Publications in Scientific Journals:
N. Colonna, G. Badurek, E. Jericha, H. Leeb, H. Oberhummer, -. nTOF Collaboration:
"Neutron cross-sections for next generation reactors: New data from n_TOF";
Applied Radiation and Isotopes,
68
(2010),
643
- 646.
English abstract:
In 2002,aninnovativeneutrontime-of-flightfacilitystartedoperationatCERN:n_TOF.Themain
characteristicsthatmakethenewfacilityuniquearethehighinstantaneousneutronflux,high
resolutionandwideenergyrange.Combinedwithstate-of-the-artdetectorsanddataacquisition
system, thesefeatureshaveallowedtocollecthighaccuracyneutroncross-sectiondataonavarietyof
isotopes,manyofwhichradioactive,ofinterestforNuclearAstrophysicsandforapplicationsto
advancedreactortechnologies.Areviewofthemostimportantresultsoncaptureandfissionreactions
obtainedsofaratn_TOFispresented,togetherwithplansfornewmeasurementsrelatedtonuclear
industry.
Keywords:
Neutron cross-sections, Spallation neutron source, Emerging nuclear technologies, n_TOF
"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.003
Electronic version of the publication:
http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_191527.pdf
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