Development of a Neutron Imaging Station at the n_TOF Facility of CERN and Applications to Beam Intercepting Devices

Federica Mingrone , Marco Calviani , Claudio Torregrosa Martin , Oliver Aberle , Michael Bacak (1) , Enrico Chiaveri , Elvis Fornasiere , Antonio Perillo-Marcone , Vasilis Vlachoudis

1 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers

A neutron radiography testing station has been developed exploiting the neutron beam of CERN’s n_TOF Experimental Area 2, located at the shortest distance to the neutron producing-target. The characteristics of the n_TOF neutron beam for the imaging setup are presented in this paper, together with the obtained experimental results. The results focused on the testing of several particle producing targets, including a spent antiproton production targets as well as targets from two different HiRadMat’s experiments. The possible developments of neutron imaging capabilities of the n_TOF facility in terms of detection-systems and beam-line upgrades are as well outlined.

Mots clés: Neutron radiography; Inspection with neutrons; neutron radiography; inspection with neutrons; n: beam; beam transport: upgrade; imaging; CERN Lab; experimental results

Domaines: Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]; Physique des Hautes Energies - Expérience [hep-ex]; Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]

Federica Mingrone, Marco Calviani, Claudio Torregrosa Martin, Oliver Aberle, Michael Bacak, et al.. Development of a Neutron Imaging Station at the n_TOF Facility of CERN and Applications to Beam Intercepting Devices. Instruments, 2019, 3 (2), pp.32. ⟨10.3390/instruments3020032⟩. ⟨hal-02144340⟩