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Name	Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio
Department	Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Knowledge area	Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
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Article 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 ...
Article Measurement of the Ce 140 (n,γ) Cross Section at n_TOF and Its Astrophysical Implications for the Chemical Evolution of the Universe Amaducci, S.; Colonna, Nicola; Cosentino, Luigi; Cristallo, Sergio; Finocchiaro, Paolo; Krtička, Milan; Massimi, C.; Mastromarco, Mario; Mazzone, A.; Maugeri, E. A.; Mengoni, A.; Roederer, I. U.; Straniero, O.; Valenta, S.; Vescovi, D.; Aberle, Oliver; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Moreno Soto, Javier; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Žugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (American Physical Society, 2024) Ce140(n,γ) is a key reaction for slow neutron-capture (s-process) nucleosynthesis due to being a bottleneck in the reaction ...
Article Measurement of the prompt fission γ-rays from slow neutron-induced fission of 235U with STEFF Wright, T.; Smith, A. G.; Sosnin, N. V.; Bennett, S. A.; Davies, P. J.; Popescu, A. V.; Ryan, J. A.; Sekhar, A.; Warren, S.; Aberle, Oliver; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Žugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (Springer Nature, 2024) The average energy and multiplicity of prompt γ-rays from slow neutron-induced fission of 235U have been measured using ...
Final Degree Project Automatización en la detección de patrones circulares de pequeño tamaño en imágenes médicas para finalidad de Quality Assurance Fernández Espinosa, Rafael; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Macías Jaén, José (2023) El cáncer sigue permaneciendo como una de las enfermedades más mortíferas a las que se ha enfrentado la humanidad. En su ...
Final Degree Project Verificación del código PenG4 para transporte de electrones con dose-point kernels Roche Fernández, Andrea; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (2023) En este trabajo se presenta una verificación del código Monte Carlo PENG4 para transporte de electrones por debajo de 1 ...
Article Measurement of the 14N ⁡(n,p) 14C cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility from subthermal energy to 800 keV Torres-Sánchez, Pablo; Praena, Javier; Porras, Ignacio; Sabaté-Gilarte, Marta; Lederer-Woods, Claudia; The n_TOF Collaboration; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Ferrer Fernández, Francisco Javier; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge (American Physical Society, 2023) Background: The 14N (n,p) 14C reaction is of interest in neutron capture therapy, where nitrogen-related dose is the main ...
Presentation Measurement of the U-235(n,f) cross section relative to the (10) B( n a) reaction with Micromegas detectors at the CERN n_TOF facility: first results Michalopoulou, V.; Diakaki, M.; Vlastou, R.; Kokkoris, M.; Stamatopoulos, A.; Tsinganis, Andrea; Eleme, Z.; Patronis, N.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EDP Sciences, 2023) Neutron cross section measurements are often made relative to a neutron cross section standard. Thus, the accuracy of the ...
Presentation High resolution Se-80(n,gamma) cross section measurement at CERN n_TOF Babiano Suárez, V.; Balibrea Correa, J.; Caballero-Ontanaya, L.; Domingo Pardo, César; Ladarescu, I.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EDP Sciences, 2023) Neutron capture cross section measurements of isotopes close to s -process branching -points are of fundamental importance ...
Presentation Measurement of the Gd-160(n, gamma) cross section at n_TOF and its medical implications Mastromarco, Mario; Manna, A.; García Infantes, F.; Amaducci, Simone; Mengoni, A.; Massimi, C.; Tagliente, G.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EDP Sciences, 2023) Neutron -capture reactions on gadolinium isotopes play an important role in several fields of physics, in particular in ...
Presentation Neutron capture and total cross-section measurements on Mo-94'95'96 at n_TOF and GELINA Mucciola, R.; Paradela, Carlos; Manna, A.; Alaerts, Gery; Massimi, C.; Kopecky, S.; Mengoni, A.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EDP Sciences, 2023) Capture and total cross section measurements for 94'95'96 MO have been performed at the neutron time -of-flight facilities, ...
Presentation First high resolution measurement of neutron capture resonances in Yb-176 at the n TOF CERN facility García Infantes, F.; Praena, Julia; Casanovas, A.; Mastromarco, Mario; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Altieri, S.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EDP Sciences, 2023) Several international agencies recommend the study of new routes and new facilities for producing radioisotopes with ...
Presentation Detector set up for the measurements of the neutron -induced fission cross section of U-235 relative to n -p scattering up to 150 MeV at CERN-n_TOF Pirovano, E.; Manna, A.; Colonna, Nicola; Camprini, P. C.; Cosentino, Luigi; Dietz, M.; Ducasse, Q.; Finocchiaro, Paolo; Massimi, C.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2023) A new measurement of the U-235(n,f) fission cross section was carried out at n_TOF. The experiment covered the neutron ...
