EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation (May 2023)

Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Abstract During the second long shutdown period of the CERN accelerator complex (LS2, 2019-2021), several upgrade activities took place at the n_TOF facility. The most important have been the replacement of the spallation target with a next generation nitrogen-cooled lead target. Additionally, a new experimental area, at a very short distance from the target assembly (the NEAR Station) was established. In this paper, the core commissioning actions of the new installations are described. The improvement in the n_TOF infrastructure was accompanied by several detector development projects. All these upgrade actions are discussed, focusing mostly on the future perspectives of the n_TOF facility. Furthermore, some indicative current and future measurements are briefly reported.

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