Publications (20)
High accuracy determination of the U/U fission cross section ratio up to 1 GeV at n_TOF (CERN)
C. Paradela, M. Calviani, D. TarrÃo +104
The U to U fission cross section ratio has been determined at n_TOF up to 1 GeV, with two different detection systems, in different geometrical configurations…
Integral measurement of the C(n,p)B reaction up to 10 GeV
P. Žugec, N. Colonna, D. Bosnar +102
The integral measurement of the C(n,p)B reaction was performed at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN. The total number of B nuclei produced per…
Isotopic fission yields of Pu as a function of the excitation energy
D. Ramos, M. Caamaño, F. Farget +16
Complete isotopic fission yields distributions of Pu have been measured as a function of the initial excitation energy. The Pu fissioning system was produced throug…
Study of excitations in medium-mass nuclei with peripheral heavy ion charge-exchange reactions
J. L. Rodriguez-Sanchez, J. Benlliure, I. Vidaña +26
Isobaric single charge-exchange reactions, changing nuclear charges by one unit but leaving the mass partitions unaffected, have been for the first time investigated by peripheral…
Experimental evidence of the effect of nuclear shells on fission dissipation and time
D. Ramos, M. Caamano, F. Farget +20
Nuclear fission is still one of the most complex physical processes we can observe in nature due to the interplay of macroscopic and microscopic nuclear properties that decide the…
Nuclear astrophysics with radioactive ions at FAIR
R. Reifarth, S. Altstadt, K. Göbel +317
The nucleosynthesis of elements beyond iron is dominated by neutron captures in the s and r processes. However, 32 stable, proton-rich isotopes cannot be formed during those proces…
Transfer reactions in inverse kinematics, an experimental approach for fission investigations
C. RodrÃguez-Tajes, F. Farget, X. Derkx +21
Inelastic and multi-nucleon transfer reactions between a U beam, accelerated at 6.14 MeV/u, and a C target were used for the production of neutron-rich, fissioning s…
Proton induced fission of 181-Ta at relativistic energies
Y. Ayyad, J. Benlliure, E. Casarejos +13
Total fission cross sections of 181-Ta induced by protons at different relativistic energies have been measured at GSI, Darmstadt. The inverse kinematics technique used together wi…
Neutron capture cross section measurement of 238U at the n TOF CERN facility with C6D6 scintillation detectors in the energy region from 1 eV to 700 keV
TOF Collaboration, F. Mingrone, C. Massimi +102
The aim of this work is to provide a precise and accurate measurement of the 238U(n,g) reaction cross section in the energy region from 1 eV to 700 keV. This reaction is of fundame…
Experimental neutron capture data of Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility
TOF collaboration, P. Žugec, M. Barbagallo +99
The Ni cross section has been measured at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN, in the energy range from 27 meV up to 400 keV. In total, 51 resonances…
Approaching the precursor nuclei of the third r-process peak with RIBs
C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Caballero-Folch, J. Agramunt +61
The rapid neutron nucleosynthesis process involves an enormous amount of very exotic neutron-rich nuclei, which represent a theoretical and experimental challenge. Two of the main…
GEANT4 simulation of the neutron background of the CD set-up for capture studies at n_TOF
TOF collaboration, P. Žugec, N. Colonna +104
The neutron sensitivity of the CD detector setup used at n_TOF for capture measurements has been studied by means of detailed GEANT4 simulations. A realistic software repli…
Hindered Prompt-Neutron Evaporation in Surrogate Reactions for Pu(n,f)
D. Ramos, M. Caamano, F. Farget +18
Isotopic fission-fragment distributions of Pu have been measured, for the first time, as a function of the initial excitation energy, and the prompt neutron multiplicity ha…
Measurement and analysis of the Am-243 neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN
TOF Collaboration, E. Mendoza, D. Cano-Ott +129
Background:The design of new nuclear reactors and transmutation devices requires to reduce the present neutron cross section uncertainties of minor actinides. Purpose: Reduce the $…
First measurement of several -delayed neutron emitting isotopes beyond N=126
R. Caballero-Folch, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Agramunt +62
The -delayed neutron emission probabilities of neutron rich Hg and Tl nuclei have been measured together with -decay half-lives for 20 isotopes of Au, Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi in…
Ni() and Ni() cross sections measured at n_TOF/CERN
C. Lederer, C. Massimi, E. Berthoumieux +112
The cross section of the Ni() reaction was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Capture kernels of 42 reson…
-decay half-lives and -delayed neutron emission probabilities for several isotopes of Au, Hg, Tl, Pb and Bi, beyond N=126
R. Caballero-Folch, C. Domingo-Pardo, J. Agramunt +58
Previous measurements of -delayed neutron emitters comprise around 230 nuclei, spanning from the He up to La. Apart from Tl, with a minuscul…
Neutron capture cross section of unstable 63Ni: implications for stellar nucleosynthesis
C. Lederer, C. Massimi, S. Altstadt +102
The Ni() cross section has been measured for the first time at the neutron time-of-flight facility n\_TOF at CERN from thermal neutron energies up to 200 keV. In tota…
Systematic study of Î(1232) resonance excitations using single isobaric charge-exchange reactions induced by medium-mass projectiles of Sn
J. L. Rodriguez-Sanchez, J. Benlliure, I. Vidana +26
The fragment separator FRS has been for the first time used to measure the (n,p) and (p,n)-type isobaric charge-exchange cross sections of stable 112,124Sn isotopes accelerated at…
Measurement of the C()B cross section at n_TOF (CERN) by in-beam activation analysis
P. Žugec, N. Colonna, D. Bosnar +101
The integral cross section of the C()B reaction has been determined for the first time in the neutron energy range from threshold to several GeV at the n_TOF fac…