Measurement of the $^{241}$Am neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

E. Mendoza , D. Cano-Ott , S. Altstadt , S. Andriamonje (1) , J. Andrzejewski , L. Audouin (2) , J. Balibrea , V. Bécares , M. Barbagallo , F. Bečvář , F. Belloni (1) , B. Berthier (2) , E. Berthoumieux (1) , J. Billowes , V. Boccone , D. Bosnar , M. Brugger , F. Calviño , M. Calviani , C. Carrapiço , F. Cerutti , E. Chiaveri (1) , M. Chin , N. Colonna , G. Cortés , M.A. Cortés-Giraldo , M. Diakaki , I. Dillmann , C. Domingo-Pardo , I. Durán , N. Dzysiuk , C. Eleftheriadis , M. Fernández-Ordóñez , A. Ferrari , K. Fraval (1) , V. Furman , M.B. Gómez-Hornillos , S. Ganesan , A.R. García , G. Giubrone , I.F. Gonçalves , E. González , A. Goverdovski , F. Gramegna , E. Griesmayer , C. Guerrero , F. Gunsing (1) , P. Gurusamy , T. Heftrich , S. Heinitz , A. Hernández-Prieto , J. Heyse , D.G. Jenkins , E. Jericha , F. Käppeler , Y. Kadi , D. Karadimos , T. Katabuchi , V. Ketlerov , V. Khryachkov , P. Koehler , M. Kokkoris , J. Kroll , M. Krtička , C. Lampoudis (1) , C. Langer , E. Leal-Cidoncha , C. Lederer , H. Leeb , L.S. Leong (2) , J. Lerendegui-Marco , M. Licata , R. Losito , A. Manousos , J. Marganiec , T. Martínez , C. Massimi , P. Mastinu , M. Mastromarco , A. Mengoni , P.M. Milazzo , F. Mingrone , M. Mirea , W. Mondelaers , C. Paradela , A. Pavlik , J. Perkowski , A.J.M. Plompen , J. Praena , J.M. Quesada , T. Rauscher , R. Reifarth , A. Riego-Perez , Amélie Tallaj , F. Roman , C. Rubbia , J.A. Ryan , M. Sabaté-Gilarte , R. Sarmento , A. Saxena , P. Schillebeeckx , S. Schmidt , D. Schumann , P. Sedyshev , G. Tagliente , J.L. Tain , A. Tarifeño-Saldivia , D. Tarrío , L. Tassan-Got (2) , A. Tsinganis , S. Valenta , G. Vannini , V. Variale , P. Vaz , A. Ventura , M.J. Vermeulen , R. Versaci , V. Vlachoudis , R. Vlastou , A. Wallner , T. Ware , M. Weigand , C. Weiss , T. Wright , P. Žugec

1 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
2 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay

New neutron cross section measurements of minor actinides have been performed recently in order to reduce the uncertainties in the evaluated data, which is important for the design of advanced nuclear reactors and, in particular, for determining their performance in the transmutation of nuclear waste. We have measured the $^{241} \text{Am(n}, \gamma)$ cross section at the n_TOF facility between 0.2 eV and 10 keV with a BaF$_2$ Total Absorption Calorimeter, and the analysis of the measurement has been recently concluded. Our results are in reasonable agreement below 20 eV with the ones published by C. Lampoudis et al. in 2013, who reported a 22% larger capture cross section up to 110 eV compared to experimental and evaluated data published before. Our results also indicate that the $^{241} \text{Am(n}, \gamma)$ cross section is underestimated in the present evaluated libraries between 20 eV and 2 keV by 25%, on average, and up to 35% for certain evaluations and energy ranges.

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]

E. Mendoza, D. Cano-Ott, S. Altstadt, S. Andriamonje, J. Andrzejewski, et al.. Measurement of the $^{241}$Am neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN. ND 2016 International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Sep 2016, Bruges, Belgium. pp.11022, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/201714611022⟩. ⟨hal-01851208⟩