Carlos Guerrero Sanchez
(Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
Neutron emitted from ($\alpha$,n) reactions play an important role in several fields such as nuclear technology, nuclear astrophysics or underground (low background) physics. However, the current knowledge of the neutron yields and neutron energy spectra from ($\alpha$,n) reactions is neither complete nor accurate; which has triggered a renewed interest in studying such reactions. In this context, several Spanish research groups has established the MANY Collaboration that aims at measuring ($\alpha$,n) reactions by means of activation, neutron counting and time-of-flight at the CNA HISPANOS (Seville) and CMAM facilities (Madrid).
The preliminary results of the recent experiment carried out at CNA HISPANOS for the study of the $^{27}$Al($\alpha$,n) reaction by means of activation (using LaBr$_3$ detectors) and by time-of-flight (using a pulsed beam and a liquid scintillator module from the MONSTER array) will be presented. Then, the prospects for upgrades and future measurements will be discussed.
A Perea
(Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM), CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Ariel Tarifeño-Saldivia
(Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC - Univ. Valencia, Valencia, Spain)
Begona Fernandez Martnez
Carlos Guerrero Sanchez
(Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
Dr
Daniel Cano Ott
(CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, MedioAmbientales y Tecnológicas)
Emilio Mendoza Cembranos
(CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))
Dr
Gastón García
(UAM)
Guillem Pere Cortes Rossell
(Universitat Politecnica Catalunya (ES))
J L Tain
(Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC - Univ. Valencia, Valencia, Spain)
L M Fraile
(Grupo de Física Nuclear (GFN) and IPARCOS, Universidad Complutense (UCM), Madrid, Spain)
M J G Borge
(Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM), CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Nil Mont Geli
(Institut de Tècniques Energètiques (INTE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC))
O Tengblad
(Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM), CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Paco Calvino Tavares
(Technical University of Catalonia)
Paco Calvino Tavares
(Universitat Politecnica Catalunya (ES))
S Viñals
(Centro de Micro-Análisis de Materiales (CMAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain.)
Trino Martinez Perez
(CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))
Á Pérez de Rada
(Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT))
