Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period

Patronis, N.; Mengoni, A.; Goula, S.; Aberle, O.; Alcayne, V.; Altieri, S.; Amaducci, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Babiano-Suarez, V.; Bacak, M.; Dressler, R.; Maugeri, E.A.; Rochman, Dimitri Alexandre; Schumann, D.; Zugec, P.

doi:10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w

Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period

Patronis N, Mengoni A, Goula S, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Altieri S, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Dressler R, Maugeri EA, Rochman DA, Schumann D, Zugec P, et al.

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Patronis, N., Mengoni, A., Goula, S., Aberle, O., Alcayne, V., Altieri, S., … Zugec, P. (2023). Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period. EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation, 10(1), 13 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w

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During the second long shutdown period of the CERN accelerator complex (LS2, 2019-2021), several upgrade activities took place at the n_TOF facility. The most important have been the replacement of the spallation target with a next generation nitrogen-cooled lead target. Additionally, a new experimental area, at a very short distance from the target assembly (the NEAR Station) was established. In this paper, the core commissioning actions of the new installations are described. The improvement in the n_TOF infrastructure was accompanied by several detector development projects. All these upgrade actions are discussed, focusing mostly on the future perspectives of the n_TOF facility. Furthermore, some indicative current and future measurements are briefly reported.

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Journal Article

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Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period

Author(s)

Patronis, N.

Mengoni, A.

Goula, S.

Aberle, O.

Alcayne, V.

Altieri, S.