NombreQuesada Molina, José Manuel
DepartamentoFísica Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Área de conocimientoFísica Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Categoría profesionalCatedrático de Universidad
Correo electrónicoSolicitar
           
  • Nº publicaciones

    181

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    16097

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    19137


 

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A Segmented Total Energy Detector (sTED) optimized for (n, ) cross-section measurements at n_TOF EAR2

Alcayne, V.; Cano-Ott, D.; Garcia, J.; González-Romero, E.; Martínez, T.; Pérez de Rada, A.; Plaza, J.; Sánchez-Caballero, A.; Balibrea Correa, J.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal); Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (Elsevier, 2024)
The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN is a spallation source dedicated to measurements of neutron-induced ...
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Towards PET range verification in proton therapy: new cross sections for improved accuracy

Rodríguez González, María Teresa; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (2023)
Proton therapy is a form of radiotherapy that allows maximizing the deposited dose inside the tumour while reducing the ...
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Advances and new ideas for neutron-capture astrophysics experiments at CERN n_TOF

Domingo-Pardo, C.; Babiano Suárez, V.; Balibrea Correa, J.; Caballero, L.; Ladarescu, I.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Fernández Martínez, Begoña; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Žugec, P. (Springer Nature, 2023)
This article presents a few selected developments and future ideas related to the measurement of (n, γ) data of astrophysical ...
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74 Ge(n, γ) cross section below 70 keV measured at n_TOF CERN

Lederer Woods, C.; Aberle, O.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, L.; Bécares, V.; Bacak, M.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Riego Pérez, A. (Springer Nature, 2022)
Neutron capture reaction cross sections on 74Ge are of importance to determine 74Ge production during the astrophysical ...
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High accuracy, high resolution 235U(n,f) cross section from n_TOF (CERN) from 18 meV to 10 keV

Mastromarco, Mario; Amaducci, Simone; Colonna, Nicola; Finocchiaro, Paolo; Cosentino, Luigi; Barbagallo, M.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Žugec, P. (Springer Nature, 2022)
The 235U(n,f) cross section was measured in a wide energy range (18 meV–170 keV) at the n_TOF facility at CERN, relative ...
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Constraints on the dipole photon strength for the odd uranium isotopes

Moreno Soto, Javier; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2022)
Background: The photon strength functions (PSFs) and nuclear level density (NLD) are key ingredients for calculation of ...
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92 Zr ( n , γ ) and ( n ,tot) measurements at the GELINA and n_TOF facilities

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Tagliente, G.; Kopecky, S.; Heyse, J.; Krticka, M.; Massimi, C.; Mengoni, A. (American Physical Society, 2022)
Background: Stellar nucleosynthesis of elements heavier than iron is driven by neutron capture processes. 92Zr is positioned ...
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Production yields at the distal fall-off of the β+ emitters 11C and 13N for in-vivo range verification in proton therapy

Rodríguez González, María Teresa; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Jiménez Ramos, María del Carmen; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Parrado Gallego, Ángel Luis; Gómez Camacho, Joaquín José; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (Elsevier, 2022)
In proton therapy, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) range verification relies on the comparison of the measured and ...
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Radiative neutron capture cross-section measurement of ge isotopes at n_TOF CERN facility and its importance for stellar nucleosynthesis

Gawlik, A.; Lederer-Woods, C.; Andrzejewski, J.; Perkowski, J.; Battino, U.; Ferreira, P.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P. (Polska Akademia Nauk, 2021)
This manuscript summarizes the results of radiative neutron capture cross-section measurements on two stable germanium ...
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Destruction of the cosmic γ-ray emitter 26 Al in massive stars: Study of the key 26 Al ( n , p ) reaction

Lederer Woods, Claudia; Woods, P. J.; Davinson, T.; Kahl, D.; Lonsdale, S. J.; Aberle, O.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Ferrer Fernández, Francisco Javier; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (American Physical Society, 2021)
The 26 Al (n ,p) 26 Mg reaction is the key reaction impacting on the abundances of the cosmic y-ray emitter 26 Al produced ...
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First results of the140ce(N,ү)141ce cross-section measurement at n_tof

Amaducci, Simone; Colonna, Nicola; Cosentino, Luigi; Cristallo, Sergio; Finocchiaro, Paolo; Krticka, Milan; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Moreno Soto, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021)
An accurate measurement of the140Ce(n,ү) energy-dependent cross-section was performed at the n_TOF facility at CERN. This ...
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Measurement of the 76 Ge ( n , γ ) cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Gawlik Ramięga, A.; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Krtička, Milan; Valenta, S.; Battino, Umberto; Andrzejewski, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (American Physical Society, 2021)
The 76 Ge ( n , γ ) reaction has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN via the time-of-flight technique. Neutron ...
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Destruction of the cosmic γ -ray emitter 26 Al in massive stars: Study of the key 26 Al ( n , α ) reaction

Lederer Woods, Claudia; Woods, P. J.; Davinson, T.; Estrade, A.; Heyse, Jan; Kahl, D.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (American Physical Society, 2021)
Neutron destruction reactions of the cosmic γ -ray emitter 26Al are of importance to determine the amount of 26Al ejected ...
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Measurement of the 72 Ge ( n , γ ) cross section over a wide neutron energy range at the CERN n_TOF facility

Dietz, M.; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Tattersall, A.; Battino, Umberto; Gunsing, Frank; Heinitz, Stephan; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (American Physical Society, 2021)
The 72 Ge ( n , γ ) cross section was measured for neutron energies up to 300 keV at the neutron time-of-flight facility ...
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Report on G4-Med, a Geant4 benchmarking system for medical physics applications developed by the Geant4 Medical Simulation Benchmarking Group

Arce, P.; Bolst, D.; Bordage, M. C.; Brown, J. M. C.; Cirrone, P.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Cutajar, D.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wright, D. H. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2021)
Background: Geant4 is a Monte Carlo code extensively used in medical physics for a wide range of applications, such as ...
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Collisions of Nucleons with Atoms: Calculated Cross Sections and Monte Carlo Simulation

Salvat, Francesc; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021)
After a summary description of the theory of elastic collisions of nucleons with atoms, we present the calculation of a ...
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Study of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 237Np at CERN's n_TOF facility over a wide energy range

Stamatopoulos, A.; Tsinganis, A.; Diakaki, M.; Colonna, Nicola; Kokkoris, M.; Vlastou, R.; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wright, T. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
Neutron-induced fission cross sections of isotopes involved in the nuclear fuel cycle are vital for the design and safe ...
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HiSPANoS facility and the new neutron beam line for TOF measurements at the Spanish National Accelerator Lab (CNA)

Fernández Martínez, Begoña; Macías Martínez, Miguel; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Rodríguez González, María Teresa; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Gómez Camacho, Joaquín José; Praena Rodríguez, Javier (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020)
HiSPANoS (HiSPAlis Neutron Source) is the first accelerator-based neutron facility in Spain, installed at the Centro ...
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Production yields of beta+ emitters for range verification in proton therapy

Rodríguez González, María Teresa; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Jiménez Ramos, María del Carmen; Dendooven, P.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Fraile, L. M.; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Ozoemelam, I.; Parrado, A.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (EDP Sciences, 2020)
In-vivo Positron Emission Tomography (PET) range verification relies on the comparison of the measured and estimated ...
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A compact fission detector for fission-tagging neutron capture experiments with radioactive fissile isotopes

