The n_TOF Total Absorption Calorimeter for neutron capture measurements at CERN
Author
Guerrero, C.
Abbondanno, U.
Aerts, G.
Alvarez, H.
Alvarez-Velarde, F.
Andriamonje, S.
Andrzejewski, J.
Assimakopoulos, P.
Audouin, L.
Badurek, G.
Baumann, P.
Becvar, F.
Berthoumieux, E.
Calvino, F.
Calviani, M.
Cano-Ott, D.
Capote, R.
Carrapico, C.
Cennini, P.
Chepel, V.
Chiaveri, E.
Colonna, N.
Cortes, G.
Couture, A.
Cox, J.
Dahlfors, M.
David, S.
Dillmann, I.
Domingo-Pardo, C.
Dridi, W.
Duran, I.
Eleftheriadis, C.
Ferrant, L.
Ferrari, A.
Ferreira-Marques, R.
Fujii, K.
Furman, W.
Goncalves, I.
Gonzalez-Romero, E.
Gramegna, F.
Gunsing, F.
Haas, B.
Haight, R.
Heil, M.
Herrera-Martinez, A.
Igashira, M.
Jericha, E.
Kaeppeler, F.
Kadi, Y.
Karadimos, D.
Kerveno, M.
Koehler, P.
Kossionides, E.
Krticka, M.
Lampoudis, C.
Leeb, H.
Lindote, A.
Lopes, I.
Lozano, M.
Lukic, S.
Marganiec, J.
Marrone, S.
Martinez, T.
Massimi, C.
Mastinu, P.
Mendoza, E.
Mengoni, A.
Milazzo, P. M.
Moreau, C.
Mosconi, M.
Neves, F.
Oberhummer, H.
O'Brien, S.
Pancin, J.
Papachristodoulou, C.
Papadopoulos, C.
Paradela, C.
Patronis, N.
Pavlik, A.
Pavlopoulos, P.
Perrot, L.
Pigni, M. T.
Plag, R.
Plompen, A.
Plukis, A.
Poch, A.
Praena, J.
Pretel, C.
Quesada, J.
Rauscher, T.
Reifarth, R.
Rubbia, C.
Rudolf, G.
Rullhusen, P.
Salgado, J.
Santos, C.
Sarchiapone, L.
Savvidis, I.
Stephan, C.
Tagliente, G.
Tain, J. L.
Tassan-Got, L.
Tavora, L.
Terlizzi, R.
Vannini, G.
Vaz, P.
Ventura, A.
Villamarin, D.
Vicente, M. C.
Vlachoudis, V.
Vlastou, R.
Voss, F.
Walter, S.
Wiescher, M.
Wisshak, K.
Attention
2299/12144
Abstract
The n_TOF Collaboration has built and commissioned a high-performance detector for (n, gamma) measurements called the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). The TAC was especially designed for measuring neutron capture cross-sections of low-mass and/or radioactive samples with the accuracy required for nuclear technology and stellar nucleosynthesis. We present a detailed description of the TAC and discuss its overall performance in terms of energy and time resolution, background discrimination, detection efficiency and neutron sensitivity. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.