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The Neutron Time of Flight Facility at CERN.

The n_TOF facility at CERN is a high flux spallation neutron source, followed by a 200 m time of flight basis. The 20 GeV/c high intensity proton beam delivered by the CERN PS produces neutrons in the interval from 1 eV to 250 MeV, by means of the spallation process in a lead target. The intense flu...

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Autores principales: Borcea, C, Buono, S, Cennini, P, Ferrari, A, Kadi, Y, Lacoste, V, Radermacher, E, Vlachoudis, V
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2000
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/702607
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Sumario:The n_TOF facility at CERN is a high flux spallation neutron source, followed by a 200 m time of flight basis. The 20 GeV/c high intensity proton beam delivered by the CERN PS produces neutrons in the interval from 1 eV to 250 MeV, by means of the spallation process in a lead target. The intense flux and the excellent resolution of this neutron beam allows one to study systematically neutron cross-sections of almost any element using targets of very modest mass. The unique features of this new facility are described herewith following a detailed description of the experimental installation.