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Title	Neutron Time-Of-Flight (n_TOF) experiment
Author(s)	Sosnin, N ; Berardi, A ; Duran escribano, I ; Audouin, L ; Bacak, M ; Tamburrino, A ; Tsinganis, A ; Mazzone, A ; Goula, S ; Spelta, M ; Bartolome sarsa, J ; Oprea, A ; Krticka, M ; Tagliente, G ; Divya, D ; Musumarra, A ; Gonzalez romero, E M ; Paradela dobarro, C ; Schillebeeckx, P J ; Heyse, J A K ; Reifarth, R ; Brugger, M ; Pavon rodriguez, J A ; Chasapoglou, S ; Bernardino gameiro, B ; Manna, A ; Baccomi, R ; Kadi, Y ; Parmenter, A T ; Leeb, H ; Foteinou, V ; Stamati, M ; Guerrero sanchez, C G ; Kavatsyuk, M ; Sanchez vazquez, N ; Barbagallo, M ; Cortes rossell, G P ; Cortes giraldo, M A ; Kalantar nayestanaki, N ; Pieretti, N ; Junghans, A R ; Losito, R ; Wu, R ; Dietz, M ; Stasiak, K S ; Vlachoudis, V ; Bhuiyan, N ; Variale, V ; Zanni vlastou, R ; Mengoni, A ; Piersanti, L ; Castelluccio, D M ; Colonna, N ; Lanzi, S ; Rovira leveroni, G ; Martinez canadas, M A ; Cahuzac, A ; Kokkoris, M ; Rabaglia, S ; Vicente, A J ; Kopanos, S ; Vescovi, D ; Salvi, L ; Sahoo, R N ; Wallner, A ; Quesada molina, J M ; Weiss, C ; Torres sanchez, P ; Kaur, G ; Casanovas hoste, A ; Mendoza cembranos, E ; Eleme, Z ; Calvino tavares, F ; Morfouace, P ; Tarifeno saldivia, A E ; Jericha, E ; Petrone, M ; Gawlik-ramiega, A A ; Calviani, M ; Alcayne aicua, V ; De la fuente rosales, G ; Griesmayer, E ; Chiaveri, E ; Patronis, N ; Claps, G ; Garcia infantes, F ; Kaeppeler, F K ; Perez maroto, P ; D'ottavi, A ; Tain enriquez, J L ; Catlett, D ; Perkowski, J
Experiment	nTOF COLLABORATION
Greybook	See nTOF COLLABORATION experiment
Approved	14 April 1999
Status	Data Taking
Accelerator	CERN PS
Abstract	The neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN, Switzerland, operational since 2001, delivers neutrons using the Proton Synchrotron (PS) 20 GeV/c proton beam impinging on a lead spallation target. The facility combines a very high instantaneous neutron flux, an excellent time of flight resolution due to the distance between the experimental area and the production target (185 meters), a low intrinsic background and a wide range of neutron energies, from thermal to GeV neutrons. These characteristics provide a unique possibility to perform neutron-induced capture and fission cross-section measurements for applications in nuclear astrophysics and in nuclear reactor technology.