Bacak, M.; Aïche, M.; Bélier, G.; Berthoumieux, E.; Diakaki, M.; Dupont, E.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (Elsevier, 2020)
In the measurement of neutron capture cross-sections of fissile isotopes, the fission channel is a source of background ...
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First results of the 241Am(n,f) cross section measurement at the Experimental Area 2 of the n_TOF facility at CERN

Eleme, Z.; Patronis, N.; Stamatopoulos, A.; Tsinganis, Andrea; Kokkoris, M.; Michalopoulou, V.; Diakaki, M.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
Feasibility, design and sensitivity studies on innovative nuclear reactors that could address the issue of nuclear waste ...
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Dispersive optical model description of nucleon scattering on Pb and Bi isotopes

Zhao, Xiuniao; Sun, Weili; Capote, Roberto; Soukhovitskiĩ, E. Sh.; Martyanov, Dmitry S.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2020)
A recently derived dispersive optical model potential (DOMP) for 208Pb is extended to consider the nonlocality in the real ...
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First results of the 230Th(n,f) cross section measurements at the CERN n_TOF facility

Michalopoulou, V.; Stamatopoulos, A.; Vlastou, R.; Kokkoris, M.; Tsinganis, A.; Diakaki, M.; Eleme, Z.; Patronis, N.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
The study of neutron-induced reactions on actinides is of considerable importance for the design of advanced nuclear systems ...
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Laser-driven neutrons for time-of-flight experiments?

Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Gómez Camacho, Joaquín José; Fernández, B.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Rodríguez González, María Teresa; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.; Benlliure, J.; Cortina, D.; Martín, L.; Peñas, J.; Cano-Ott, D.; Martínez, T. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
Neutron beams, both pulsed and continuous, are a powerful tool in a wide variety of research fields and applications. ...
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Measurement of the 244Cm capture cross sections at both CERN n_TOF experimental areas

Alcayne, V.; Mendoza, E.; Cano-Ott, D.; Kimura, A.; Aberle, Oliver; Amaducci, Simone; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
Accurate neutron capture cross section data for minor actinides (MAs) are required to estimate the production and transmutation ...
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80Se(n,?) cross-section measurement at CERN n TOF

Babiano Suárez, V.; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020)
Radiative neutron capture cross section measurements are of fundamental importance for the study of the slow neutron capture ...
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New reaction rates for the destruction of 7Be during big bang nucleosynthesis measured at CERN/n_TOF and their implications on the cosmological lithium problem

Mengoni, A.; Damone, L.A.; Barbagallo, M.; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, J.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
New measurements of the 7Be(n,α)4He and 7Be(n,p)7Li reaction cross sections from thermal to keV neutron energies have been ...
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Measurement of the α ratio and (n, γ) cross section of 235U from 0.2 to 200 eV at n_TOF

Balibrea Correa, J.; Mendoza, E.; Cano Ott, D.; González, E.; Capote, R.; Krticka, M.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (American Physical Society, 2020)
We measured the neutron capture-to-fission cross-section ratio (α ratio) and the capture cross section of 235U between 0.2 ...
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Neutron capture cross section measurements of 241Am at the n_TOF facility

Oprea, A.; Gunsing, F.; Schillebeeckx, Peter; Aberle, Oliver; Bacak, M.; Berthoumieux, E.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
Neutron capture on 241Am plays an important role in the nuclear energy production and also provides valuable information ...
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Multiband coupling and nuclear softness in optical model calculations for even-even and odd-A actinides

Martyanov, Dmitry S.; Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Chiba, Satoshi (EDP Sciences, 2020)
A new dispersive multiband coupled channels optical model with soft-rotator “effective” deformations is proposed to describe ...
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Measurement of the 242Pu(n, γ) cross section from thermal to 500 keV at the Budapest research reactor and CERN n_TOF-EAR1 facilities

Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Mendoza, E.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Eberhardt, Klaus; Junghans, A; Krticka, M.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
The design and operation of innovative nuclear systems requires a better knowledge of the capture and fission cross sections ...
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The 154Gd neutron capture cross section measured at the n_TOF facility and its astrophysical implications

Mastromarco, Mario; Mazzone, A.; Massimi, C.; Cristallo, S.; Colonna, Nicola; Aberle, Oliver; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
The (n, γ) cross sections of the gadolinium isotopes play an important role in the study of the stellar nucleosynthesis. ...
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Measurement of the energy-differential cross-section of the 12C(n,p)12B and 12C(n,d)11B reactions at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Barbagallo, M.; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
Although the 12C(n,p)12B and 12C(n,d)11B reactions are of interest in several fields of basic and applied Nuclear Physics ...
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Review and new concepts for neutron-capture measurements of astrophysical interest

Domingo Pardo, C.; Babiano Suárez, V.; Balibrea Correa, J.; Caballero, L.; Ladarescu, I.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Rodríguez González, María Teresa; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Moreno Soto, Javier; Žugec, P. (IOP Publishing, 2020)
The idea of slow-neutron capture nucleosynthesis formulated in 1957 triggered a tremendous experimental effort in different ...
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Status and perspectives of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN

Chiaveri, Enrico; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
Since the start of its operation in 2001, based on an idea of Prof. Carlo Rubbia [1], the neutron time of-flight facility ...
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Setup for the measurement of the 235U(n, f) cross section relative to n-p scattering up to 1 GeV

Manna, A.; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
The neutron induced fission of 235U is extensively used as a reference for neutron fluence measurements in various ...
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Neutron Capture on the s-Process Branching Point Tm 171 via Time-of-Flight and Activation

Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Paul, Michael C.; Tessler, Moshe; Heinitz, Stephan; Domingo Pardo, César; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Rodríguez González, María Teresa; Žugec, P. (American Physical Society, 2020)
The neutron capture cross sections of several unstable nuclides acting as branching points in the s process are crucial ...
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Neutron capture measurement at the n TOF facility of the 204Tl and 205Tl s-process branching points

Casanovas, A.; Tarifeo Saldivia, A. E.; Domingo Pardo, C.; Calvio, F.; Maugeri, E.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Moreno Soto, Javier; Ramos Doval, D. (IOP Publishing, 2020)
Neutron capture cross sections are one of the fundamental nuclear data in the study of the s (slow) process of nucleosynthesis. ...
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Measurement of the 154Gd(n,γ) cross section and its astrophysical implications

Mazzone, A.; Cristallo, S.; Aberle, Oliver; Alaerts, Gery; Alcayne, V.; Amaducci, Simone; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (Elsevier, 2020)
The neutron capture cross section of 154Gd was measured from 1 eV to 300 keV in the experimental area located 185 m from ...
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Measurement and analysis of 155,157Gd(n,γ) from thermal energy to 1 keV

Massimi, C.; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
We have measured the capture cross section of the 155Gd and 157Gd isotopes between 0.025 eV and 1 keV. The capture events ...
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Accurate measurement of the standard 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy

Amaducci, Simone; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
An accurate measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section from thermal to 170 keV of neutron energy has recently been performed ...
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Study of photon strength functions of 241Pu and 245Cm from neutron capture measurements

Mendoza, E.; Alcayne, V.; Cano-Ott, D.; Kimura, A.; Skarbeli, A. V.; Aberle, Oliver; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
We have measured the γ-rays following neutron capture on 240Pu and 244 Cm at the n_TOF facility at CERN with the Total ...
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Monte Carlo simulations and n-p differential scattering data measured with Proton Recoil Telescopes

Terranova, N.; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020)
The neutron-induced fission cross section of 235U, a standard at thermal energy and between 0.15 MeV and 200 MeV, plays a ...
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Investigation of the 240Pu(n, f ) reaction at the n_TOF/EAR2 facility in the 9 meV–6 MeV range

