A Proton Recoil Telescope for the characterisation of the neutron beam at n_TOF

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Manna, A. [1 ,2 ]
Amaducci, S. [6 ,7 ]
Barbagallo, M. [3 ,5 ]
Colonna, N. [5 ]
Cosentino, L. [6 ]
Finocchiaro, P. [6 ]
Lo Meo, S. [1 ,9 ]
Massimi, C. [1 ,2 ]
Mastromarco, M. [3 ]
Milazzo, P. M. [10 ]
Mingrone, F. [3 ]
Tassan-Got, L. [3 ,4 ,8 ]
Vannini, G. [1 ,2 ]
Ventura, A. [1 ]
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[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, Bologna, Italy
[2] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Bologna, Italy
[3] European Org Nucl Res CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
[4] Univ Paris Saclay, Univ Paris Sud, CNRS, Inst Phys Nucl,IN2P3, F-91406 Orsay, France
[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, Bari, Italy
[6] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Sud, Catania, Italy
[7] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Catania, Italy
[8] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Athens, Greece
[9] Agenzia Nazl Nuove Tecnol ENEA, Bologna, Italy
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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10.1393/ncc/i2019-19142-6
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The neutron induced fission cross section of U-235 is extensively used as a reference for neutron fluence measurements in various applications. At intermediate energies, the U-235(n,f) cross section plays an important role also for fundamental nuclear physics. Despite its widespread use, no data exist on neutron-induced fission of U-235 above 200 MeV. Hence, there is a clear and long-standing demand from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to complement the experimental database from 20 MeV to 1 GeV. For this purpose at the neutron facility n TOF at CERN the measurement of U-235(n,f) cross section was planned in October 2018, taking advantage of the intense neutron beam with a wide energy spectrum available in the experimental area. The cross section measurement will be performed relative to the elastic neutron-proton scattering, a very well known reaction generally accepted as primary reference. A prototype of the Proton Recoil Telescope detector, that will be used to measure the incident neutron flux, has been built and tested at n TOF in 2017.
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