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20162026
most citedThe 7Be(n,alpha)4He reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: measurement of the cross section in a wide energy range at n_TOF (CERN)

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nucl-ex2026

Improved Mo neutron resonance parameters from neutron capture and transmission measurements at n_TOF and GELINA

R. Mucciola, S. Cristallo, S. Kopecky +140

We report high-resolution measurements of the cross section in the neutron energy range from a few eV up to about 250 keV, performe…

nucl-ex2026

First Nb() Measurement: Constraining the Nucleosynthetic Origin of Mo in Presolar Grains

J. Balibrea-Correa, J. Lerendegui-Marco, C. Domingo-Pardo +136

Isotopic measurements of presolar silicon carbide grains from dying stars have revealed a puzzling overabundance of Mo that stellar nucleosynthesis models have failed to rep…

nucl-ex2025★ 1 cited

Neutron capture measurements for s-process nucleosynthesis; A review about CERN n_TOF developments and contributions

C. Domingo-Pardo, O. Aberle, V. Alcayne +143

This article presents a review about the main CERN n\_TOF contributions to the field of neutron-capture experiments of interest for -process nucleosynthesis studies over the las…

nucl-ex2024

Radiative neutron capture cross section of Pu measured at n_TOF-EAR1 in the unresolved resonance region up to 600 keV

J. Lerendegui-Marco, C. Guerrero, E. Mendoza +133

Accurate neutron capture cross sections are essential for the design and operation of fast reactors using MOX fuels. For Pu, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) recommends 8--1…

nucl-ex2024

New insights on fission of U induced by high energy neutrons from a new measurement at CERN n\_TOF

Alice Manna, Elisa Pirovano, the n\_TOF Collaboration

The U(n,f) reaction cross section was measured relative to neutron-proton elastic scattering for the first time in the energy region from 10 MeV to 440 MeV at the CERN n\_T…

nucl-ex2022★ 6 cited

Recoil Proton Telescopes and Parallel Plate Avalanche Counters for the U(n,f) cross section measurement relative to H(n,n)H between 10 and 450 MeV neutron energy

A. Manna, E. Pirovano, O. Aberle +23

With the aim of measuring the U(n,f) cross section at the n\_TOF facility at CERN over a wide neutron energy range, a detection system consisting of two fission detectors a…

nucl-ex2018★ 84 cited

The Be()Li reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: measurement of the cross section in a wide energy range at n_TOF (CERN)

L. Damone, M. Barbagallo, M. Mastromarco +155

We report on the measurement of the Be()Li cross section from thermal to approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area (EAR2)…

nucl-ex2018★ 29 cited

Cross section measurements of Gd(n,) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons

M. Mastromarco, A. Manna, O. Aberle +121

Neutron capture measurements on Gd and Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n\_TOF facility at CERN. Four samples in form of self-sustaining…

nucl-ex2016★ 119 cited

The 7Be(n,alpha)4He reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: measurement of the cross section in a wide energy range at n_TOF (CERN)

M. Barbagallo, A. Musumarra, L. Cosentino +12

The energy-dependent cross section of the 7Be(n,alpha)4He reaction, of interest for the so-called Cosmological Lithium Problem in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, has been measured for th…