Presentation Characterization of a detector setup for the measurement of the U-235(n,f) cross section relative to n -p scattering up to 500 MeV at the n_TOF facility at CERN Manna, A.; Pirovano, E.; Colonna, Nicola; Castelluccio, D.; Camprini, P. C.; Cosentino, Luigi; Dietz, M.; Ducasse, Q.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2023) The measurement of the U-235(n,f) reaction cross section in the neutron energy region 10 MeV to 500 MeV was carried out ...
Presentation First measurement of the Nb-94(n,gamma) cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility Balibrea Correa, J.; Babiano Suárez, V.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Domingo Pardo, César; Ladarescu, I.; Tarifeno Saldivia, A.; Alcayne, V.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EDP Sciences, 2023) One of the crucial ingredients for the improvement of stellar models is the accurate knowledge of neutron capture ...
Final Degree Project Relación entre la energía lineal de microdosimetría y la transferencia lineal de energía de protones en agua Zambrano Salas, Elena; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (2023) Durante muchos años, la radioterapia contra el cáncer se ha centrado en el empleo de haces de fotones y electrones. En la ...
Article 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 ...
Presentation The neutron time-of-flight facility n TOF at CERN: Recent facility upgrades and detector developments Domingo Pardo, C.; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Altieri, S.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2023) Based on an idea by Carlo Rubbia, the n TOF facility at CERN has been operating for over 20 years. It is a neutron spallation ...
Presentation Characterisation of the n_TOF 20 m beam line at CERN with the new spallation target Pavón Rodríguez, J. A.; Alcayne, V.; Amaducci, Simone; Bacak, M.; Casanovas, A.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EDP Sciences, 2023) The n_TOF facility hosts CERN's pulsed neutron source, comprising two beam lines of different flight paths and one activation ...
Presentation Compton imaging for enhanced sensitivity (n,gamma) cross section TOF experiments: Status and prospects Domingo Pardo, César; Babiano Suárez, V.; Balibrea Correa, J.; Caballero, L.; Ladarescul, I.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Tarifeno Saldivia, A.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EDP Sciences, 2023) Radiative neutron-capture cross sections are of pivotal importance in many fields such as nucle-osynthesis studies or ...
Presentation Neutron-induced cross section measurements Massimi, C.; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Altieri, S.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023) Neutron-induced cross sections represent the main nuclear input to models of stellar and Big-Bang nucleosynthesis. While ...
Presentation New detection systems for an enhanced sensitivity in key stellar (n,gamma) measurements Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Babiano Suárez, V.; Balibrea Correa, J.; Domingo Pardo, César; Ladarescu, I.; Tarifeno Saldivia, A.; Alcayne, V.; Cano-Ott, D.; González-Romero, E.; Martínez, T.; Mendoza, E.; Guerrero, C.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (E D P Sciences, 2023) Neutron capture cross-section measurements are fundamental in the study of astrophysical phenomena, such as the slow neutron ...
Presentation New perspectives for neutron capture measurements in the upgraded CERN-n_TOF Facility Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Casanovas, A.; Alcayne, V.; Aberle, Oliver; Altieri, S.; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (E D P Sciences, 2023) The n_TOF facility has just undergone in 2021 a major upgrade with the installation of its third generation spallation ...
Presentation Overview of the dissemination of n_TOF experimental data and resonance parameters Dupont, E.; Otuka, Naohiko; Rochman, D.; Noguere, G.; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne, V.; Altieri, S.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EDP Sciences, 2023) The n_TOF neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN is used for nuclear data measurements. The n_TOF Collaboration works ...
Presentation A segmented total energy detector (sTED) for (n, gamma) cross section measurements at n_TOF EAR2 Alcayne, V.; Cano-Ott, D.; Garcia, J.; González-Romero, E.; Martínez, T.; Mendoza, E.; Sánchez, A.; Plaza, J.; Balibrea-Correa, J.; Casanovas, A.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Pérez Maroto, Pablo; Quesada Molina, José Manuel; Zugec, P.; n_TOF Collaboration (Autoría grupal) (EPJ Web of Conf., 2023) The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF is characterised by its high instantaneous neutron intensity, high resolution ...
