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Title	Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period
Author(s)	Patronis, N (Ioannina U. ; CERN) ; Mengoni, A (ENEA, Bologna ; INFN, Bologna) ; Goula, S (Ioannina U.) ; Aberle, O (CERN) ; Alcayne, V (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Altieri, S (INFN, Pavia ; Brescia U. ; Pavia U.) ; Amaducci, S (INFN, Catania) ; Andrzejewski, J (Lodz U.) ; Babiano-Suarez, V (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Bacak, M (CERN) ; Correa, J Balibrea (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Beltrami, C (INFN, Pavia ; Brescia U.) ; Bennett, S (Manchester U.) ; Bernardes, A P (CERN) ; Berthoumieux, E (IRFU, Saclay) ; Beyer, R (HZDR, Dresden) ; Boromiza, M (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Bosnar, D (Zagreb U., Phys. Dept.) ; Caamaño, M (Santiago de Compostela U.) ; Calviño, F (Barcelona, Polytechnic U.) ; Calviani, M (CERN) ; Cano-Ott, D (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Casanovas, A (Barcelona, Polytechnic U.) ; Castelluccio, D M (ENEA, Bologna ; INFN, Bologna) ; Cerutti, F (CERN) ; Cescutti, G (INFN, Trieste ; Trieste U.) ; Chasapoglou, S (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Chiaveri, E (CERN ; Manchester U.) ; Colombetti, P (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Colonna, N (INFN, Bari) ; Camprini, P Console (INFN, Bologna ; ENEA, Bologna) ; Cortés, G (Barcelona, Polytechnic U.) ; Cortés-Giraldo, M A (Seville U.) ; Cosentino, L (INFN, Catania) ; Cristallo, S (INFN, Perugia ; Collurania Teramo Observ.) ; Dellmann, S (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Di Castro, M (CERN) ; Di Maria, S (Lisbon, IST) ; Diakaki, M (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Dietz, M (Braunschweig, Phys. Tech. Bund.) ; Domingo-Pardo, C (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Dressler, R (PSI, Villigen) ; Dupont, E (IRFU, Saclay) ; Durán, I (Santiago de Compostela U.) ; Eleme, Z (Ioannina U.) ; Fargier, S (CERN) ; Fernández, B (Seville U.) ; Fernández-Domínguez, B (Santiago de Compostela U.) ; Finocchiaro, P (INFN, Catania) ; Fiore, S (ENEA, Bologna ; INFN, Rome) ; García-Infantes, F (Granada U. ; CERN) ; Gawlik-Ramiega, A (Lodz U.) ; Gervino, G (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Gilardoni, S (CERN) ; González-Romero, E (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Guerrero, C (Seville U.) ; Gunsing, F (IRFU, Saclay) ; Gustavino, C (INFN, Rome) ; Heyse, J (Geel, JRC) ; Hillman, W (Manchester U.) ; Jenkins, D G (York U., England) ; Jericha, E (Vienna, Tech. U., Atominst.) ; Junghans, A (HZDR, Dresden) ; Kadi, Y (CERN) ; Kaperoni, K (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Kaur, G (IRFU, Saclay) ; Kimura, A (JAEA, Ibaraki) ; Knapová, I (Charles U.) ; Kokkoris, M (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; ˇ, M Krticka (Charles U.) ; Kyritsis, N (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Ladarescu, I (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Lederer-Woods, C (Edinburgh U.) ; Lerendegui-Marco, J (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Lerner, G (CERN) ; Manna, A (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Martínez, T (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Masi, A (ENEA, Bologna) ; Massimi, C (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Mastinu, P (INFN, Legnaro) ; Mastromarco, M (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Maugeri, E A (PSI, Villigen) ; Mazzone, A (INFN, Bari ; CNR, INO, Pisa) ; Mendoza, E (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Michalopoulou, V (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Milazzo, P M (INFN, Trieste) ; Mucciola, R (INFN, Perugia ; U. Perugia (main)) ; Murtas, F (Frascati) ; Musacchio-Gonzalez, E (INFN, Legnaro) ; Musumarra, A (INFN, Catania ; INFM, Catania) ; Negret, A (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; de Rada, A Pérez (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Pérez-Maroto, P (Seville U.) ; Pavón-Rodríguez, J A (Seville U. ; CERN) ; Pellegriti, M G (INFN, Catania) ; Perkowski, J (Lodz U.) ; Petrone, C (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Pirovano, E (Braunschweig, Phys. Tech. Bund.) ; del Olmo, J Plaza (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Pomp, S (Uppsala U.) ; Porras, I (Granada U.) ; Praena, J (Granada U.) ; Quesada, J M (Seville U.) ; Reifarth, R (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Rochman, D (PSI, Villigen) ; Romanets, Y (Lisbon, IST) ; Rubbia, C (CERN) ; Sánchez-Caballero, A (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Sabaté-Gilarte, M (CERN) ; Schillebeeckx, P (Geel, JRC) ; Schumann, D (PSI, Villigen) ; Sekhar, A (Manchester U.) ; Smith, A G (Manchester U.) ; Sosnin, N V (Edinburgh U.) ; Stamati, M E (Ioannina U. ; CERN) ; Sturniolo, A (INFN, Turin) ; Tagliente, G (INFN, Bari) ; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A (Barcelona, Polytechnic U.) ; Tarrío, D (Uppsala U.) ; Torres-Sánchez, P (Granada U.) ; Vagena, E (Ioannina U.) ; Valenta, S (Charles U.) ; Variale, V (INFN, Bari) ; Vaz, P (Lisbon, IST) ; Vecchio, G (INFN, Catania) ; Vescovi, D (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Vlachoudis, V (CERN) ; Vlastou, R (Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Wallner, A (HZDR, Dresden) ; Woods, P J (Edinburgh U.) ; Zarrella, R (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Zugec, P (Zagreb U., Phys. Dept.)
Publication	2023
Number of pages	10
In:	EPJ Tech. Instrum. 10 (2023) 13
DOI	10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00100-w
Subject category	Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN PS ; nTOF
Abstract	During the second long shutdown period of the CERN accelerator complex (LS2, 2019-2021), several upgrade activities took place at the n_TOF facility. The most important have been the replacement of the spallation target with a next generation nitrogen-cooled lead target. Additionally, a new experimental area, at a very short distance from the target assembly (the NEAR Station) was established. In this paper, the core commissioning actions of the new installations are described. The improvement in the n_TOF infrastructure was accompanied by several detector development projects. All these upgrade actions are discussed, focusing mostly on the future perspectives of the n_TOF facility. Furthermore, some indicative current and future measurements are briefly reported.
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