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Title Results of the $^{244}$Cm, $^{246}$Cm and $^{248}$Cm neutron-induced capture cross sections measurements at EAR1 and EAR2 of the n_TOF facility
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Alcayne, V (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Mendoza, E (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Cano-Ott, D (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Kimura, A (JAERI, Tokai) ; Aberle, O (CERN) ; Amaducci, S (INFN, LNS ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Andrzejewski, J (Lodz U.) ; Audouin, L (Orsay, IPN) ; Babiano-Suarez, V (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Bacak, M (CERN ; TU Vienna ; IRFU, Saclay) ; Barbagallo, M (CERN ; INFN, Bari) ; Bécares, V (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Bečvář, F (Charles U.) ; Bellia, G (INFN, LNS ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Berthoumieux, E (IRFU, Saclay) ; Billowes, J (Manchester U.) ; Bosnar, D (Zagreb U.) ; Brown, A S (York U., England) ; Busso, M (INFN, Perugia ; Perugia U.) ; Caamaño, M (Santiago de Compostela U.) ; Caballero, L (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Calviani, M (CERN) ; Calviño, F (Barcelona, Polytechnic U.) ; Casanovas, A (Barcelona, Polytechnic U.) ; Cerutti, F (CERN) ; Chen, Y H (Orsay, IPN) ; Chiaveri, E (Manchester U. ; Seville U. ; CERN) ; Colonna, N (INFN, Bari) ; Cortés, G P (Barcelona, Polytechnic U.) ; Cortés-Giraldo, M A (Seville U.) ; Cosentino, L (INFN, LNS) ; Cristallo, S (INFN, Perugia ; Capodimonte Observ.) ; Damone, L A (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Diakaki, M (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Dietz, M (Edinburgh U.) ; Domingo-Pardo, C (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Dressler, R (PSI, Villigen) ; Dupont, E (IRFU, Saclay) ; Durán, I (Santiago de Compostela U.) ; Eleme, Z (Ioannina U.) ; Fernández-Domíngez, B (Santiago de Compostela U.) ; Ferrari, A (CERN) ; Ferro-Gonçalves, I (Lisbon, IST) ; Finocchiaro, P (INFN, LNS) ; Furman, V (Dubna, JINR) ; Garg, R (Edinburgh U.) ; Gawlik, A (Lodz U.) ; Gilardoni, S (CERN) ; Glodariu, T (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Göbel, K (Frankfurt U.) ; González-Romero, E (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Guerrero, C (Seville U.) ; Gunsing, F ; Heinitz, S (PSI, Villigen) ; Heyse, J (Euratom, Geel) ; Jenkins, D G (York U., England) ; Jericha, E (TU Vienna) ; Kadi, Y (CERN) ; Käppeler, F (KIT, Karlsruhe) ; Kivel, N (PSI, Villigen) ; Kokkoris, M (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Kopatch, Y (Dubna, JINR) ; Krtička, M (Charles U.) ; Kurtulgil, D (Frankfurt U.) ; Ladarescu, I (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Lederer-Woods, C (Edinburgh U.) ; Lerendegui-Marco, J (Seville U.) ; Meo, S Lo (ENEA, Bologna ; INFN, Bologna) ; Lonsdale, S J (Edinburgh U.) ; Macina, D (CERN) ; Manna, A (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Martínez, T (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Masi, A (CERN) ; Massimi, C (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Mastinu, P F (INFN, Legnaro) ; Mastromarco, M (CERN ; Manchester U.) ; Matteucci, F (INFN, Trieste ; Trieste U.) ; Maugeri, E (PSI, Villigen) ; Mazzone, A (INFN, Bari ; CNR, Italy) ; Mengoni, A (ENEA, Bologna ; INFN, Bologna) ; Michalopoulou, V (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Milazzo, P M (INFN, Trieste) ; Mingrone, F (CERN) ; Musumarra, A (INFN, LNS ; Catania U.) ; Negret, A (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Nolte, R (Braunschweig, Phys. Tech. Bund.) ; Ogállar, F (Granada U.) ; Oprea, A (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Patronis, N (Ioannina U.) ; Pavlik, A (Vienna U.) ; Perkowski, J (Lodz U.) ; Piersanti, L (INFN, Perugia ; Capodimonte Observ.) ; Porras, I (Granada U.) ; Praena, J (Granada U.) ; Quesada, J M (Seville U.) ; Radeck, D (Braunschweig, Phys. Tech. Bund.) ; Doval, D Ramos (Orsay, IPN) ; Reifarth, R (Frankfurt U.) ; Rochman, D (PSI, Villigen) ; Rubbia, C (CERN) ; Sabaté-Gilarte, M (Seville U. ; CERN) ; Saxena, A (Bhabha Atomic Res. Ctr.) ; Schillebeeckx, P (Euratom, Geel) ; Schumann, D (PSI, Villigen) ; Smith, A G (Manchester U.) ; Sosnin, N (Manchester U.) ; Stamatopoulos, A (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Tagliente, G (INFN, Bari) ; Tain, J L (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Talip, Z (PSI, Villigen) ; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A E (Barcelona, Polytechnic U.) ; Tassan-Got, L (CERN ; Natl. Tech. U., Athens ; Orsay, IPN) ; Torres-Sánchez, P (Granada U.) ; Tsinganis, A (CERN) ; Ulrich, J (PSI, Villigen) ; Urlass, S (CERN ; HZDR, Dresden) ; Valenta, S (Charles U.) ; Vannini, G (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Variale, V (INFN, Bari) ; Vaz, P (Lisbon, IST) ; Ventura, A (INFN, Bologna) ; Vlachoudis, V (CERN) ; Vlastou, R (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Wallner, A (Australian Natl. U., Canberra) ; Woods, P J (Edinburgh U.) ; Wright, T J (Manchester U.) ; Žugec, P (Zagreb U.)

Publication 2023
Number of pages 6
In: EPJ Web Conf. 284 (2023) 01009
In: 15th International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Online, 21 - 29 Jul 2022, pp.01009
DOI 10.1051/epjconf/202328401009
Subject category Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment CERN PS ; nTOF
Abstract Accurate neutron capture cross section data for minor actinides (MAs) are required to estimate the production and transmutation rates of MAs in light water reactors, critical fast reactors like Gen-IV systems, and other innovative reactor systems such as accelerator driven systems (ADS). In particular, 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm play a role in the transport, storage and transmutation of the nuclear waste of the current nuclear reactors, due to the contribution of these isotopes to the radiotoxicity, neutron emission, and decay heat in the spent nuclear fuel. Also, capture reactions in these Cm isotopes open the path for the formation of heavier elements. In this work, the results of the capture cross section measurement on 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm performed at the CERN n_TOF facility are presented. It is important to notice that the Cm samples used in the experiment at n_TOF have been used previously in an experiment at J-PARC, this experiment and the previous one done in the 70s with a nuclear explosion were the only previous capture experiments for these isotopes. At n_TOF, the capture cross section measurements of 244Cm, 246Cm and 248Cm were performed at the 20 m vertical flight path (EAR2) with three C6D6 total energy detectors. In addition, the cross section of 244Cm was measured at the 185 m flight path (EAR1) with a Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). The combination of measurements in EAR1 and EAR2 has contributed to controlling and reducing the systematic uncertainties in the results. The compatibility of the different measurements performed and the techniques to obtain the results are presented in this paper as well as the procedure to obtain the resonance parameters.
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