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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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      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 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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      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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      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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      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 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 ...
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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 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, 2019-07-01)
      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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 ...
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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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      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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      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 ...