Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,α)α reaction at n-TOF

L. Cosentino; A. Musumarra; M. Barbagallo; A. Pappalardo; N. Colonna; L. Damone; M. Piscopo; P. Finocchiaro; E. Maugeri; S. Heinitz; D. Schumann; R. Dressler; N. Kivel; O. Aberle; J. Andrzejewski; L. Audouin; M. Ayranov; M. Bacak; S. Barros; J. Balibrea-Correa; V. Bécares; F. Bečvář; C. Beinrucker; E. Berthoumieux; Jonathan Billowes; D. Bosnar; M. Brugger; M. Caamaño; M. Calviani; F. Calviño; D. Cano-Ott; R. Cardella; A. Casanovas; D. M. Castelluccio; F. Cerutti; Y. H. Chen; E. Chiaveri; G. Cortés; M. A. Cortés-Giraldo; M. Diakaki; C. Domingo-Pardo; E. Dupont; I. Duran; B. Fernandez-Dominguez; A. Ferrari; P. Ferreira; W. Furman; S. Ganesan; A. García-Rios; A. Gawlik; I. Gheorghe; T. Glodariu; K. Göbel; I. F. Gonc-Alves; E. González-Romero; E. Griesmayer; C. Guerrero; F. Gunsing; H. Harada; T. Heftrich; J. Heyse; D. G. Jenkins; E. Jericha; F. Käppeler; T. Katabuchi; P. Kavrigin; A. Kimura; M. Kokkoris; M. Krtička; E. Leal-Cidoncha; J. Lerendegui; C. Lederer; H. Leeb; S. Lo Meo; S. Lonsdale; R. Losito; D. Macina; J. Marganiec; T. Martínez; C. Massimi; P. Mastinu; M. Mastromarco; F. Matteucci; A. Mazzone; E. Mendoza; A. Mengoni; P. M. Milazzo; F. Mingrone; M. Mirea; S. Montesano; R. Nolte; A. Oprea; N. Patronis; A. Pavlik; J. Perkowski; J. Praena; J. Quesada; K. Rajeev; T. Rauscher; R. Reifarth; A. Riego-Perez; P. Rout; C. Rubbia; James Ryan; M. Sabate-Gilarte; A. Saxena; P. Schillebeeckx; S. Schmidt; P. Sedyshev; Andrew Smith; A. Stamatopoulos; G. Tagliente; J. L. Tain; A. Tarifeño-Saldivia; L. Tassan-Got; A. Tsinganis; S. Valenta; G. Vannini; V. Variale; P. Vaz; A. Ventura; V. Vlachoudis; R. Vlastou; J. Vollaire; A. Wallner; Stuart Warren; M. Weigand; C. Weiß; C. Wolf; P. J. Woods; Tobias Wright; P. Žugec

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.089

Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the ⁷Be(n,α)α reaction at n-TOF

L. Cosentino, A. Musumarra, M. Barbagallo, A. Pappalardo, N. Colonna, L. Damone, M. Piscopo, P. Finocchiaro^*, E. Maugeri, S. Heinitz, D. Schumann, R. Dressler, N. Kivel, O. Aberle, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, M. Ayranov, M. Bacak, S. Barros, J. Balibrea-CorreaV. Bécares, F. Bečvář, C. Beinrucker, E. Berthoumieux, Jonathan Billowes, D. Bosnar, M. Brugger, M. Caamaño, M. Calviani, F. Calviño, D. Cano-Ott, R. Cardella, A. Casanovas, D. M. Castelluccio, F. Cerutti, Y. H. Chen, E. Chiaveri, G. Cortés, M. A. Cortés-Giraldo, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, E. Dupont, I. Duran, B. Fernandez-Dominguez, A. Ferrari, P. Ferreira, W. Furman, S. Ganesan, A. García-Rios, A. Gawlik, I. Gheorghe, T. Glodariu, K. Göbel, I. F. Gonc-Alves, E. González-Romero, E. Griesmayer, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, H. Harada, T. Heftrich, J. Heyse, D. G. Jenkins, E. Jericha, F. Käppeler, T. Katabuchi, P. Kavrigin, A. Kimura, M. Kokkoris, M. Krtička, E. Leal-Cidoncha, J. Lerendegui, C. Lederer, H. Leeb, S. Lo Meo, S. Lonsdale, R. Losito, D. Macina, J. Marganiec, T. Martínez, C. Massimi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, F. Matteucci, A. Mazzone, E. Mendoza, A. Mengoni, P. M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, M. Mirea, S. Montesano, R. Nolte, A. Oprea, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, J. Praena, J. Quesada, K. Rajeev, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, A. Riego-Perez, P. Rout, C. Rubbia, James Ryan, M. Sabate-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, S. Schmidt, P. Sedyshev, Andrew Smith, A. Stamatopoulos, G. Tagliente, J. L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, L. Tassan-Got, A. Tsinganis, S. Valenta, G. Vannini, V. Variale, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, J. Vollaire, A. Wallner, Stuart Warren, M. Weigand, C. Weiß, C. Wolf, P. J. Woods, Tobias Wright, P. Žugec

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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-section of the ⁷Be(n,α)α reaction, which represents one of the focal points toward the solution of the cosmological Lithium abundance problem, and whose only measurement, at thermal energy, dates back to 1963. The apparently unsurmountable experimental difficulties stemming from the huge ⁷Be γ-activity, along with the lack of a suitable neutron beam facility, had so far prevented further measurements. The detection system is subject to considerable radiation damage, but is capable of disentangling the rare reaction signals from the very high background. This newly developed setup could likely be useful also to study other challenging reactions requiring the detectors to be installed directly in the neutron beam.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	197-205
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
Volume	830
Early online date	24 May 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.089
Publication status	Published - 11 Sept 2016

Keywords

Be(n,α)α reaction
Big bang nucleosynthesis
Cosmological lithium problem
n-TOF spallation neutron source

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Cosentino, L., Musumarra, A., Barbagallo, M., Pappalardo, A., Colonna, N., Damone, L., Piscopo, M., Finocchiaro, P., Maugeri, E., Heinitz, S., Schumann, D., Dressler, R., Kivel, N., Aberle, O., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Ayranov, M., Bacak, M., Barros, S., ... Žugec, P. (2016). Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the ⁷Be(n,α)α reaction at n-TOF. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment , 830, 197-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.089

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Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the ⁷Be(n,α)α reaction at n-TOF. / Cosentino, L.; Musumarra, A.; Barbagallo, M. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment , Vol. 830, 11.09.2016, p. 197-205.

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AU - Colonna, N.

AU - Damone, L.

AU - Piscopo, M.

AU - Finocchiaro, P.

AU - Maugeri, E.

AU - Heinitz, S.

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AU - Billowes, Jonathan

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Cosentino L, Musumarra A, Barbagallo M, Pappalardo A, Colonna N, Damone L et al. Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the ⁷Be(n,α)α reaction at n-TOF. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment . 2016 Sept 11;830:197-205. Epub 2016 May 24. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.089