Neutron-induced fission cross section of in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n_TOF facility
Abstract
We experimentally determined the neutron-induced fission cross section of Np-237 at the high-resolution and high-intensity facility n_TOF, at CERN, in the energy range 100 keV to 9 MeV, using the U-235(n, f) and U-238(n, f) cross section standards below and above 2 MeV, respectively. Moreover, a fast ionization chamber was used in order to detect the fission fragments from the reactions and the targets were characterized as far as their mass and homogeneity are concerned by means of a spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy respectively. Finally, theoretical calculations within the Hauser-Feshbach formalism have been performed, employing the EMPIRE code, and the model parameters were tuned in order to successfully reproduce the experimental fission cross-sectional data and simultaneously all the competing reaction channels.
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- Contributing Org.:
- n_TOF Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1286991
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
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Diakaki, M., Karadimos, D., Vlastou, R., Kokkoris, M., Demetriou, P., Skordis, E., Tsinganis, A., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Assimakopoulos, P., Audouin, L., Badurek, G., Baumann, P., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Carrillo de Albornoz, A., Cennini, P., Chepel, V., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Couture, A., Cox, J., David, S., Dolfini, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dorochenko, A., Dridi, W., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, Ch., Embid-Segura, M., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Ferreira-Marques, R., Fitzpatrick, L., Frais-Koelbl, H., Fuji, K., Furman, W., Goncalves, I., Gallino, R., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Haas, B., Haight, R., Heil, M., Herrera-Martinez, A., Igashira, M., Ioannidis, K., Isaev, S., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karamanis, D., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Koehler, P., Kolokolov, D., Konovalov, V., Krtička, M., Lamboudis, C., Leeb, H., Lindote, A., Lopes, I., Lozano, M., Lukic, S., Marganiec, J., Marques, L., Marrone, S., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Neves, F., Oberhummer, H., O'Brien, S., Oshima, M., Pancin, J., Papadopoulos, C., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perrot, L., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, A., Poch, A., Pretel, C., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rosetti, M., Rubbia, C., Rudolf, G., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Sarchiapone, L., Savvidis, I., Sedysheva, M., Stamoulis, K., Stephan, C., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tassan-Got, L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Vannini, G., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Villamarin, D., Vincente, M. C., Vlachoudis, V., Voss, F., Wendler, H., Wiescher, M., and Wisshak, K. Neutron-induced fission cross section of Np237 in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n_TOF facility. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034614.
Diakaki, M., Karadimos, D., Vlastou, R., Kokkoris, M., Demetriou, P., Skordis, E., Tsinganis, A., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Assimakopoulos, P., Audouin, L., Badurek, G., Baumann, P., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Carrillo de Albornoz, A., Cennini, P., Chepel, V., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Couture, A., Cox, J., David, S., Dolfini, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dorochenko, A., Dridi, W., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, Ch., Embid-Segura, M., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Ferreira-Marques, R., Fitzpatrick, L., Frais-Koelbl, H., Fuji, K., Furman, W., Goncalves, I., Gallino, R., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Haas, B., Haight, R., Heil, M., Herrera-Martinez, A., Igashira, M., Ioannidis, K., Isaev, S., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karamanis, D., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Koehler, P., Kolokolov, D., Konovalov, V., Krtička, M., Lamboudis, C., Leeb, H., Lindote, A., Lopes, I., Lozano, M., Lukic, S., Marganiec, J., Marques, L., Marrone, S., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Neves, F., Oberhummer, H., O'Brien, S., Oshima, M., Pancin, J., Papadopoulos, C., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perrot, L., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, A., Poch, A., Pretel, C., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rosetti, M., Rubbia, C., Rudolf, G., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Sarchiapone, L., Savvidis, I., Sedysheva, M., Stamoulis, K., Stephan, C., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tassan-Got, L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Vannini, G., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Villamarin, D., Vincente, M. C., Vlachoudis, V., Voss, F., Wendler, H., Wiescher, M., & Wisshak, K. Neutron-induced fission cross section of Np237 in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n_TOF facility. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034614
Diakaki, M., Karadimos, D., Vlastou, R., Kokkoris, M., Demetriou, P., Skordis, E., Tsinganis, A., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Assimakopoulos, P., Audouin, L., Badurek, G., Baumann, P., Bečvář, F., Berthoumieux, E., Calviani, M., Calviño, F., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Carrillo de Albornoz, A., Cennini, P., Chepel, V., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Couture, A., Cox, J., David, S., Dolfini, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Dorochenko, A., Dridi, W., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, Ch., Embid-Segura, M., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, A., Ferreira-Marques, R., Fitzpatrick, L., Frais-Koelbl, H., Fuji, K., Furman, W., Goncalves, I., Gallino, R., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Guerrero, C., Gunsing, F., Haas, B., Haight, R., Heil, M., Herrera-Martinez, A., Igashira, M., Ioannidis, K., Isaev, S., Jericha, E., Kadi, Y., Käppeler, F., Karamanis, D., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Koehler, P., Kolokolov, D., Konovalov, V., Krtička, M., Lamboudis, C., Leeb, H., Lindote, A., Lopes, I., Lozano, M., Lukic, S., Marganiec, J., Marques, L., Marrone, S., Massimi, C., Mastinu, P., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P. M., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Neves, F., Oberhummer, H., O'Brien, S., Oshima, M., Pancin, J., Papadopoulos, C., Paradela, C., Patronis, N., Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perrot, L., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, A., Poch, A., Pretel, C., Quesada, J., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rosetti, M., Rubbia, C., Rudolf, G., Rullhusen, P., Salgado, J., Sarchiapone, L., Savvidis, I., Sedysheva, M., Stamoulis, K., Stephan, C., Tagliente, G., Tain, J. L., Tassan-Got, L., Tavora, L., Terlizzi, R., Vannini, G., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Villamarin, D., Vincente, M. C., Vlachoudis, V., Voss, F., Wendler, H., Wiescher, M., and Wisshak, K. Thu .
