Neutron-induced cross sections-from raw data to astrophysical rates

R Reifarth, P Erbacher, S Fiebiger, K Göbel… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2018 - epjplus.epj.org
Neutron capture cross sections are one of the most important nuclear inputs to models of
stellar nucleosynthesis of the elements heavier than iron. The activation technique and the …

Neutron physics with accelerators

N Colonna, F Gunsing, F Käppeler - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Neutron-induced nuclear reactions are of key importance for a variety of applications in
basic and applied science. Apart from nuclear reactors, accelerator-based neutron sources …

Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN

L Damone, M Barbagallo, M Mastromarco, A Mengoni… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We report on the measurement of the Be 7 (n, p) Li 7 cross section from thermal to
approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area …

Constraining the primordial lithium abundance: new cross section measurement of the 7Be+ n reactions updates the total 7Be destruction rate

S Hayakawa, M La Cognata, L Lamia… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The cosmological lithium problem (CLP) stems from the outstanding discrepancy between
theoretical predictions and astronomical observations of primordial lithium abundances. For …

Application of a silicon detector array in (n, lcp) reaction cross-section measurements at the CSNS Back-n white neutron source

W Jiang, H Bai, H Jiang, H Yi, R Fan, G Zhang… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Back-n white neutron source at the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) was put
into operation in 2018, providing a good platform for the cross-section measurement of …

Machine learning based event classification for the energy-differential measurement of the natC (n, p) and natC (n, d) reactions

P Žugec, M Barbagallo, J Andrzejewski… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper explores the feasibility of using machine learning techniques, in particular neural
networks, for classification of the experimental data from the joint nat C (n, p) and nat C (n, d) …

Be 7 (n, p) Li 7 Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n-TOF at CERN

n-TOF Collaboration - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - uhra.herts.ac.uk
We report on the measurement of the Be7 (n, p) Li7 cross section from thermal to
approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area …

Experimental yield and evaluation of proton induced reactions for neutron production and synthesis of beryllium-7 using lithium compounds as target material

M Al-Abyad, SA Abd El Aal, WF Hassanin… - Applied Radiation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
We had investigated the nuclear processes occur during nuclear reactions of protons with
lithium containing targets. Experimental measurements were undertaken to obtain the thick …

Study of a data analysis method for the angle resolving silicon telescope

P Žugec, M Barbagallo, J Andrzejewski… - Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A new data analysis method is developed for the angle resolving silicon telescope
introduced at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN. The telescope has already …

Measurement of the energy-differential cross-section of the 12C (n, p) 12B and 12C (n, d) 11B reactions at the n_TOF facility at CERN

M Barbagallo, O Aberle, V Alcayne… - EPJ Web of …, 2020 - epj-conferences.org
Although the 12 C (n, p) 12 B and 12 C (n, d) 11 B reactions are of interest in several fields of
basic and applied Nuclear Physics the present knowledge of these two cross-sections is far …