Final Degree Project Impacto de la falta de equilibrio electrónico en microdosimetría de protones calculada mediante Montecarlo García Flores, María de los Ángeles; Baratto Roldán, Anna; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (2022) En la actualidad, la radioterapia con protones o protonterapia es una de las técnicas más prometedoras en la lucha contra ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Editorial: Challenges for Radiation Transport Modelling: Monte Carlo and Beyond Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Cucinotta, F. A.; Guatelli, S.; Vlachoudis, V. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)
Article A model for Geant4-DNA to simulate ionization and excitation of liquid water by protons travelling above 100 MeV Domínguez Muñoz, Antonio Damián; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Bordage, M. C.; Francis, Ziad; Incerti, S.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (Elsevier, 2022) Biological damage induced by ionizing radiation plays a major role in many application fields as radiotherapy and ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Microdosimetry and Dose-Averaged LET Calculations of Protons in Liquid Water: A Novel Geant4-DNA Application Baratto Roldán, Anna; Bertolet, Alejandro; Baiocco, Giorgio; Carabe, Alejandro; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021) The spatial distribution of energy deposition events is an essential aspect in the determination of the radiobiological ...
Article The PENELOPE Physics Models and Transport Mechanics. Implementation into Geant4 Asai, Makoto; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Giménez Alventosa, Vicent; Giménez Gómez, Vicent; Salvat, Francesc (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021) A translation of the penelope physics subroutines to C++, designed as an extension of the Geant4 toolkit, is presented. ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
PhD Thesis Development of an external beam line for radiobiology experiments and microdosimetry applications at the 18 MeV proton cyclotron facility at CNA Baratto Roldán, Anna; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Jiménez Ramos, María del Carmen; Espino Navas, José Manuel (2020) Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality world-wide, killing more than one million people per year just in Europe. ...
PhD Thesis Microdosimetry applied to proton radiotherapy Bertolet Reina, Alejandro; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Carabe Fernández, Alejandro (2020) El uso de la radioterapia con protones como tratamiento contra el cáncer es cada vez más común. Sus actuales indicaciones ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Characterizing Radiation Effectiveness in Ion-Beam Therapy Part II: Microdosimetric Detectors Colautti, Paolo; Magrin, Giulio; Palmans, Hugo; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Conte, Valeria (Frontiers Media S.A., 2020) The specific advantages of ion beams for application in tumor therapy are attributed to their different macroscopic and ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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. ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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. ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Preliminary results on the 233U α-ratio measurement at n_TOF Bacak, M.; Aïche, M.; Bélier, G.; Berthoumieux, E.; Diakaki, M.; Dupont, E.; Chiaveri, Enrico; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences, 2020) 233U is the fissile nuclei in the Th-U fuel cycle with a particularily small neutron capture cross setion which is on ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Experimental Validation of an Analytical Microdosimetric Model Based on Geant4-DNA Simulations by Using a Silicon-based Microdosimeter Bertolet, A.; Grilj, V.; Guardiola, C.; Harken, A. D.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Baratto Roldán, A.; Carabe, A. (Elsevier, 2020) Purpose: To study the agreement between proton microdosimetric distributions measured with a silicon-based cylindrical ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Calculation of clinical dose distributions in proton therapy from microdosimetry Bertolet Reina, Alejandro; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Souris, Kevin; Cohilis, Marie; Carabe Fernández, Alejandro (Wiley, 2019) Purpose: To introduce a new algorithm—MicroCalc—for dose calculation by modeling microdosimetric energy depositions and ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Segment-averaged LET concept and analytical calculation from microdosimetric quantities in proton radiation therapy Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Baratto Roldán, Anna; Carabe Fernández, Alejandro; Bertolet Reina, Alejandro (Wiley, 2019) Purpose: This work introduces the concept of segment-averaged linear energy transfer (LET) as a new approach to average ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Final Degree Project Estudio Monte Carlo de las trazas de rayos delta producidos por haces de protones en agua con Geant4-DNA Martín Cuevas, Eva María; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (2019)
Article Feasibility Study of a Proton Irradiation Facility for Radiobiological Measurements at an 18 MeV Cyclotron Baratto Roldán, Anna; Jiménez Ramos, María del Carmen; Battaglia, Maria Cristina; García López, Francisco Javier; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Espino Navas, José Manuel (MDPI, 2018) A feasibility study of an experimental setup for the irradiation of biological samples at the cyclotron facility installed ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article First Measurement of 72Ge(n,γ) at n_TOF Dietz, M.; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Aberle, O.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Barbagallo, M.; Bečvář, František; Brow, A.; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Calviani, M.; Casanovas, A.; Cerutti, F.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Ventura, A.; Žugec, P. (EDP Sciences: EPJ Open Access, 2018) The slow neutron capture process (s-process) is responsible for producing about half of the elemental abundances heavier than iron in the universo.