Stamatopoulos, A.; Tsinganis, Andrea; Colonna, Nicola; Kokkoris, M.; Vlastou, R.; Diakaki, M.; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Palomo Pinto, Rogelio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wrigh, T. (American Physical Society, 2020)
Background: Nuclear waste management is considered amongst the major challenges in the field of nuclear energy. A possible ...
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Measurement of the 235U(n, f) cross section relative to the 6Li(n, t) and 10B(n, α) standards from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy range at n_TOF

Armaducci, S.; Cosentino, L.; Barbagallo, M.; Colonna, Nicola; Mengoni, A.; Massimi, C.; Lo Meo, Sergio; Finocchiaro, P.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (Springer Nature, 2019)
The 235U(n, f) cross section was measured at n_TOF relative to 6Li(n, t) and 10B(n,α) , with high resolution (L= 183. 49 ...
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Cross section measurements of 155,157Gd(n, γ) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons

Mastromarco, Mario; Manna, A.; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, L.; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Barbagallo, M.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Saxena, Avadh (Springer Nature, 2019)
Neutron capture cross section measurements on 155Gd and 157Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the ...
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Measurement of 73Ge(n,γ) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

Lederer-Woods, Claudia; Battino, Umberto; Ferreira, Paulo N.; Guerrero, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Palomo Pinto, Rogelio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (Elsevier, 2019)
73Ge(n,γ) cross sections were measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN up to neutron energies of 300 ...
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The s-process in the Nd-Pm-Sm region: Neutron activation of 147Pm

Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Tessler, Moshe; Paul, Michael C.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Heinitz, Stephan; Maugeri, Emilio Andrea; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Weissman, Leonid (Elsevier: SCOAP3, 2019)
The Nd-Pm-Sm branching is of interest for the study of the s-process, related to the production of heavy elements in stars. ...
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Estudio de la simulación con PENH de la producción de emisores β+ en protonterapia y evaluación del impacto de las secciones e caces protón-núcleo

Fernández del Castillo, Rafael; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (2019)
En este trabajo se estudia la producción de un determinado isótopo en un material que es irradiado con un haz de protones. ...
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Preliminary results on the 233U capture cross section and alpha ratio measured at n_TOF (CERN) with the fission tagging technique

Bacak, M.; Aiche, M.; Bélier, G.; Berthoumieux, E.; Diakaki, M.; Dupont, E.; Gunsing, Frank; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2019)
233U is of key importance among the fissile nuclei in the Th-U fuel cycle. A particularity of 233U is its small neutron ...
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Study of the photon strength functions and level density in the gamma decay of the n + 234U reaction

Moreno-Soto, J.; Berthoumieux, E.; Dupont, E.; Gunsing, Frank; Serot, O.; Litaize, O.; Diakaki, M.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2019)
The accurate calculations of neutron-induced reaction cross sections are relevant for many nuclear applications. The photon ...
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Measurement of the 70Ge(n,γ) cross section up to 300 keV at the CERN n_TOF facility

Gawlik, A.; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Andrzejewski, J.; Battino, Umberto; Ferreira, P.; Gunsing, F.; Heinitz, S.; Krtiˇcka, M.; Massimi, C.; Mingrone, F.; Perkowski, J.; Reifarth, René; Tattersall, A.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (American Physical Society, 2019)
Neutron capture data on intermediate mass nuclei are of key importance to nucleosynthesis in the weak component of the ...
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Fission program at n_TOF

Tassan-Got, L.; Colonna, Nicola; Diakaki, M.; Eleme, Z.; Manna, A.; Sekhar, A.; Stamatopoulos, A.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Millán Callado, María de los Ángeles; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2019)
Since its start in 2001 the n_TOF collaboration developed a measurement program on fission, in view of advanced fuels in ...
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Measurement of the 244Cm and 246Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections at the n_TOF facility

Alcayne, V.; Kimura, A.; Mendoza, E.; Cano-Ott, D.; Martínez, T.; Aberle, Oliver; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2019)
The neutron capture reactions of the 244Cm and 246Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier Cm isotopes and ...
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Diseño de experimentos de física nuclear de doble captura neutrónica (de interés en nucleosíntesis estelar)

Sosa Sánchez, David; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (2019)
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7Be(n, p) 7Li Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN

Damone, L.; Barbagallo, M.; Mastromarco, Mario; Mengoni, A.; Cosentino, L.; Maugeri, E.; Heinitz, S.; Schumann, D.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (APS Physics, 2018)
We report on the measurement of the 7Be(n,p)7Li cross section from thermal to approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed ...
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Measurement and resonance analysis of the 33S(n,α) 30Si cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility in the energy region from 10 to 300 keV

Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Porras, I.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bécares, Vicente; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge (American Physical Society, 2018)
The 33S(n,α) 30Si cross section has been measured at the neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN in the neutron ...
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Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,p)7Li reaction at n_TOF

Barbagallo, M.; Andrzejewski, J.; Mastromarco, Mario; Perkowski, J.; Damone, L.; Gawlik, A.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (Elsevier, 2018)
Following the completion of the second neutron beam line and the related experimental area (EAR2) at the n_TOF spallation ...
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Preparation and characterization of 33-S samples for 33-S(n,alpha)30-Si cross-section measurements at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Ferrer Fernández, Francisco Javier; Vollenberg, Wil; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Fernández Martínez, Begoña; García López, Francisco Javier; Porras, I.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge (Elsevier, 2018)
Thin 33S samples for the study of the 33S(n,a)30Si cross-section at the n_TOF facility at CERN were made by thermal ...
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Radiative neutron capture on 242Pu in the resonance region at the CERN n_TOF-EAR1 facility

Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Mendoza, Emilio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Eberhardt, Klaus; Junghans, Arnd R.; Krtička, Milan; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (American Physical Society, 2018)
The spent fuel of current nuclear reactors contains fissile plutonium isotopes that can be combined with uranium to make ...
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Maxwellian Neutron Spectrum generation and Stellar Cross-Section measurements: measurement of the Au-197(n,gamma) MACS

Jiménez Bonilla, Pablo José; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (IOP Publishing, 2018)
Maxwellian-averaged cross-sections (MACS) are needed as an input for the models of stellar s- and r-processes nucleosynthesis. ...
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Measurement and analysis of the 241 Am neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Mendoza, E.; Cano Ott, D.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andriamonje, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (American Physical Society, 2018)
The 241 Am ( n , γ ) cross section has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN with the n_TOF BaF 2 Total Absorption ...
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First Measurement of 72Ge(n, γ) at n_TOF

Dietz, M.; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bacak, M.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2018)
The slow neutron capture process (s-process) is responsible for producing about half of the elemental abundances heavier ...
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Measurement of the radiative capture cross section of the s-process branching points 204Tl and 171Tm at the n_TOF facility (CERN)

Casanovas, A.; Domingo Pardo, César; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Calviño, F.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.; Dressler, R.; Heinitz, S.; Kivel, Niko; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Schumann, D.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Chiaveri, Enrico; Köster, Ullrich (EDP Sciences: EPJ Open Access, 2018)
The neutron capture cross section of some unstable nuclei is especially relevant for s-process nucleosynthesis studies. ...
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The n_TOF-EAR2 facility at CERN: neutron flux determination and the ³³s (N,alpha)³°si cross section measurement; implications in BNCT

Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (2017)
The main aim of this project is the first measurement of the 33S(n,a)30 Si cross section at the neutron time-of-ight n TOF ...
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Predicting the optical observables for nucleon scattering on even-even actinides

Martyanov, D. S.; Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Chiba, Satoshi (Chinese Physical Society, 2017)
The previously derived Lane consistent dispersive coupled-channel optical model for nucleon scattering on 232Th and 238U ...
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Description of nucleon scattering on 208Pb by a fully Lane-consistent dispersive spherical optical model potential

Sun, W. L.; Wang, J.; Soukhovitskii, E. Sh.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (EDP Sciences, 2017)
A fully Lane-consistent dispersive spherical optical potential is proposed to describe nucleon scattering interaction with ...
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Measurement of the 240Pu(n,f) cross-section at the CERN n-TOF facility: First results from experimental area II (EAR-2)

Stamatopoulos, A.; Tsinganis, Andrea; Colonna, Nicola; Vlastou, R.; Kokkoris, M.; Schillebeeckx, Peter; Plompen, Arjan J. M.; Heyse, Jan; Ugec, P.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Palomo Pinto, Rogelio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (EDP Sciences, 2017)
The accurate knowledge of the neutron-induced fission cross-sections of actinides and other isotopes involved in the nuclear ...
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Monte carlo simulations of the n-TOF lead spallation target with the Geant4 toolkit: A benchmark study

Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Lo Meo, Sergio; Massimi, C.; Barbagallo, M.; Colonna, Nicola; Mancussi, D.; Mingrone, F. (EDP Sciences, 2017)
Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are an essential tool to determine fundamental features of a neutron beam, such as the neutron ...
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The measurement programme at the neutron time-of-flight facility n-TOF at CERN

Gunsing, F.; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bécares, Vicente; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Barbagallo, M.; Barros, Sílvia; Bečvář, František; Beinrucker, Clemens; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (EDP Sciences, 2017)
Neutron-induced reaction cross sections are important for a wide variety of research fields ranging from the study of ...
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Saturation of coupling of collective levels in optical model calculations of even-even actinides

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Martyanov, Dmitry S.; Soukhovitski, Efrem; Capote, Roberto; Chiba, Satoshi (EDP Sciences, 2017)
Saturation of the coupling-scheme is studied in dispersive optical model calculations of nucleon induced reactions on 238U ...
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Description of nucleon scattering on 208Pb by a fully Lane-consistent dispersive spherical optical model potential

Sun, Weili; Wang, Jia; Soukhovitski, Efrem; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (EDP Sciences, 2017)
A fully Lane-consistent dispersive spherical optical potential is proposed to describe nucleon scattering interaction with ...
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Measurement of the neutron capture cross section of the fissile isotope 235U with the CERN n-TOF total absorption calorimeter and a fission tagging based on micromegas detectors

Balibrea, J.; Mendoza, Emilio; Cano Ott, D.; Krtička, Milan; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bécares, Vicente; Barbagallo, M.; Bečvář, František; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (EDP Sciences, 2017)
The accuracy on neutron capture cross section of fissile isotopes must be improved for the design of future nuclear systems ...
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Measurement of the U 238 (n,γ) cross section up to 80 keV with the total absorption calorimeter at the CERN n-TOF facility

Wright, T.; Billowes, Jon; Cano-Ott, D.; Mendoza, Emilio; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Audouin, Laurent; Bécares, Vicente; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (American Physical Society, 2017)
The radiative capture cross section of a highly pure (99.999%), 6.125(2) grams and 9.56(5)× 10−4 atoms/barn areal density ...
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Time-of-flight and activation experiments on 147Pm and 171Tm for astrophysics

Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Domingo Pardo, César; Casanovas, A.; Dressler, R.; Halfon, Shlomi; Heinitz, S.; Kivel, Niko; Köster, Ullrich; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017)
The neutron capture cross section of several key unstable isotopes acting as branching points in the s-process are crucial ...
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Optical model with multiple band couplings using soft rotator structure

Martyanov, Dmitry S.; Soukhovitski, Efrem; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Chiba, Satoshi (EDP Sciences, 2017)
A new dispersive coupled-channel optical model (DCCOM) is derived that describes nucleon scattering on 238U and 232Th ...
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Neutron spectroscopy of 26Mg states: Constraining the stellar neutron source 22Ne(α,n)25Mg

Massimi, C.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Barbagallo, M.; Bécares, Vicente; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (Elsevier, 2017)
This work reports on accurate, high-resolution measurements of the 25Mg(n,γ)26Mg and 25Mg(n,tot) cross sections in the ...
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New measurement of the242Pu(n,γ) cross section at n-TOF-EAR1 for MOX fuels: Preliminary results in the RRR

Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Mendoza, Emilio; Cano-Ott, D.; Eberhardt, Klaus; Junghans, Arnd R.; Aberle, Oliver (EDP Sciences, 2017)
The spent fuel of current nuclear reactors contains fissile plutonium isotopes that can be combined with 238U to make mixed ...
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Optical model with multiple band couplings using soft rotator structure

Martyanov, Dmitry S.; Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Chiba, Satoshi (EDP Sciences, 2017)
A new dispersive coupled-channel optical model (DCCOM) is derived that describes nucleon scattering on 238U and 232Th ...
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The 33S(n,α)30Si cross section measurement at n-TOF-EAR2 (CERN): From 0.01 eV to the resonance region

Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Porras, I.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bécares, Vicente; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017)
The 33S(n,α)30Si cross section measurement, using 10B(n,α) as reference, at the n TOF Experimental Area 2 (EAR2) facility ...
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Nuclear data activities at the n TOF facility at CERN

Gunsing, Frank; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bécares, Vicente; Bacak, M.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Palomo Pinto, Rogelio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (EDP Sciences: EPJ, 2016)
Nuclear data in general, and neutron-induced reaction cross sections in particular, are important for a wide variety of ...
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7Be(n,α)4He Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Barbagallo, M.; Musumarra, A.; Consentino, L.; Maugeri, E.; Heinitz, S. (American Physical Society, 2016)
The energy-dependent cross section of the 7Be(n,α)4He reaction, of interest for the so-called cosmological lithium problem ...
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Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,α)α reaction at n_TOF

Cosentino, L.; Musumarra, A.; Barbagallo, M.; Pappalardo, A.; Colonna, Nicola; Damone, L.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (Elsevier, 2016)
The newly built second experimental area EAR2 of the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN allows to perform (n, charged ...
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Dosimetric response of radiochromic films to protons of low energies in the Bragg peak region

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Espino Navas, José Manuel; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Battaglia, Maria Cristina; Miras, H.; Lallena Rojo, Antonio Miguel; Guirado, D.; Schardt, D. (American Physical Society, 2016)
One of the major advantages of proton or ion beams, applied in cancer treatment, is their excellent depth-dose profile ...
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Integral measurement of the 12C(n, p)12B reaction up to 10 GeV

Zugec, P.; Colonna, Nicola; Bosnar, D.; Ventura, A.; Mengoni, A.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (Springer Verlag, 2016)
The integral measurement of the 12C(n, p)12B reaction was performed at the neutron time-offlight facility n TOF at CERN. ...
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Recent results in nuclear astrophysics at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Tagliente, G.; Aberle, O.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Barbagallo, M.; Bečvář, František; Berthoumieux, E.; Billowes, Jon; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Fernández Domínguez, B.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (Sissa Medialab, 2016)
The neutron time of flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN is a spallation source characterized by a white neutron spectrum. The ...
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The CERN n_TOF facility: a unique tool for nuclear data measurement

