Name: The n_TOF Collaboration General Meeting 2023
Start: 2023-11-22T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-11-24T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Valencia, Spain

The n_TOF Collaboration General Meeting 2023

from Wednesday, November 22, 2023 (8:00 AM) to Friday, November 24, 2023 (7:00 PM)

Monday, November 20, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

9:30 AM Welcome & Introduction

9:30 AM - 9:35 AM
9:35 AM Facility
9:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:35 AM Facility status - Oliver Aberle (CERN)

10:00 AM Summary of the physics program 2023 - Nikolaos Patronis (University of Ioannina (GR))

10:20 AM Flux to EAR1 & EAR2 from the commissioning - Michael Bacak (CERN) et al.

10:40 AM Update on NEAR activities - Elisso Stamati (University of Ioannina (GR))
11:00 AM break
break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Capture 1
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM Nb-94 (n,γ) experiment: analysis progress - Javier Balibrea Correa (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))

11:50 AM 50,53Cr(n,γ) at EAR1 - Pablo Perez Maroto (Universidad de Sevilla)

12:10 PM Mo-94, Mo-95 and Mo-96 capture - Riccardo Mucciola (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

12:30 PM Measurement of the Ta(n,γ) and Er(n,γ) cross-sections at EAR1 - Victor Alcayne Aicua (CIEMAT (Spain))

12:50 PM 205Tl(n,γ) analysis update - Adria Casanovas Hoste (Universitat Politecnica Catalunya (ES))

1:10 PM 64Ni(n,γ) and 30Si(n,γ): motivations and preliminary results - Michele Spelta (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT))
1:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Capture 2 & others
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM Status of the 68Zn(n,γ) reaction measurement analysis - Annie Rooney (The University of Edinburgh (GB))

3:50 PM Status of the measurement of the 176Yb(n,γ) cross-section - Francisco Garcia Infantes (n_TOF)

4:10 PM Status report on the 35Cl(n,p) measurement at EAR2 - Pablo Torres Sanchez (Universidad de Granada (ES))

4:30 PM 27Al(n,p) and (n,⍺) - Emmanuel Seyi Odusina (The University of Edinburgh (GB))
4:50 PM break
break
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM
5:20 PM Fission & capture
5:20 PM - 6:40 PM
Contributions

5:20 PM First results of the 243Am(n,f) measurement at EAR1 and EAR2 - Nikolaos Kyritsis (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

5:40 PM 235(n,f) with STEFF (TBC) - Adhitya Sekhar (The University of Manchester) Adhitya Sekhar (University of Manchester (GB)) Tobias James Wright (University of Manchester (GB))

6:00 PM 239Pu(n,f) and (n,𝛾) - Adrian Sanchez Caballero (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tec. (ES))

6:20 PM Advances in the Gd-160 capture cross section data analysis - Mario Mastromarco (European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN))
Thursday, November 23, 2023
9:30 AM Instruments
9:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM LaBr3 tests at n_TOF. - Matthew James Birch (University of Manchester (GB))

9:50 AM Neutron sensitivity study sTED vs. Legnaro C6D6 - Jorge Lerendegui Marco (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))

10:10 AM DDX setup at EAR1 - Elisa Pirovano (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE))

10:30 AM 12C(n,cp) physics cases: Validation of the nTD a-Si prototype using digital PSA - Styliani Goula (University of Ioannina (GR))

10:50 AM X17 setup - Carlo Gustavino (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)
11:10 AM break
break
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM Instruments 2
11:40 AM - 1:35 PM
Contributions

11:40 AM NEAR background and first tests with active detectors - Jorge Lerendegui Marco (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))

12:00 PM Measurement with Diamond Detector at NEAR - Kalliopi Kaperoni (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

12:20 PM Geant4 simulations of the n_TOF - Jose Antonio Pavon Rodriguez (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))

12:40 PM Considerations about a 4th REAR beam line at n_TOF - Daniel Cano Ott (CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, MedioAmbientales y Tecnológicas) Vicente Bécares (CIEMAT)

1:00 PM SiC irradiation in EAR1&2 and NEAR - Simone Amaducci (Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (IT))

1:15 PM Gold activation in EAR1 and EAR2 - Elizabeth Musacchio Gonzalez
1:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM New proposals, setups, etc.
3:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Study of n+63,65Cu reactions, and their relevance for nuclear technologies and Astrophysics - Cristian Massimi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

3:20 PM NEAR proposal - Maria Dorothea Schumann (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))

3:40 PM Neutron capture cross section of 124Sn and its impact on (0νββ) process and stellar astrophysics - Aman Gandhi (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering—IFIN HH)

4:00 PM Zr88 proposal - Will Flanagan

4:20 PM The MArEX initiative: First results of test measurements - Yashwanth Sai Bezawada (University of California Davis (US)) Zinovia Eleme (University of Ioannina (GR)) Riccardo Mucciola (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))
4:50 PM break
break
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM
5:20 PM Discussion & other contributions
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM
Contributions

5:20 PM Announcement: NUCLEI IN THE COSMOS XVIII Barcelona/Girona, Summer 2025 - Paco Calvino Tavares (Universitat Politecnica Catalunya (ES))

5:30 PM Measurement of thermal neutron detection efficiency of NMX detector using enriched Gd samples - Dorothea Pfeiffer (CERN)
Friday, November 24, 2023