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

n_TOF Collaboration; C. Lederer-Woods; P. J.  Woods

doi:10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w

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

n_TOF Collaboration
, C. Lederer-Woods
, P. J. Woods

School of Physics and Astronomy

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	13
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w
Publication status	Published - 17 May 2023

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neutron time of flight
spallation target
nuclear astrophysics
neutron physics
neutron induced fission
neutron reactions

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