Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,{\alpha}){\alpha} reaction at n_TOF

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Musumarra, A, Barbagallo, M, Pappalardo, A, Damone, L, Finocchiaro, P, Maugeri, E, Heinitz, S, Schumann, D, Kivel, N, Aberle, O, Andrzejewski, J, Audouin, L, Bacak, M, Barros, S, Balibrea-Correa, J, Beecares, V, Becvar, F, Berthoumieux, E, Billowes, J, Bosnar, D, Caamano, M, Calviani, M, Calvino, F, Cano-Ott, D, Cardella, R, Casanovas, A, Castelluccio, D M, Chen, Y H, Cortes, G, Cortes-Giraldo, M A, Domingo-Pardo, C, Dupont, E, Duran, I, Fernandez-Dominguez, B, Ferrari, A, Ferreira, P, Furman, W, Gawlik, A, Gheorghe, I, Glodariu, T, Goebel, K, Goncalves, I F, Gonzalez-Romero, E, Griesmayer, E, Guerrero, C, Gunsing, F, Harada, H, Heftrich, T, Heyse, J, Jenkins, D G, Jericha, E, Kimura, A, Kokkoris, M, Krticka, M, Leal-Chidonca, E, Lerendegui, J, Lederer, C, Leeb, H, S Lo Meo, Lonsdale, S, Losito, R, Marganiec, J, Martinez, T, Massimi, C, Mastinu, P, Mazzone, A, Mendoza, E, Mengoni, A, Milazzo, P M, Mingrone, F, Montesano, S, Patronis, N, Pavlik, A, Perkowski, J, Praena, J, Quesada, J, Rajeev, K, Rauscher, T, Sabate-Gilarte, M, Saxena, A, Schillebeeckx, P, Sedyshev, P, Stamatopoulos, A, Tagliente, G, Tain, J L, Tarifeno-Saldivia, A, Tsinganis, A, Valenta, S, Vannini, G, Variale, V, Vaz, P, Vlachoudis, V, Vlastou, R, Vollaire, J, Warren, S, Weigand, M, Weiß, C, Wright, T, Zugec, P, n_TOF collaboration
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Charged particles; Energy measurement; Lithium; Neutron beams; Neutrons; Physics - High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors; Physics - Nuclear Experiment; Radiation damage; Spallation; Thermal energy

The newly built second experimental area EAR2 of the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN allows to perform (n, charged particles) experiments on short-lived highly radioactive targets. This paper describes a detection apparatus and the experimental procedure for the determination of the cross-se...