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The n_TOF NEAR Station Commissioning and first physics case

  • Stamati M. E.,
  • Torres-Sánchez P.,
  • Pérez-Maroto P.,
  • Cecchetto M.,
  • Goula S.,
  • Mastromarco M.,
  • Chasapoglou S.,
  • Beltrami C.,
  • Chiesa D.,
  • Manna A.,
  • Mucciola R.,
  • Patronis N.,
  • Praena J.,
  • Guerrero C.,
  • Colonna N.,
  • Mengoni A.,
  • Massimi C.,
  • Aberle O.,
  • Alcayne V.,
  • Altieri S.,
  • Amaducci S.,
  • Amar Es-Sghir H.,
  • Andrzejewski J.,
  • Babiano-Suarez V.,
  • Bacak M.,
  • Balibrea J.,
  • Bennett S.,
  • Bernardes A. P.,
  • Berthoumieux E.,
  • Bosnar D.,
  • Busso M.,
  • Caamaño M.,
  • Calviño F.,
  • Calviani M.,
  • Cano-Ott D.,
  • Casanovas A.,
  • Castelluccio D. M.,
  • Cerutti F.,
  • Cescutti G.,
  • Chiaveri E.,
  • Colombetti P.,
  • Console Camprini P. C.,
  • Cortés G.,
  • Cortés-Giraldo M. A.,
  • Cosentino L.,
  • Cristallo S.,
  • Di Castro M.,
  • Diacono D.,
  • Diakaki M.,
  • Dietz M.,
  • Domingo-Pardo C.,
  • Dressler R.,
  • Dupont E.,
  • Durán I.,
  • Eleme Z.,
  • Fargier S.,
  • Fernández-Domínguez B.,
  • Finocchiaro P.,
  • Fiore S.,
  • Furman V.,
  • García-Infantes F.,
  • Gawlik-Ramięga A.,
  • Gervino G.,
  • Gilardoni S.,
  • González-Romero E.,
  • Gunsing F.,
  • Gustavino C.,
  • Heyse J.,
  • Jenkins D. G.,
  • Jericha E.,
  • Junghans A.,
  • Kadi Y.,
  • Katabuchi T.,
  • Katabuchi T.,
  • Knapová I.,
  • Kokkoris M.,
  • Kopatch Y.,
  • Krticka M.,
  • Kurtulgil D.,
  • Ladarescu I.,
  • Lederer-Woods C.,
  • Lerendegui-Marco J.,
  • Lerner G.,
  • Martínez T.,
  • Masi A.,
  • Mastinu P.,
  • Matteucci F.,
  • Maugeri E. A.,
  • Mazzone A.,
  • Mendoza E.,
  • Michalopoulou V.,
  • Milazzo P. M.,
  • Murtas F.,
  • Musacchio-Gonzalez E.,
  • Musumarra A.,
  • Negret A.,
  • Oprea A.,
  • Pavón-Rodríguez J. A.,
  • Pellegriti M. G.,
  • Perkowski J.,
  • Petrone C.,
  • Piersanti L.,
  • Pirovano E.,
  • Pomp S.,
  • Porras I.,
  • Protti N.,
  • Quesada J. M.,
  • Rauscher T.,
  • Reifarth R.,
  • Rochman D.,
  • Romanets Y.,
  • Romano F.,
  • Rubbia C.,
  • Sánchez A.,
  • Sabaté-Gilarte M.,
  • Schillebeeckx P.,
  • Schumann D.,
  • Sekhar A.,
  • Smith A. G.,
  • Sosnin N. V.,
  • Spelta M.,
  • Tagliente G.,
  • Tarifeño-Saldivia A.,
  • Taríro D.,
  • Terranova N.,
  • Urlass S.,
  • Valenta S.,
  • Variale V.,
  • Vaz P.,
  • Vescovi D.,
  • Vlachoudis V.,
  • Vlastou R.,
  • Wallner A.,
  • Woods P. J.,
  • Wright T.,
  • Žugec P.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328406009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 284
p. 06009

Abstract

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The NEAR Station is a new experimental area developed at the n_TOF Facility at CERN. The activation station of NEAR underwent a characterization of the beam following the installation of the new n_TOF Spallation Target. The commissioning of the neutron beam comprises a set of simulations made with the FLUKA code and experimental verification. The experimental determination of the neutron spectrum was made using activation techniques with three separate set-ups. Two set-ups were based on the Multi-foil Activation technique (MAM-1 and MAM-2), and the third set-up relied on the process of neutron moderation and activation of a single material (ANTILoPE). The three set-ups are presented. Also the present plans and future perspectives of the activation station of NEAR are discussed.