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{"title":"Measurement of Photoneutron Yields Using the RPI LINAC and Assessment of Evaluated Photoneutron Data for Tantalum and Beryllium","authors":"B. Epping, M. Rapp, D. Barry, A. Daskalakis, Y. Danon, E. Blain, P. Brand, Michael Bretti, Matthew Gray, Larry Krusieski, Azeddine Kerdoun, R. Block, S. Landsberger","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202328401019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328401019","url":null,"abstract":"A new experiment configuration was designed, developed, and implemented to measure photoneutron yields using the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) electron linear accelerator (LINAC) at the RPI Gaerttner LINAC Center. The experiment configuration includes a new target assembly that converts the LINAC electron beam into a high energy bremsstrahlung photon flux incident upon a sample material of interest. The photons excite nuclei in the sample of interest, which can subsequently emit neutrons (photoneutrons). The photoneutrons emitted in the direction of the detector system travel through a series of collimated vacuum pipes before reaching a pair of proton-recoil high-energy neutron detectors. The signals generated by the neutron detectors are processed using a digital data acquisition system and subsequently analyzed to determine the energy-dependent photoneutron yield from the sample of interest. The new experiment configuration was used to perform proof-of-concept experiments to measure the photoneutron yields from samples of tantalum and beryllium. The measured results were then compared against the results from Monte Carlo simulations of the detailed experiment configurations to perform preliminary assessments of evaluated photoneutron data libraries.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"188 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78995933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Indirect measurements of neutron-induced reaction cross sections at heavy-ion storage rings","authors":"M. Sguazzin, B. Jurado, J. Pibernat, J. A. Swartz, M. Grieser, J. Glorius, Y. Litvinov, R. Reifarth, K. Blaum, P. Alfaurt, P. Ascher, L. Audouin, C. Berthelot, B. Blank, B. Bruckner, S. Dellmann, I. Dillmann, C. Domingo-Pardo, M. Dupuis, P. Erbacher, M. Flayol, O. Forstner, D. Freire-Fernández, M. Gerbaux, J. Giovinazzo, S. Grévy, C. Griffin, A. Gumberidze, S. Heil, A. Heinz, D. Kurtulgil, G. Leckenby, S. Litvinov, B. Lorentz, V. Méot, J. Michaud, S. Perard, N. Petridis, U. Popp, D. Ramos, M. Roche, M. S. Sanjari, R. S. Sidhu, U. Spillmann, M. Steck, T. Stöhlker, B. Thomas, L. Thulliez, M. Versteegen","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202328401008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328401008","url":null,"abstract":"Neutron-induced reaction cross sections of unstable nuclei are essential for understanding the synthesis of heavy elements in stars and for applications in nuclear technology. However, their measurement is very complicated due to the radioactivity of the targets involved. We propose to circumvent this problem by using the surrogate reaction method in inverse kinematics, where the nucleus formed in the neutron- induced reaction of interest is produced by a reaction involving a radioactive heavy-ion beam and a stable, light target nucleus. The probabilities as a function of the compound-nucleus excitation energy for γ-ray emission, neutron emission and fission, which can be measured with the surrogate reaction, are particularly useful to constrain model parameters and to obtain more accurate predictions of the neutron-induced reaction cross sections of interest. Yet, the full development of the surrogate method is hampered by numerous long- standing target issues, which can be solved by combining surrogate reactions with the unique and largely unexplored possibilities at heavy-ion storage rings. In this contribution, we describe the developments we are carrying out to measure for the first time simultaneously γ-ray emission, neutron emission and fission probabilities at the storage rings of the GSI/FAIR facility. In particular, we will present the first results of the proof of principle experiment, which we performed in June 2022 at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) of GSI/FAIR.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79288747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nuclear data generation & implementation for analog Monte Carlo simulation","authors":"Camilo Cordero Ramirez, C. Jouanne","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202328403011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328403011","url":null,"abstract":"Nuclear data is in constant evolution as more experimental data is gathered, computational capabilities increase, and evaluators verify its validity by means of stochastic and deterministic simulations. The focus here is on the analog Monte Carlo simulation of nuclear reactions that produce more than two particles in the outgoing channel, which needs specific considerations to ensure the correlations between the particles and thus the conservation of energy and of translational and angular momenta. It is possible to adapt nuclear data and its exploitation to implement realistic reactions from the phenomenological point of view (as opposed to the historical need of variance reduction techniques), which increases computation time but allows the expansion of the transport codes capabilities. Simulation anomalies were found concerning the kinematical calculations of photon energies emitted from neutron-induced inelastic scattering (n,n’γ), as well as concerning the photon multiplicity of 155Gd(n,γ) due to the presence of a rotational band in 156Gd. Recommendations are given for potential solutions for both anomalies.