The (234)U neutron capture cross section measurement at the n_TOF facility
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Author
Lampoudis, 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.
Embid-Segura, M.
Ferrant, L.
Ferrari, A.
Ferreira-Marques, R.
Fujii, K.
Furman, W.
Goncalves, I.
Gonzalez-Romero, E.
Gramegna, F.
Guerrero, C.
Gunsing, F.
Haas, B.
Haight, R.
Heil, M.
Herrera-Martinez, A.
Igashira, M.
Jericha, E.
Rauscher, T.
n TOF Collaboration
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2299/14885
Abstract
The neutron capture cross-section of (234)U has been measured for energies from thermal up to the keV region in the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF, based on a spallation source located at CERN. A 4 pi BaF(2) array composed of 40 crystals, placed at a distance of 184.9 m from the neutron source, was employed as a total absorption calorimeter (TAC) for detection of the prompt gamma-ray cascade from capture events in the sample. This text describes the experimental setup, all necessary steps followed during the data analysis procedure. Results are presented in the form of R-matrix resonance parameters from fits with the SAMMY code and compared to the evaluated data of ENDF in the relevant energy region, indicating the good performance of the n_TOF facility and the TAC.