna (AT)], Massimi, C., Mingrone, F., Vannini, G., INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica, Bologna (IT)], Mengoni, A., Ventura, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Plompen, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Pavlik, A., Wallner, A., Rauscher, T., Roman, F., Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN HH, Bucharest - Magurele (RO)], Rubbia, C., Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi (AQ) (IT)], Weiss, C., and Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt (DE)]. High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux at n{sub T}OF. Germany: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1140/EPJA/I2013-13156-X.
Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Tagliente, G., Variale, V., Guerrero, C., Andriamonje, S., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Cerutti, F., Chin, M., Ferrari, A., Kadi, Y., Losito, R., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Tsinganis, A., National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens (Greece)], Tarrio, D., Duran, I., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Paradela, C., Altstadt, S., Goebel, K., Langer, C., Reifarth, R., Schmidt, S., Weigand, M., Andrzejewski, J., Marganiec, J., Perkowski, J., Audouin, L., Leong, L. S., Tassan-Got, L., Becares, V., Cano-Ott, D., Garcia, A. R., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Martinez, T., Mendoza, E., Becvar, F., Krticka, M., Kroll, J., Valenta, S., Belloni, F., Fraval, K., Gunsing, F., Lampoudis, C., Papaevangelou, T., Berthoumieux, E., Chiaveri, E., Commissariata l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Saclay - Irfu, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)], Billowes, J., Ware, T., Wright, T., Bosnar, D., Zugec, P., Calvino, F., Cortes, G., Gomez-Hornillos, M. B., Riego, A., Carrapico, C., Goncalves, I. F., Sarmento, R., Vaz, P., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Diakaki, M., Karadimos, D., Kokkoris, M., Vlastou, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Giubrone, G., Tain, J. L., Dressler, R., Kivel, N., Schumann, D., Steinegger, P., Dzysiuk, N., Mastinu, P. F., Eleftheriadis, C., Manousos, A., Ganesan, S., Gurusamy, P., Saxena, A., Griesmayer, E., Jericha, E., Leeb, H., Hernandez-Prieto, A., Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (ES)], Jenkins, D. G., Vermeulen, M. J., Kaeppeler, F., Koehler, P., Lederer, C., University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna (AT)], Massimi, C., Mingrone, F., Vannini, G., INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica, Bologna (IT)], Mengoni, A., Ventura, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Plompen, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Pavlik, A., Wallner, A., Rauscher, T., Roman, F., Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN HH, Bucharest - Magurele (RO)], Rubbia, C., Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi (AQ) (IT)], Weiss, C., & Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt (DE)]. High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux at n{sub T}OF. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1140/EPJA/I2013-13156-X
Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Tagliente, G., Variale, V., Guerrero, C., Andriamonje, S., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Cerutti, F., Chin, M., Ferrari, A., Kadi, Y., Losito, R., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Tsinganis, A., National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens (Greece)], Tarrio, D., Duran, I., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Paradela, C., Altstadt, S., Goebel, K., Langer, C., Reifarth, R., Schmidt, S., Weigand, M., Andrzejewski, J., Marganiec, J., Perkowski, J., Audouin, L., Leong, L. S., Tassan-Got, L., Becares, V., Cano-Ott, D., Garcia, A. R., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Martinez, T., Mendoza, E., Becvar, F., Krticka, M., Kroll, J., Valenta, S., Belloni, F., Fraval, K., Gunsing, F., Lampoudis, C., Papaevangelou, T., Berthoumieux, E., Chiaveri, E., Commissariata l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Saclay - Irfu, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)], Billowes, J., Ware, T., Wright, T., Bosnar, D., Zugec, P., Calvino, F., Cortes, G., Gomez-Hornillos, M. B., Riego, A., Carrapico, C., Goncalves, I. F., Sarmento, R., Vaz, P., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Diakaki, M., Karadimos, D., Kokkoris, M., Vlastou, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Giubrone, G., Tain, J. L., Dressler, R., Kivel, N., Schumann, D., Steinegger, P., Dzysiuk, N., Mastinu, P. F., Eleftheriadis, C., Manousos, A., Ganesan, S., Gurusamy, P., Saxena, A., Griesmayer, E., Jericha, E., Leeb, H., Hernandez-Prieto, A., Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (ES)], Jenkins, D. G., Vermeulen, M. J., Kaeppeler, F., Koehler, P., Lederer, C., University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna (AT)], Massimi, C., Mingrone, F., Vannini, G., INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica, Bologna (IT)], Mengoni, A., Ventura, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Plompen, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Pavlik, A., Wallner, A., Rauscher, T., Roman, F., Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN HH, Bucharest - Magurele (RO)], Rubbia, C., Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi (AQ) (IT)], Weiss, C., and Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt (DE)]. 2013. "High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux at n{sub T}OF." Germany. https://doi.org/10.1140/EPJA/I2013-13156-X.