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Vannini, Gianni (EDP Sciences, 2016)
The study of the resonant structures in neutron-nucleus cross-sections, and therefore of the compound-nucleus reaction ...
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Nucleon scattering on actinides using a dispersive optical model with extended couplings

Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Chiba, Satoshi; Martyanov, D. S. (American Physical Society, 2016)
The Tamura coupling model [Rev. Mod. Phys. 37, 679 (1965)] has been extended to consider the coupling of additional low-lying ...
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New measurement of the 242Pu(n,γ) cross section at n_TOF

Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Mendoza, E; Eberhardt, Klaus; Junghans, A (EDP Sciences, 2016)
The use of MOX fuel (mixed-oxide fuel made of UO2 and PuO2) in nuclear reactors allows substituting a large fraction of ...
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Neutron-induced fission cross section of Np 237 in the keV to MeV range at the CERN n-TOF facility

Diakaki, M.; Karadimos, D.; Vlastou, R.; Kokkoris, M.; Demetriou, P.; Skordis, E.; Wisshak, K.; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2016)
The neutron-induced fission cross section of 237 Np was experimentally determined at the high-resolution and high-intensity ...
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A Lane consistent optical model potential for nucleon scattering on actinide nuclei with extended coupling

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Capote, Roberto; Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Chiba, Satoshi (EDP sciences, 2016)
An extension for odd-A actinides of a previously derived dispersive coupledchannel optical model potential (OMP) for 238U ...
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Experiments with neutron beams for the astrophysical s process

Lederer Woods, Claudia; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Barbagallo, M.; Bécares, Vicente; Bečvář, František; Belloni, F.; Berthoumieux, E.; Billowes, Jon; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (IOP Publishing, 2016)
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Recent developments in GEANT4

Allison, J.; Amako, K.; Apostolakis, John; Arce, P.; Asai, M.; Aso, T.; Bagli, E.; Bagulya, A.; Banerjee, S.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Cosmo, G.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Yoshida, H. (Elsevier, 2016)
Geant4 is a software toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter. It is used by a large number ...
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High-accuracy determination of the 238U/ 235U fission cross section ratio up to ≈ 1 GeV at n_TOF at CERN

Paradela, Carlos; Calviani, M.; Tarrío, D.; Leal Cidoncha, E.; Leong, L. S.; Tassan-Got, L.; Le Naour, C.; Durán, Ignacio; Colonna, Nicola; Audouin, Laurent; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Praena Rodríguez, Javier (American Physical Society, 2015)
The 238U to 235U fission cross section ratio has been determined at n_TOF up to ≈1 GeV, with two different detection ...
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The new vertical neutron beam line at the CERN n_TOF facility design and outlook on the performance

Weiß, C.; Chiaveri, E.; Girod, S.; Vlachoudis, V.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Palomo Pinto, Rogelio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Žugec, P. (Elsevier, 2015)
At the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN a new vertical beam line was constructed in 2014, in order to extend ...
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Determination of the cosmic-ray-induced neutron flux and ambient dose equivalent at flight altitude

Pazianotto, Maurício T.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Federico, C.A; Gonçalez, O.L.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Carlson, Brett Vern (IOP Publishing: Conference Series, 2015)
There is interest in modeling the atmosphere in the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly in order to obtain information about ...
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Experimental neutron capture data of 58Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Rauscher, Thomas; Reifarth, René; Rubbia, Carlo; Sarmento, Raul (EDP Sciences, 2015)
The neutron capture cross section of 58Ni was measured at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN, from 27 meV ...
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Sistema y método de verificación de tratamientos de radioterapia

Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; González Álvarez, Marcos A.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Pérez Vega Leal, Alfredo; Abou-Haïdar, Ziad; Bocci , Alessio; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Espino Navas, José Manuel; Arráns Lara, Rafael; Pérez Nieto, Francisco José; López Domínguez, José (Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas (OEPM), 2014)
Sistema de verificación de tratamientos de radioterapia comprende, al menos, un maniquí cilíndrico (100) y que comprende, ...
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Measurements of neutron cross sections for advanced nuclear energy systems at n_TOF (CERN)

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Vannini, Gianni; Variale, Vincenzo; Ventura, A. (EDP Sciences, 2014)
The n_TOF facility operates at CERN with the aim of addressing the request of high accuracy nuclear data for advanced ...
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Neutron-induced fission cross section of 234 U measured at the CERN n_TOF facility

Karadimos, D.; Vlastou, R.; Ioannidis, K.; Demetriou, P.; Diakaki, M.; Vlachoudis, V.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2014)
The neutron-induced fission cross section of 234U has been measured at the CERN n-TOF facility relative to the standard ...
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Performance of the reconstruction algorithms of the FIRST experiment pixel sensors vertex detector

Rescigno, R.; Finck, C.; Juliani, D.; Spiriti, E.; Baudot, J.; Abou-Haidar, Z.; Agodi, C.; Alvarez, M.A.G.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Younis, H. (Elsevier, 2014)
Hadrontherapy treatments use charged particles (e.g. protons and carbon ions) to treat tumors. During a therapeutic treatment ...
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GEANT4 simulation of the neutron background of the C6D6 set-up for capture studies at n_TOF

Žugec, P.; Colonna, Nicola; Bosnar, D.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Barbagallo, M.; Bécares, V.; Bečvář, František; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wright, T.; Praena Rodríguez, Javier (Elsevier, 2014)
The neutron sensitivity of the C6D6 detector setup used at n-TOF facility for capture measurements has been studied by ...
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The nucleosynthesis of heavy elements in stars: the key isotope 25Mg

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Mingrone, F; Massimi, C.; Vannini, Gianni (EDP Sciences, 2014)
We have measured the radiative neutron-capture cross section and the total neutron-induced cross section of one of the ...
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Neutron cross-sections for advanced nuclear systems: the n_TOF project at CERN

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; González Romero, Enrique M.; Mendoza, Emilio; Vannini, Gianni (EDP Sciences, 2014)
The study of neutron-induced reactions is of high relevance in a wide variety of fields, ranging from stellar nucleosynthesis ...
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Measurement and analysis of the 243 Am neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Mendoza, Emilio; Cano-Ott, D.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Berthoumieux, E.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (American Physical Society, 2014)
Background: The design of new nuclear reactors and transmutation devices requires to reduce the present neutron cross ...
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238U(n, γ) reaction cross section measurement with C6D6 detectors at the n_TOF CERN facility

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Mingrone, F; Massimi, C.; Vannini, Gianni (EDP Sciences, 2014)
The radiative capture cross section of 238U is very important for the developing of new reactor technologies and the safety ...
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Current quests in nucleosynthesis: present and future neutron-induced reaction measurements

Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Pignatari, M.; Martín-Hernández, G.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (EDP sciences, 2014)
We present some open questions in nucleosynthesis focused on the measurement of relevant neutron capture cross-sections ...
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Measurement of the angular distribution of fission fragments using a PPAC assembly at CERN n-TOF