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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. ...
PhD Thesis Evaluación de la cobertura dosimétrica tumoral en tratamientos radioterápicos de cáncer de pulmón Perales Molina, Álvaro; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Arráns Lara, Rafael (2017) El uso de técnicas radioterápicas basadas en la modulación de haces, supone un aumento de las divergencias dosimétricas ...
Article Dissemination of data measured at the CERN n TOF facility Dupont, E.; Otuka, Naohiko; Cabellos, Óscar; Aberle, Oliver; Aerts, G.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Álvarez-Pol, H.; Álvarez Velarde, F.; Andriamonje, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017) The n TOF neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN is used for high quality nuclear data measurements from thermal energy ...
Article 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 ...
Article 7Be(n,α) and 7Be(n,p) cross-section measurement for the cosmological lithium problem at the n-TOF facility at CERN Barbagallo, M.; Colonna, Nicola; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bécares, Vicente; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Barros, Sílvia; Bečvář, František; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017) The Cosmological Lithium Problem refers to the large discrepancy between the abundance of primordial 7Li predicted by the ...
Article 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 ...
Article High accuracy 234U(n,f) cross section in the resonance energy region Leal Cidoncha, E.; Durán, Ignacio; Paradela, Carlos; Tassan-Got, L.; Audouin, Laurent; Leal, Luiz Carlos; Naour, Claire Le; Noguère, Gilles; Tarrío, D.; Leong, L. S.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017) New results are presented of the 234U neutron-induced fission cross section, obtained with high accuracy in the resonance ...
Article 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 ...
Article The n-TOF facility: Neutron beams for challenging future measurements at CERN Chiaveri, Enrico; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Barbagallo, M.; Bečvář, František; Berthoumieux, E.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017) The CERN n TOF neutron beam facility is characterized by a very high instantaneous neutron flux, excellent TOF resolution ...
Article The 236U neutron capture cross-section measured at the n-TOF CERN facility Mastromarco, Mario; Barbagallo, M.; Vermeulen, Marc J.; Colonna, Nicola; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bécares, Vicente; Bečvář, František; Belloni, F.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017) The 236U isotope plays an important role in nuclear systems, both for future and currently operating ones. The actual ...
Presentation The Nuclear Astrophysics program at n_TOF (CERN Colonna, Nicola; Aberle, O.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Barbagallo, M.; Bečvář, František; Berthoumieux, E.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Sabaté Gilarte, Marta (EDP Sciences: EPJ Open Access, 2017) An important experimental program on Nuclear Astrophysics is being carried out at the n_TOF since several years, in order ...
Article On the role of secondary pions in spallation targets Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Mancusi, Davide; Lo Meo, Sergio; Colonna, Nicola; Boudard, Alain; Cugnon, Joseph; David, Jean-Christophe; Leray, Sylvie; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Massimi, C.; Vlachoudis, V. (EDP Sciences, 2017) We use particle-transport simulations to show that secondary pions play a crucial role for the development of the hadronic ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Neutron capture cross section measurement of U 238 at the CERN n-TOF facility in the energy region from 1 eV to 700 keV Mingrone, F.; Massimi, C.; Vannini, Gianni; Colonna, Nicola; Gunsing, Frank; Žugec, P.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (American Physical Society, 2017) The aim of this work is to provide a precise and accurate measurement of the 238U(n,γ ) reaction cross section in the ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Measurement of the 241Am neutron capture cross section at the n-TOF facility at CERN Mendoza, Emilio; Cano-Ott, D.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andriamonje, S.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Balibrea, J.; Bécares, Vicente; Barbagallo, M.; Bečvář, František; Belloni, F.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017) New neutron cross section measurements of minor actinides have been performed recently in order to reduce the uncertainties ...
Article LabVIEW-based control and acquisition system for the dosimetric characterization of a silicon strip detector Ovejero Benito, M. C.; Perez Vega-Leal, Alfredo; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Espino Navas, José Manuel; Selva, A.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Arráns, Rafael (AIP Publishing, 2017) Theaimofthisworkistopresentanewdataacquisition,control,andanalysissoftwaresystemwrittenin ...
Article 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 ...
Article High precision measurement of the radiative capture cross section of 238U at the n-TOF CERN facility Mingrone, F.; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Audouin, Laurent; Bécares, Vicente; Barbagallo, M.; Bečvář, František; Belloni, F.; Berthoumieux, E.; Billowes, Jon; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017) The importance of improving the accuracy on the capture cross-section of 238U has been addressed by the Nuclear Energy ...
