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C. Lampoudis, U. Abbondanno, G. Badurek, E. Jericha, H. Leeb, H. Oberhummer, M. Pigni, -. nTOF Collaboration:
"The ²³⁴U neutron capture cross section measurement at the n_TOF facility";
in: "Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology", EDP Sciences, Nice, France, 2008, ISBN: 978-2-7598-0090-2, 595 - 598.

The neutron capture cross-section of ²³⁴U has been measured for energies from thermal up to the keV region in the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF, based on a spallation sourve located at CERN. A 4Π BaF₂ array composed of 40 crystals, placed at a distance of 184.9 m from the neutron source, was employed as a total absorption calorimeter (TAC) for detection of the prompt γ-ray cascade from capture events in the sample. This tect describes the experimental setup, all necessary steps followed during the data analysis procedure. Results are presented in the from of R-matrix resonance parameters from fits with the SAMMY code and compared to the evaluated data of ENDF in the relevant energy region, indicating the good performance of the n_TOF facility and the TAC.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ndata:07510

http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_167261.pdf