Tarrío, D.; Leong, L. S.; Audouin, Laurent; Duran, I.; Paradela, C.; Tassan-Got, L.; Le Naour, C.; Bacri, C.O.; Petitbon, V.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Žugec, P.; Praena Rodríguez, Javier (Elsevier, 2014)
A fission reaction chamber based on Parallel Plate Avalanche Counters (PPACs) was built for measuring angular distributions ...
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Measurement and analysis of the 241Am(n,γ ) cross section with liquid scintillator detectors using time-of-flight spectroscopy at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Fraval, K.; Gunsing, F.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Barbagallo, M.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (American Physical Society, 2014)
The 241Am(n,γ ) cross section has been measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN using deuterated benzene liquid scintillators, ...
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62 Ni(n, γ) and 63 Ni(n, γ) cross sections measured at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Lederer Woods, Claudia; Massimi, C.; Berthoumieux, E.; Colonna, Nicola; Dressler, R.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Žugec, P.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2014)
The cross section of the 62Ni(n,γ) reaction was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the neutron time-of-flight ...
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Measurement of the 12 C(n,p)12 B cross section at n-TOF at CERN by in-beam activation analysis

Žugec, P.; Colonna, Nicola; Bosnar, D.; Mengoni, A.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Wright, T.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2014)
The integral cross section of the 12C(n,p)12B reaction has been determined for the first time in the neutron energy range ...
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Neutron capture cross section of unstable 63Ni: implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Massimi, C.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Barbagallo, M.; Bécares, V. (American Physical Society, 2013)
The 63Ni(n,γ) cross section has been measured for the first time at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN from ...
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Dispersive coupled-channels optical-model potential with soft-rotator couplings for Cr, Fe, and Ni isotopes

Li, Rui; Sun, Weili; Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Capote, Roberto (American Physical Society, 2013)
An approximate Lane-consistent dispersive coupled-channels optical potential is derived that describes nucleon-induced ...
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Angular distribution in the neutron-induced fission of actinides

Paradela, Carlos; Durán, Ignacio; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Massimi, C.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Rubbia, Carlo (EDP Sciences, 2013)
Above 1 MeV of incident neutron energy the fission fragment angular distribution (FFAD) has generally a strong anisotropic ...
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First experiment: Fragmentation of ions relevant for space and therapy

Agodi, C.; Abou-Haidar, Z.; González Álvarez, Marcos Aurelio; Aumann, T.; Battistoni, G.; Bocci, A.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Fernández García, Juan Pablo; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (IOP Publishing Ltd., 2013)
Nuclear fragmentation processes are relevant in different fields of basic research and applied physics and are of particular ...
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Performance of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN

Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Tsinganis, A.; Berthoumieux, E.; Barbagallo, M.; Belloni, F.; Gunsing, F.; Weiß, C.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (Springer Verlag, 2013)
The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF features a white neutron source produced by spallation through 20 GeV/c protons ...
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The 93Zr(n, γ) reaction up to 8 keV neutron energy

Tagliente, G.; Milazzo, Paolo; Fujii, K.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez, H.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2013)
The (n,γ) reaction of the radioactive isotope 93Zr has been measured at the n-TOF high-resolution time-of-flight facility ...
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Experimental neutron capture data of 58 Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility

Žugec, P.; Barbagallo, M.; Colonna, Nicola; Bosnar, D.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wright, T. (American Physical Society, 2013)
The 58 Ni( n , γ ) cross section has been measured at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN, in the energy ...
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A dispersive optical model potential for nucleon induced reactions on 238 U and 232 Th nuclei with full coupling

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Capote, Roberto; Chiba, Satoshi (EDP sciences, 2013)
A dispersive coupled-channel optical model potential (DCCOMP) that couples the ground-state rotational and low-lying ...
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Radia2: A New Tool for Radiotherapy Verification

Ovejero, M.C.; Pérez Vega-Leal, Alfredo; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Abou Haidar, Z.; Bocci, A.; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Espino Navas, José Manuel; González Álvarez, Marcos Aurelio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Arráns, Rafael (AIP Publishing, 2013)
Radiotherapy is nowadays a proven technique in cancer treatments. Within the evolution of radiotherapy treatments towards ...
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Neutron Research At The N_TOF Facility (CERN): Results And Perspectives

Colonna, Nicola; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P. (American Institute of Physics, 2013)
In the first ten years of operation, the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN has produced a large body of new ...
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Output factor determination for dose measurements in axial and perpendicular planes using a silicon strip detector

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Espino Navas, José Manuel; Ovejero Mayoral, María Del Carmen; Ruiz Prieto, Manuel; Arráns Lara, Rafael; González Álvarez, Marcos Aurelio; Pérez Vega-Leal, Alfredo; Abou-Haidar, Z. (American Physical Society, 2012)
In this work we present the output factor measurements of a clinical linear accelerator using a silicon strip detector ...
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Measurement of resolved resonances of 232Th(n, γ) at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Gunsing, F.; Berthoumieux, E.; Aerts, G.; Abbondanno, U.; Álvarez, H.; Álvarez Velarde, F.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (American Physical Society, 2012)
The yield of the neutron capture reaction 232Th(n,γ) has been measured at the neutron time-of-flight facility n-TOF at ...
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Simultaneous measurement of neutron-induced capture and fission reactions at CERN

Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Berthoumieux, E.; Cano-Ott, D.; Mendoza, E.; Andriamonje, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Barbagallo, M.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wright, T. (Springer Verlag, 2012)
The measurement of the capture cross-section of fissile elements, of utmost importance for the design of innovative nuclear ...
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Resonance neutron-capture cross sections of stable magnesium isotopes and their astrophysical implications

Massimi, C.; Koehler, P.; Bisterzo, S.; Colonna, Nicola; Gallino, R.; Gunsing, F.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Wisshak, K. (American Physical Society, 2012)
We have measured the neutron capture cross sections of the stable magnesium isotopes 24 ,25 ,26Mg in the energy range of ...
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Performance of upstream interaction region detectors for the FIRST experiment at GSI

Abou-Haïdar, Z.; Agodi, Clementina; González Álvarez, Marcos Aurelio; Anelli, Mario; Aumann, Thomas; Battistoni, Giuseppe; Bocci, A.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Fernández García, Juan Pablo; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Younis, Hannan (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2012)
The FIRST (Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy) experiment at GSI has been designed to study carbon ...
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Performance of upstream interaction region detectors for the FIRST experiment at GSI

Abou-Haidar, Z.; Agodi, C.; Alvarez, M.A.G.; Anelli, M.; Aumann, T.; Battistoni, G.; Bocci, A.; Böhlen, T.T.; Brunetti, A.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Younis, H. (Institute of Physics Publishing, IOP Publishing: arXiv, 2012)
The FIRST (Fragmentation of Ions Relevant for Space and Therapy) experiment at GSI has been designed to study carbon ...
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Measurement and resonance analysis of the 237Np neutron capture cross section

Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Cano-Ott, D.; Mendoza, Emilio; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez Velarde, F.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (American Physical Society, 2012)
The neutron capture cross section of 237Np was measured between 0.7 and 500 eV at the CERN n-TOF facility using the 4π ...
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Neutron-induced fission cross section of 245 Cm: New results from data taken at the time-of-flight facility n_TOF

Calviani, M.; Meaze, M. H.; Colonna, Nicola; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (American Physical Society, 2012)
The neutron-induced fission cross section of 245Cm was measured at n-TOF in a wide energy range and with high resolution. ...
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Present status and future programs of the n_TOF experiment

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Bécares, Vicente; Domingo Pardo, César; Mirea, Mihail (EDP Sciences, 2012)
The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN, Switzerland, operational since 2001, delivers neutrons using the Proton ...
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The neutron time-of-flight facility n-TOF at CERN: Phase II

Gunsing, F.; Andriamonje, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Weiß, C. (AIP Publishing, 2011)
Neutron-induced reactions are studied at the neutron time-of-flight facility n-TOF at CERN. The facility uses 6∼ns wide ...
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197Au(n,γ) cross section in the unresolved resonance region

