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most citedNeutron capture cross section of unstable 63Ni: implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

57 citations · 219 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

nucl-ex2026

Energy-differential measurement of the C(n,p) and C(n,d) reactions at the n_TOF facility at CERN

P. Žugec, N. Colonna, D. Rochman +129

Energy-differential cross section of the C(n,p) and C(n,d) reactions was measured at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN. The measur…

nucl-ex2025

New measurement of Cr and Cr (n,) cross sections at n_TOF: a call for chromium nuclear data revision

P. Pérez-Maroto, C. Guerrero, A. Casanovas +8

Cr and Cr are very relevant in criticality safety benchmarks related to nuclear reactors. The discrepancies of up to 30% between the neutron capture cross section eva…

nucl-ex2024

Measurement and analysis of the Cm and Cm neutron capture cross-sections at the EAR2 of the n TOF facility

V. Alcayne, A. Kimura, E. Mendoza +130

The Cm(n,) and Cm(n,) cross-sections have been measured at the Experimental Area 2 (EAR2) of the n_TOF facility at CERN with three CD detectors. This…

physics.ins-det2024★ 10 cited

A Segmented Total Energy Detector (sTED) optimized for cross-section measurements at n_TOF EAR2

V. Alcayne, D. Cano-Ott, J. Garcia +12

The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN is a spallation source dedicated to measurements of neutron-induced reaction cross-sections of interest in nuclear technologies, a…

nucl-ex2023★ 7 cited

New perspectives for neutron capture measurements in the upgraded CERN-n_TOF Facility

J. Lerendegui-Marco, A. Casanovas, V. Alcayne +1

The n_TOF facility has just undergone in 2021 a major upgrade with the installation of its third generation spallation target that has been designed to optimize the performance of…

nucl-ex2023★ 13 cited

New detection systems for an enhanced sensitivity in key stellar (n,) measurements

J. Lerendegui-Marco, V. Babiano-Suárez, J. Balibrea-Correa +17

Neutron capture cross-section measurements are fundamental in the study of astrophysical phenomena, such as the slow neutron capture (s-) process of nucleosynthesis operating in re…

nucl-ex2020★ 19 cited

Measurement of the Gd(n,) cross section and its astrophysical implications

A. Mazzone, S. Cristallo, C. Massimi +1

The neutron capture cross section of Gd was measured from 1 eV to 300 keV in the experimental area located 185 m from the CERN n\_TOF neutron spallation source, using a met…

nucl-ex2019★ 20 cited

Measurement of the Ge() cross section up to 300~keV at the CERN n_TOF facility

A. Gawlik, C. Lederer-Woods, the n_TOF collaboration

Neutron capture data on intermediate mass nuclei are of key importance to nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the slow neutron capture processes, which occurs in massive stars…

nucl-ex2019★ 18 cited

Measurement of 73Ge(n,g) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

Claudia Lederer-Woods

73Ge(n,g) cross sections were measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN up to neutron energies of 300 keV, providing for the first time experimental data above…

nucl-ex2017★ 46 cited

Neutron spectroscopy of Mg states: constraining the stellar neutron source Ne()Mg

C. Massimi, The n_TOF Collaboration

This work reports on accurate, high-resolution measurements of the Mg()Mg and Mg() cross sections in the neutron energy range from thermal to abo…

nucl-ex2016★ 4 cited

An improved method for estimating the neutron background in measurements of neutron capture reactions

P. Žugec, D. Bosnar, N. Colonna +1

The relation between the neutron background in neutron capture measurements and the neutron sensitivity related to the experimental setup is examined. It is pointed out that a prop…

physics.ins-det2016★ 25 cited

Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,α)α reaction at n_TOF

L. Cosentino, A. Musumarra, M. Barbagallo +129

The newly built second experimental area EAR2 of the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN allows to perform (n, charged particles) experiments on short-lived highly radioactive…

nucl-ex2013★ 57 cited

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 total…