TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of Photon Strength Functions to (n,) measurements with the n-TOF TAC
AU - The n_TOF Collaboration
AU - Guerrero, C.
AU - Abbondanno, U.
AU - Aerts, G.
AU - Álvarez-Pol, H.
AU - Alvarez-Velarde, F.
AU - Andriamonje, S.
AU - Andrzejewski, J.
AU - Assimakopoulos, P.
AU - Audouin, L.
AU - Badurek, G.
AU - Baumann, P.
AU - Bečvár, F.
AU - Berthoumieux, E.
AU - Bisterzo, S.
AU - Calviani, M.
AU - Calviño, F.
AU - Cano-Ott, D.
AU - Carrapiço, C.
AU - Capote, R.
AU - Cennini, P.
AU - Chepel, V.
AU - Chiaveri, E.
AU - Colonna, N.
AU - Cortes, G.
AU - Couture, A.
AU - Cox, J.
AU - Dahlfors, M.
AU - David, S.
AU - Dillman, I.
AU - Dolfini, R.
AU - Pardo, C. Domingo
AU - Dridi, W.
AU - Duran, I.
AU - Eleftheriadis, C.
AU - Ferrant, L.
AU - Ferrari, A.
AU - Ferreira-Marques, R.
AU - Frais-Koelbl, H.
AU - Fujii, K.
AU - Furman, W.
AU - Gallino, R.
AU - Goncalves, I.
AU - Gonzalez-Romero, E.
AU - Goverdovski, A.
AU - Gramegna, F.
AU - Griesmayer, E.
AU - Gunsing, F.
AU - Haas, B.
AU - Haight, R.
AU - Rauscher, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been supported partially by the NTOF-ND-XADS project from the EU 5th Framework Programme, the CIEMAT-ENRESA Agreement on the “Separationand Transmutationof nuclear waste” and the Spanish Plan Nacional de Física de Partículas under contract FPA2005-06918-C03-01.
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PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The neutron capture cross section measurements at the CERN nTOF facility are performed using a new detection system, the segmented Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). All measurements are performed in reference to the well known 197Au σ(n,γ). The accuracy of the measurements depends on the accuracy of the TAC detection efficiency, which is calculated by means of Monte Carlo simulations. In this MC simulation photon strength functions and level densities play a major role as ingredients used for the generation of primary events, that is the electromagnetic cascades following the (n,γ) process. We have calculated the TAC detection efficiency for the case of 197Au(n,γ) by adjusting the photon strength functions of 198Au so that the simulation reproduces the experimental data. Both the MC method and the uncertainty of the results are discussed.
AB - The neutron capture cross section measurements at the CERN nTOF facility are performed using a new detection system, the segmented Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). All measurements are performed in reference to the well known 197Au σ(n,γ). The accuracy of the measurements depends on the accuracy of the TAC detection efficiency, which is calculated by means of Monte Carlo simulations. In this MC simulation photon strength functions and level densities play a major role as ingredients used for the generation of primary events, that is the electromagnetic cascades following the (n,γ) process. We have calculated the TAC detection efficiency for the case of 197Au(n,γ) by adjusting the photon strength functions of 198Au so that the simulation reproduces the experimental data. Both the MC method and the uncertainty of the results are discussed.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85055697175
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 44
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
M1 - 006
T2 - 2007 Workshop on Photon Strength Functions and Related Topics, PSF 2007
Y2 - 17 June 2007 through 20 June 2007
ER -