"Neutron-induced fission cross section of Np237 in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n_TOF facility". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034614. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1286991.
@article{osti_1286991,
title = {Neutron-induced fission cross section of Np237 in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n_TOF facility},
author = {Diakaki, M. and Karadimos, D. and Vlastou, R. and Kokkoris, M. and Demetriou, P. and Skordis, E. and Tsinganis, A. and Abbondanno, U. and Aerts, G. and Álvarez, H. and Alvarez-Velarde, F. and Andriamonje, S. and Andrzejewski, J. and Assimakopoulos, P. and Audouin, L. and Badurek, G. and Baumann, P. and Bečvář, F. and Berthoumieux, E. and Calviani, M. and Calviño, F. and Cano-Ott, D. and Capote, R. and Carrillo de Albornoz, A. and Cennini, P. and Chepel, V. and Chiaveri, E. and Colonna, N. and Cortes, G. and Couture, A. and Cox, J. and David, S. and Dolfini, R. and Domingo-Pardo, C. and Dorochenko, A. and Dridi, W. and Duran, I. and Eleftheriadis, Ch. and Embid-Segura, M. and Ferrant, L. and Ferrari, A. and Ferreira-Marques, R. and Fitzpatrick, L. and Frais-Koelbl, H. and Fuji, K. and Furman, W. and Goncalves, I. and Gallino, R. and Gonzalez-Romero, E. and Goverdovski, A. and Gramegna, F. and Griesmayer, E. and Guerrero, C. and Gunsing, F. and Haas, B. and Haight, R. and Heil, M. and Herrera-Martinez, A. and Igashira, M. and Ioannidis, K. and Isaev, S. and Jericha, E. and Kadi, Y. and Käppeler, F. and Karamanis, D. and Kerveno, M. and Ketlerov, V. and Koehler, P. and Kolokolov, D. and Konovalov, V. and Krtička, M. and Lamboudis, C. and Leeb, H. and Lindote, A. and Lopes, I. and Lozano, M. and Lukic, S. and Marganiec, J. and Marques, L. and Marrone, S. and Massimi, C. and Mastinu, P. and Mengoni, A. and Milazzo, P. M. and Moreau, C. and Mosconi, M. and Neves, F. and Oberhummer, H. and O'Brien, S. and Oshima, M. and Pancin, J. and Papadopoulos, C. and Paradela, C. and Patronis, N. and Pavlik, A. and Pavlopoulos, P. and Perrot, L. and Plag, R. and Plompen, A. and Plukis, A. and Poch, A. and Pretel, C. and Quesada, J. and Rauscher, T. and Reifarth, R. and Rosetti, M. and Rubbia, C. and Rudolf, G. and Rullhusen, P. and Salgado, J. and Sarchiapone, L. and Savvidis, I. and Sedysheva, M. and Stamoulis, K. and Stephan, C. and Tagliente, G. and Tain, J. L. and Tassan-Got, L. and Tavora, L. and Terlizzi, R. and Vannini, G. and Vaz, P. and Ventura, A. and Villamarin, D. and Vincente, M. C. and Vlachoudis, V. and Voss, F. and Wendler, H. and Wiescher, M. and Wisshak, K.},
abstractNote = {We experimentally determined the neutron-induced fission cross section of Np-237 at the high-resolution and high-intensity facility n_TOF, at CERN, in the energy range 100 keV to 9 MeV, using the U-235(n, f) and U-238(n, f) cross section standards below and above 2 MeV, respectively. Moreover, a fast ionization chamber was used in order to detect the fission fragments from the reactions and the targets were characterized as far as their mass and homogeneity are concerned by means of a spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy respectively. Finally, theoretical calculations within the Hauser-Feshbach formalism have been performed, employing the EMPIRE code, and the model parameters were tuned in order to successfully reproduce the experimental fission cross-sectional data and simultaneously all the competing reaction channels.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034614},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 3,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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