Lederer Woods, Claudia; Colonna, Nicola; Domingo Pardo, César; Gunsing, F.; Käppeler, F.; Massimi, C.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis (American Physical Society, 2011)
The cross section of the reaction 197Au(n,γ) was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the n-TOF (neutron ...
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Neutron capture on 94Zr: Resonance parameters and Maxwellian-averaged cross sections

Tagliente, G.; Milazzo, Paolo; Fujii, K.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez, H.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2011)
The neutron capture cross sections of the Zr isotopes play an important role in nucleosynthesis studies. The s-process ...
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Measurement of the 236U(n,f) cross section from 170 meV to 2 MeV at the CERN n_TOF facility

Sarmento, Raul; Calviani, M.; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Colonna, Nicola; Belloni, F.; Gonçalves, I. F.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2011)
The neutron-induced fission cross section of 236U was measured at the neutron Time-of-Flight (n-TOF) facility at CERN ...
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Desarrollos y aplicaciones de GEANT4 para radioterapia y microdosimetría en detectores y circuitos integrados

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (2011)
El objetivo general de este proyecto es abrir nuevas líneas de investigación en el Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular ...
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Neutron-induced fission cross section of natPb and 209Bi from threshold to 1 GeV: An improved parametrization

Tarrío, D.; Tassan-Got, L.; Audouin, Laurent; Berthier, B.; Durán, Ignacio; Ferrant, L.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2011)
Neutron-induced fission cross sections for natPb and 209Bi were measured with a white-spectrum neutron source at the CERN ...
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Description of analyzing power and (p,n) reaction by a global dispersive coupled-channel optical model potential

Sun, W. L.; Hao, L. J.; Soukhovitskii, E. Sh.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (AIP Publishing, 2010)
A global dispersive coupled-channel optical model potential is used to analyze the proton elastic/inelastic analyzing power ...
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197Au(n,γ) cross section in the resonance region

Massimi, C.; Domingo Pardo, César; Vannini, Gianni; Audouin, Laurent; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Abbondanno, U.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (The American Physical Society, 2010)
The (n,γ) cross section of 197Au has been measured at n-TOF in the resolved resonance region, up to 5keV, with the aim of ...
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Astrophysics at n-TOF facility

Tagliente, G.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Salgado, J.; Santos, Cayetano; Vaz, P.; Wisshak, Klaus (American Institute of Physics, 2010)
Heavy elements with Z ≥ 30 are made by neutron capture reactions during stellar He burning and presumably in supernovae. ...
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GEANT4 application for the simulation of the head of a siemens primus linac

Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel (AIP Publishing, 2010)
The Monte Carlo simulation of the head of a Siemens Primus Linac used at Virgen Macarena Hospital (Sevilla, Spain) has ...
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Neutron physics of the Re/Os clock. III. Resonance analyses and stellar (n, γ) cross sections of 186, 187, 188Os

Fujii, K.; Mosconi, M.; Mengoni, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Käppeler, F.; Abbondanno, U.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (The American Physical Society, 2010)
Neutron resonance analyses have been performed for the capture cross sections of 186Os, 187Os, and 188Os measured at the ...
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The 92Zr(n,γ) reaction and its implications for stellar nucleosynthesis

Tagliente, G.; Milazzo, Paolo; Fujii, K.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez, H.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (The American Physical Society, 2010)
Because the relatively small neutron capture cross sections of the zirconium isotopes are difficult to measure, the results ...
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Neutron physics of the Re/Os clock. I. Measurement of the (n, γ) cross sections of 186, 187, 188 Os at the CERN n_TOF facility

Mosconi, M.; Fujii, K.; Mengoni, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Käppeler, F.; Abbondanno, U.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (The American Physical Society, 2010)
The precise determination of the neutron capture cross sections of 186Os and 187Os is important to define the s-process ...
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Study of Neutron-Induced Fission Cross Sections of U, Am, and Cm at n_TOF

Milazzo, P. M.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Alvarez, H.; Andriamonje, S.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Wisshak, K.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos (AIP Publishing, 2010)
Neutron induced fission cross sections of several isotopes have been measured at the CERN n_TOF spallation neutron facility. ...
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Neutron-induced fission cross section of 234U and 237Np measured at the CERN Neutron Time-of-Flight (n_TOF) facility

Paradela, Carlos; Tassan-Got, L.; Audouin, Laurent; Berthier, B.; Durán, Ignacio; Ferrant, L.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (The American Physical Society, 2010)
A high-resolution measurement of the neutron-induced fission cross section of 234U and 237Np has been performed at the ...
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Measurements of high-energy neutron-induced fission of natPb and 209Bi

Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Capote, Roberto; Vicente, M.C.; Durán, Ignacio; Paradela, Carlos; Álvarez, H. (EDP Sciences, 2010)
The CERN Neutron Time-Of-Flight (n_TOF) facility is well suited to measure low cross sections as those of neutron-induced ...
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High-accuracy U233 (n,f) cross-section measurement at the white-neutron source n_TOF from near-thermal to 1 MeV neutron energy

Calviani, M.; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez, H.; Álvarez Velarde, F.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (The American Physical Society, 2009)
The 233U(n,f) cross section has been measured at the white neutron source n-TOF in a wide energy range with a dedicated ...
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n_TOF Experiment: Past, Present And Future

Marrone, S.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (American Institute of Physics, 2009)
The neutron Time-of-Flight facility at CERN was built to measure the neutron capture and fission cross sections. A short ...
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Hadronic Physics in Geant4: improvements and status for LHC Start

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Ivanchenko, Vladimir; Apostolakis, John; Folger, Gunter; Grichine, Vladimir; Howard, Alexander; Ivantchenko, Anton; Kossov, Mikhail; Ribon, Alberto; Uzhinsky, Vladimir; Benerjee, Sunanda; Yarba, Julia; Koi, Tatsumi; Wright, Dennis (2008)
An overview of recent developments in Geant4 hadronic modelling is provided with a focus on the start of the LHC experiments. ...
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Neutron capture cross section of 90Zr: Bottleneck in the s-process reaction flow

Tagliente, G.; Fujii, K.; Milazzo, Paolo; Moreau, C.; Aerts, G.; Abbondanno, U.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (The American Physical Society, 2008)
The neutron capture cross sections of the Zr isotopes have important implications in nuclear astrophysics and for reactor ...
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Experimental study of the 91Zr(n, γ) reaction up to 26 keV

Tagliente, G.; Milazzo, Paolo; Fujii, K.; Aerts, G.; Abbondanno, U.; Álvarez, H.; Wisshak, K.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (The American Physical Society, 2008)
The neutron capture cross sections of the Zr isotopes are relevant to studies in nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics, ...
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Application of Photon Strength Functions to (n,g ) measurements with the n_TOF TAC

Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Capote Fuente, Raúl; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (Proceedings of Science, 2007)
The neutron capture cross section measurements at the CERN n_TOF facility are performed using a new detection system, the ...
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The 139 La(n ,γ) cross section: Key for the onset of the s -process

Terlizzi, R.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez, H.; Álvarez Velarde, F.; Andriamonje, S.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (The American Physical Society, 2007)
The nuclear resonance parameters and the capture cross section of the neutron magic isotope La139 have been measured ...
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Approximate Lane consistency of the dispersive coupled-channels potential for actinides