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title = {High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux at n{sub T}OF}
 author = {Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Mastromarco, M., Meaze, M., Tagliente, G., Variale, V., Guerrero, C., Andriamonje, S., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Cerutti, F., Chin, M., Ferrari, A., Kadi, Y., Losito, R., Versaci, R., Vlachoudis, V., Tsinganis, A., National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens (Greece)], Tarrio, D., Duran, I., Leal-Cidoncha, E., Paradela, C., Altstadt, S., Goebel, K., Langer, C., Reifarth, R., Schmidt, S., Weigand, M., Andrzejewski, J., Marganiec, J., Perkowski, J., Audouin, L., Leong, L. S., Tassan-Got, L., Becares, V., Cano-Ott, D., Garcia, A. R., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Martinez, T., Mendoza, E., Becvar, F., Krticka, M., Kroll, J., Valenta, S., Belloni, F., Fraval, K., Gunsing, F., Lampoudis, C., Papaevangelou, T., Berthoumieux, E., Chiaveri, E., Commissariata l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Saclay - Irfu, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)], Billowes, J., Ware, T., Wright, T., Bosnar, D., Zugec, P., Calvino, F., Cortes, G., Gomez-Hornillos, M. B., Riego, A., Carrapico, C., Goncalves, I. F., Sarmento, R., Vaz, P., Cortes-Giraldo, M. A., Praena, J., Quesada, J. M., Sabate-Gilarte, M., Diakaki, M., Karadimos, D., Kokkoris, M., Vlastou, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Giubrone, G., Tain, J. L., Dressler, R., Kivel, N., Schumann, D., Steinegger, P., Dzysiuk, N., Mastinu, P. F., Eleftheriadis, C., Manousos, A., Ganesan, S., Gurusamy, P., Saxena, A., Griesmayer, E., Jericha, E., Leeb, H., Hernandez-Prieto, A., Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (ES)], Jenkins, D. G., Vermeulen, M. J., Kaeppeler, F., Koehler, P., Lederer, C., University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna (AT)], Massimi, C., Mingrone, F., Vannini, G., INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica, Bologna (IT)], Mengoni, A., Ventura, A., Milazzo, P. M., Mirea, M., Mondalaers, W., Plompen, A., Schillebeeckx, P., Pavlik, A., Wallner, A., Rauscher, T., Roman, F., Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - IFIN HH, Bucharest - Magurele (RO)], Rubbia, C., Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, Assergi (AQ) (IT)], Weiss, C., and Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt (DE)]}
 abstractNote = {The neutron flux of the n{sub T}OF facility at CERN was measured, after installation of the new spallation target, with four different systems based on three neutron-converting reactions, which represent accepted cross sections standards in different energy regions. A careful comparison and combination of the different measurements allowed us to reach an unprecedented accuracy on the energy dependence of the neutron flux in the very wide range (thermal to 1 GeV) that characterizes the n{sub T}OF neutron beam. This is a pre-requisite for the high accuracy of cross section measurements at n{sub T}OF. An unexpected anomaly in the neutron-induced fission cross section of {sup 235}U is observed in the energy region between 10 and 30keV, hinting at a possible overestimation of this important cross section, well above currently assigned uncertainties. (orig.)}
 doi = {10.1140/EPJA/I2013-13156-X}
 journal = []
 issue = {12}
 volume = {49}
 journal type = {AC}
 place = {Germany}
 year = {2013}
 month = {Dec}
 }