Article Characterization of the n-TOF EAR-2 neutron beam Chen, Y. H.; Tassan-Got, L.; Audouin, Laurent; Le Naour, C.; Durán, Ignacio; Casarejos, E.; Aberle, Oliver; Andrzejewski, J.; Bécares, Vicente; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2017) The experimental area 2 (EAR-2) at CERNs neutron time-of-flight facility (n_TOF), which is operational since 2014, is ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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. ...
Presentation 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article Fission Fragment Angular Distribution measurements of 235U and 238U at CERN n-TOF facility Leal Cidoncha, E.; Durán, Ignacio; Paradela, Carlos; Tarrío, D.; Leong, L. S.; Tassan-Got, L.; Audouin, Laurent; Altstadt, Sebastian G.; Andrzejewski, J.; Barbagallo, M.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP Sciences, 2016) Neutron-induced fission cross sections of 238U and 235U are used as standards in the fast neutron region up to 200 MeV. A ...
Article Measurement of fragmentation cross sections of 12C ions on a thin gold target with the FIRST apparatus Toppi, M.; Abou-Haidar, Z.; Agodi, C.; González Álvarez, Marcos Aurelio; Aumann, T.; Balestra, F.; Patera, V.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Fernández García, Juan Pablo (American Physical Society, 2016) A detailed knowledge of the light ions interaction processes with matter is of great interest in basic and applied physics. ...
Article 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)
Article Towards the high-accuracy determination of the 238 U fission cross section at the thres hold region at CERN – n_TOF Diakaki, M.; Calviani, M.; Duran, I.; Tarrío, D.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio (EDP sciences, 2016) The 238U fission cross section is an international standard beyond 2 MeV where the fission plateau starts. However, due ...
Article 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 ...
Presentation Progress in geant 4 electromagnetic physics modelling and validation Apostolakis, John; Asai, M.; Bagulya, A.; Brown, J.M.C; Burkhardt, H.; Chikuma, N.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Elles, S.; Grichine, V.; Guatelli, S.; Incerti, S.; Ivanchenko, Vladimir N.; Jacquemier, J.; Kadri, O.; Yamashita, T. (IOP Publishing: Conference Series, 2015) In this work we report on recent improvements in the electromagnetic (EM) physics models of Geant4 and new validations of ...
Article 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 ...
Article Silicon-based three-dimensional microstructures for radiation dosimetry in hadrontherapy Guardiola, C.; Quirion, D.; Pellegrini, G.; Fleta, C.; Esteban, S.; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Gómez, F.; Solberg, T.; Carabe, A.; Lozano, M. (AIP Publishing, 2015) In this work, we propose a solid-state-detector for use in radiation microdosimetry. This device improves the performance ...
Article 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 ...
Presentation 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Patent. Invention 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, ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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, ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Presentation Novel dual single sided silicon strip detector chip for radiotherapy veriﬁcation Abou-Haïdara, Z.; Arráns, Rafael; Battaglia, Maria Cristina; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Espino Navas, José Manuel; Gallardo Fuentes, María Isabel; Ovejero, M.C.; Pérez-Vega Leal, A.; Selva, A.; Walsch, S.; Alvarez, M.A.G. (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (S I S S A), 2013) A novel dual single sided silicon strip detector (SSSSD) chip was designed to meet clinical requirements in radiotherapy ...
Article A new CVD Diamond Mosaic-Detector for (n, α ) Cross-Section Measurements at the n TOF Experiment at CERN Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Weiss, Christina; Griesmayer, E.; Guerrero Sánchez, Carlos; Barbagallo, M. (Elsevier, 2013) At the n\_TOF experiment at CERN a dedicated single-crystal chemical vapor deposition (sCVD) Diamond Mosaic-Detector has ...
Article 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 ...
Presentation 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Presentation 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 ...
Presentation 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Article 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 ...
Presentation 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 ...
Presentation Study of the scattering of halo nuclei around the Coulomb barrier Acosta, Luis; Cubero, M.; Escrig, D.; Fernández García, Juan Pablo; Lay Valera, José Antonio; Moro Muñoz, Antonio Matías; Rodríguez Gallardo, Manuela; Sánchez Benítez, A. M.; Alcorta, Martín; González Álvarez, Marcos Aurelio; Andrés Martín, María Victoria; Cortés Giraldo, Miguel Antonio; Espino Navas, José Manuel; Gómez Camacho, Joaquín José (American Institute of Physics, 2011) During the past ten years the present collaboration has carried out several experiments related with the study of radioactive ...
PhD Thesis 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 ...
Presentation 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 ...
Article 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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