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Capote, Roberto; Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Chiba, Satoshi (The American Physical Society, 2007)
A previously derived dispersive coupled-channels optical model potential for nucleon scattering on 232Th and 238U nuclei ...
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Measurement of the radiative neutron capture cross section of 206 Pb and its astrophysical implications

Domingo-Pardo, C.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez, H.; Álvarez Velarde, F.; Andriamonje, S.; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (The American Physical Society, 2007)
The (n,γ) cross section of 206Pb has been measured at the CERN n_TOF facility with high resolution in the energy range ...
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Measurement of the neutron induced fission cross section on transuranic (TRU) elements at the n_TOF facility at CERN

Mastinu, P. F.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos (American Institute of Physics, 2007)
During the 2004 campaign, the n_TOF collaboration measured neutron fission cross sections for 233U, 241,243Am, 245Cm, as ...
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Measurement of the neutron capture cross section of the s -only isotope 204 Pb from 1 eV to 440 keV

Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2007)
The neutron capture cross section of 204Pb has been measured at the CERN n TOF installation with high resolution in the ...
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Angular distributions of protons scattered by 40 Ar nuclei with excitation of the 2 + (1.46 MeV) and 3 − (3.68 MeV) collective levels for incident energies of 25.1, 32.5, and 40.7 MeV

Okumuşoǧlu, N. T.; Korkmaz Gorur, F.; Birchall, J.; Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Chiba, Satoshi (The American Physical Society, 2007)
Elastic and inelastic scattering of unpolarized and polarized protons by 40Ar nuclei for incident energies between 20 and ...
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Measurement of the 151 Sm( n ,γ ) cross section from 0.6 eV to 1 MeV via the neutron time-of-flight technique at the CERN n TOF facility

Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Molina-Coballes, Alberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Marrone, S.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez Velarde, F. (American Physical Society, 2006)
The 151Sm(n, γ) cross section was measured with the time-of-flight technique from 0.6 eV up to 1 MeV relative to the Au ...
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Neutron capture cross section measurements at n_TOF of Np-237, Pu-240 and Am-243 for the transmutation of nuclear waste

Cano-Ott, D.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (AIP Publishing, 2006)
Accurate and reliable neutron capture cross section data for actinides are necessary for the proper design, safety regulation ...
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Measurement of La-139(n,gamma) cross section at n_TOF

Terlizzi, R.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (American Institute of Physics, 2006)
The capture cross section of the 139La has been measured relative to 197Au standard at n_TOF. We provide here a short ...
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Implications of Sm-151(n,gamma) cross section at n_TOF

Marrone, S.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (American Institute of Physics, 2006)
The accurate knowledge of the 151Sm(n,γ) cross section has important implications for the nuclear technologies as well as ...
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Is a global coupled-channel dispersive optical model potential for actinides feasible?

Capote, Roberto; Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Chiba, Satoshi (American Physical Society, 2005)
An isospin-dependent coupled-channel optical model potential containing a dispersive term with a nonlocal contribution is ...
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Dispersive coupled-channel analysis of nucleon scattering from 232 Th up to 200 MeV

Soukhovitskii, Efrem S.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Chiba, Satoshi (American Physical Society, 2005)
An isospin-dependent coupled-channels optical model potential containing a dispersive term (including nonlocal contribution) ...
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Level densities of transitional Sm nuclei

Capote, Roberto; Ventura, A.; Cannata, F.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (American Physical Society, 2005)
Experimentally determined level densities of the transitional isotopes 148, 149, 150, 152Sm at excitation energies below ...
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Neutron capture cross sections for the Re/Os clock

Mosconi, M.; Mengoni, A.; Heil, M.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (AIP Publishing, 2005)
The radioactive decay of 187Re → 187Os (t 1/2 = 43 Gyr) is suited for dating the onset of heavy-element nucleosynthesis. ...
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Measurement of capture cross sections of 90,91,92,94,96Zr isotopes at n_TOF

Moreau, C.; Fujii, K.; Tagliente, G.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (AIP Publishing, 2005)
The neutron capture cross sections for Zr isotopes have important implications in nuclear technologies as well in the field ...
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Measurements at n_TOF of the neutron capture cross section of minor actinides relevant to the nuclear waste transmutation

Cano Ott, D.; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (American Institute of Physics, 2005)
Accurate and reliable neutron-capture cross-section data for actinides are necessary for the proper design, safety regulation, ...
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The n(-)TOF facility at CERN: Performances and first physics results

Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Alvarez, H.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (AIP Publishing, 2005)
The neutron Time of Flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN is a source of a wide-range (1 eV<En<250 MeV) flux of neutrons, generated ...
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New Measurement of the Capture Cross Section of Bismuth and Lead Isotopes

Domingo Pardo, César; Tain, J. L.; Abbondanno, U.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (American Institute of Physics, 2005)
All the stable lead isotopes and 209Bi have been recently measured at n_TOF [1] (CERN) in the range from 1 eV up to 1 MeV, ...
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High-resolution study of Np-237 fission cross section from 5 eV to 1 MeV

Furman, W.; Cennini, P.; Ketlerov, V.; Capote del Villar, Ramón; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Wisshak, K. (AIP Publishing, 2005)
A series of measurements of 237Np fission cross section have been performed at the CERN spallation neutron facility n_TOF ...
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Neutron capture cross section measurement of 151 Sm at the CERN neutron time of flight facility (n_TOF)

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Abbondanno, U.; Aerts, G.; Álvarez Velarde, F.; Álvarez-Pol, H.; Andriamonje, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Badurek, G. (American Physical Society, 2004)
The151Sm(n,γ)152Sm cross section has been measured at the spallation neutron facility n_TOF at CERN in the energy range ...
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Cálculo del potencial óptico nucléon-núcleo para reacciones nucleares de interés en la transmutación de residuos radiactivos

Molina Coballes, Alberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Capote, Roberto; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis (2003)
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Analytical expressions for the dispersive contributions to the nucleon-nucleus optical potential

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Capote, Roberto; Molina, A.; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis (American Physical Society, 2003)
Analytical solutions of dispersion relations in the nucleon-nucleus optical model have been found for both volume and ...
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Dispersive spherical optical model of neutron scattering from 27 Al up to 250 MeV

Molina, A.; Capote, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis (American Physical Society, 2002)
A spherical optical model potential (OMP) containing a dispersive term is used to fit the available experimental database ...
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A K = 3 two-quasiparticle isomer in 98 Sr

Lhersonneau, G.; Pfeiffer, B.; Capote, R.; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Gabelmann, H.; Kratz, K. L. (American Physical Society, 2002)
The decay of on-line mass-separated 98 Rb to 98 Sr is studied by γ spectroscopy. The revised decay scheme adds further ...
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A general numerical solution of dispersion relations for the nuclear optical model

Capote, Roberto; Molina, Roberto; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (IOP Publishing, 2001)
A general numerical solution of the dispersion integral relation between the real and the imaginary parts of the nuclear ...
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Análisis, construcción y verificación experimental de un sistema de radiofrecuencia para la detección no destructiva de fluctuaciones de fase en haces iónicos pulsados emergentes de un acelerador electrostático

Barbadillo Rank, Manuel; Arias Carrasco, José Miguel; Quesada Molina, José Manuel (1999)
Esta tesis doctoral abarca el análisis previo, los fundamentos de proyecto, los procedimientos para la construcción y la ...
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A phenomenological imaginary part of the optical potential for heavy ions

Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Lozano Leyva, Manuel Luis; Madurga Lacalle, Gonzalo (Elsevier, 1983)
The depth of the imaginary part of the optical potential is derived from the assumption that, at a given energy and for ...