Speaker
Alberto Mengoni
Description
The n_TOF Collaboration has identified the physics cases and a set of
experiments which constitutes the plan for the "Phase 2" of the activities to be
performed at n_TOF, from 2007 and beyond. An outline of this plan, together
with the perspectives for developments foreseen for the facility will be
presented.
The experimental program follows the lines defined during the measurement
campaigns in 2001-2004, which identified the three main objectives of the
experimental activities at n_TOF: (1) neutron cross section measurements for
nuclear astrophysics, (2) nuclear data measurements for advanced nuclear
technologies and nuclear waste transmutation, and (3) neutron cross section
measurements for basic nuclear physics.
The most important measurements to be performed during this second phase
of activities at n_TOF have been identified and the related detection systems
defined. These will be presented in this contribution.
In addition to the plan for measurements in the present experimental areal
(EAR-1), a first sketch of the proposal for the construction of a second neutron
beam line and of the corresponding experimental area (EAR-2) will be
presented together with a discussion of the decisive improvements, which this
initiative would bring in terms of neutron intensity, background conditions, and
a more efficient use of the facility.
Author
Alberto Mengoni
