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Neutron time-of-flight
Local Manager:
+ Alberto Mengoni
The neutron time-of-flight facility, n_TOF, at CERN is a pulsed neutron source coupled to a 200 m horizontal and a 20 m vertical flight paths. n_TOF is designed to study neutron-nucleus interactions for neutron energies ranging from a few meV to several GeV. The neutron kinetic energy is determined by time-of-flight, hence the name n_TOF.
The study of neutron-induced reactions is of large importance in a wide variety of research fields, ranging from stellar nucleosynthesis, symmetry breaking effects in compound nuclei, and the investigation of nuclear level densities, to applications of advanced nuclear technologies. The International n_TOF Collaboration is composed of 130 scientists from 41 participating research institutions from Europe (37), Japan (2), India (1) and Australia (1).
MORE INFORMATION
- CERN Courier: CERN’s low-energy frontier
- CERN Courier: Nuclear physics helps unravel the universe
- CERN Courier: n_TOF deepens search for missing cosmic lithium
- For further information, see: n_TOF document collection on CDS
- List of n_TOF publications >>
n_TOF Team INFN-Bologna
+ Patrizio Console Camprini
+ Donato Maria Castelluccio
+ Antonio Guglielmelli
+ Alice Manna
+ Cristian Massimi
+ Alberto Mengoni
+ Gianni Vannini
+ Alberto Ventura