Recent Results at n_TOF and Future Perspectives

S. Marrone , U. Abbondanno , G. Aerts (1) , H. Álvarez , F. Alvarez-Velarde , S. Andriamonje (1) , J. Andrzejewski , P. Assimakopoulos , L. Audouin , G. Badurek , P. Baumann (2) , F. Bevá , E. Berthoumieux (1) , M. Calviani , F. Calviño , D. Cano-Ott , R. Capote , A. Carrillo de Albornoz , P. Cennini , V. Chepel , E. Chiaveri , N. Colonna , G. Cortes , A. Couture , J. Cox , M. Dahlfors , S. David (3) , I. Dillmann , R. Dolfini , C. Domingo-Pardo , W. Dridi (1) , I. Duran , C. Eleftheriadis , M. Embid-Segura , L. Ferrant (3) , Anthony Ferrari , R. Ferreira-Marques , L. Fitzpatrick , H. Frais-Koelbl , K. Fujii , W. Furman , R. Gallino , I. Goncalves , E. Gonzalez-Romero , A. Goverdovski , F. Gramegna , E. Griesmayer , C. Guerrero , F. Gunsing (1) , B. Haas (4) , R. Haight , M. Heil , A. Herrera- Martinez , M. Igashira , S. Isaev (3) , E. Jericha , Y. Kadi , F. Käppeler , D. Karamanis , D. Karadimos , M. Kerveno (2) , V. Ketlerov , P. Koehler , V. Konovalov , E. Kossionides , M. Krtika , C. Lamboudis , H. Leeb , A. Lindote , I. Lopes , M. Lozano , S. Lukic (2) , J. Marganiec , L. Marques , C. Massimi , P. Mastinu , A. Mengoni , P. M. Milazzo , C. Moreau , M. Mosconi , F. Neves , H. Oberhummer , S. O'Brien , J. Pancin (1) , C. Papachristodoulou , C. Papadopoulos , C. Paradela , N. Patronis , A. Pavlik , P. Pavlopoulos (5) , L. Perrot (1) , M. Pignatari , R. Plag , A. Plompen , A. Plukis (1) , A. Poch , C. Pretel , J. Quesada , T. Rauscher , R. Reifarth , M. Rosetti , C. Rubbia , G. Rudolf (2) , P. Rullhusen , J. Salgado , L. Sarchiapone , I. Savvidis , C. Stephan (3) , G. Tagliente , J.L. Tain , L. Tassan-Got (3) , L. Tavora , R. Terlizzi , G. Vannini , P. Vaz , A. Ventura , D. Villamarin , M.C. Vincente , V. Vlachoudis , R. Vlastou , F. Voss , S. Walter , H. Wendler , M. Wiescher , K. Wisshak

1 DAPNIA - Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée
2 DRS-IPHC - Département Recherches Subatomiques
3 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay
4 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan
5 Pole Universitaire Leonard de Vinci

The neutron Time-of-Flight facility at CERN has been used for a series of neutron capture and fission cross sections measurements. The facility, detectors and data analysis techniques are described, followed by a brief review of the capture results and of the preliminary results for selected fission cross sections. The problem of photon strength functions is discussed and preliminary first results are presented. All these subjects are discussed with respect to their implications in Nuclear Astrophysics. The last section is dedicated to the future perspectives concerning the next experimental campaign and the upgrade of the facility.

Mots clés: nuclear reactions and scattering; neutron sources; stellar evolution; supernovae; time of flight spectroscopy; chemical analysis

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]

S. Marrone, U. Abbondanno, G. Aerts, H. Álvarez, F. Alvarez-Velarde, et al.. Recent Results at n_TOF and Future Perspectives. IXTH TORINO WORKSHOP ON EVOLUTION AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN AGB STARS AND THE IIND PERUGIA WORKSHOP ON NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS, Oct 2007, Perugia, Italy. pp.90-97, ⟨10.1063/1.2916994⟩. ⟨in2p3-00273145⟩