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79374788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Bayesian source association analysis of UHECRs: Impact of the Galactic magnetic field and composition","authors":"Keito Watanabe, A. Fedynitch, F. Capel, Hiroyuki Sagawa","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202328303009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328303009","url":null,"abstract":"We present a statistical analysis of the association between UHECRs and proposed astrophysical sources. Our approach is based on the Bayesian hierarchical framework presented in Capel & Mortlock 2019, but with notable extensions. Using CRPropa3, we now include the lensing effect of the Galactic magnetic field and explore the impact of heavier compositions. This analysis directly connects to the physics of UHECR propagation so that each detected event is allowed different possible deflections and energy-loss horizons based on its measured energy, arrival direction and the corresponding uncertainties. In this way, we can easily interpret the connection to proposed sources in a physical way. We verify our approach using simulated data and then present our results with views of the Northern and Southern skies thanks to publicly available data from both the Telescope Array experiment and Pierre Auger Observatory.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81812192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recent results from prototypes of the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) in both hemispheres","authors":"T. Fujii, J. Albury, Fraser Bradfield, J. Bellido, L. Chytka, J. Farmer, P. Hamal, P. Horváth, M. Hrabovsky, H. Iwasaki, V. Jílek, Jakub Kmec, J. Kvita, M. Malacari, D. Mandát, M. Mastrodicasa, J. Matthews, S. Michal, H. Nagasawa, Hiroki Namba, X. Ni, L. Nožka, T. Oka, M. Palatka, M. Pech, P. Privitera, P. Schovánek, F. Salamida, R. Šmída, Z. Svozilikova, S. Thomas, A. Taketa, K. Terauchi, P. Trávníček, M. Vacula","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202328306010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328306010","url":null,"abstract":"The origin and nature of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are of uppermost importance in astroparticle physics. Motivated by the need for an unprecedented aperture for further advancements, the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a prospective next-generation, ground-based UHECR observatory that aims to cover an enormous area by deploying a large array of low-cost fluorescence telescopes. The full-scale FAST prototype consists of four 20 cm photomultiplier tubes at the focus of a segmented mirror 1.6 m in diameter. Three FAST prototypes have been installed at the Telescope Array Experiment in Utah, USA, and two prototypes at the Pierre Auger Observatory in Mendoza, Argentina, commencing remote observation of UHECRs in both hemispheres. We report on recent results of the full-scale FAST prototypes operated in both hemispheres, including telescope calibrations, atmospheric monitoring, ongoing electronics upgrades, development of sophisticated reconstruction methods and UHECR detections.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84254515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Flux predictions in the transition region incorporating the effects from propagation of cosmic rays in the Galactic magnetic field","authors":"A. Kääpä, K. Kampert, J. Becker Tjus","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202328303006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328303006","url":null,"abstract":"Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) and (anisotropically injected) extragalactic cosmic rays (EGCRs) are both affected by the Galactic magentic field (GMF) on their voyage to Earth at energies pertaining to the transition from GCRs to EGCRs, such that their flux, composition and arrival directions are modified. GCRs increasingly leak from the Galaxy with rising energy, leading to a flux suppression. The flux modification imposed on EGCRs is more complex, but may exhibit (subtle) spectral breaks depending on the direction and nature of the injected anisotropy. Using a full Monte Carlo approach with CRPropa and making realistic and minimal assumptions about the injected GCR and EGCR fluxes, we derive a prediction of the total all-particle flux in the transition region. We find that it cannot account for the flux measured by various cosmic ray experiments in this energy range. This calls for the need of an additional component to the flux in the transition region.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84379396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Performance evaluation of LHCf-ATLAS ZDC joint measurement using proton beam","authors":"M. Kondo, O. Adriani, E. Berti, P. Betti, L. Bonechi, M. Bongi, R. D’Alessandro, S. Detti, M. Haguenauer, Y. Itow, K. Kasahara, Y. Kitagami, Y. Matsubara, H. Menjo, Y. Muraki, K. Ohashi, P. Papini, G. Piparo, S. Ricciarini, T. Sako, N. Sakurai, M. Scaringella, Y. Shimizu, T. Tamura, A. Tiberio, S. Torii, A. Tricomi, W. Turner, K. Yoshida, Z. Citron, B. Cole, M. Grosse-Perdekamp, Chad Lantz, R. Longo, D. MacLean, Y. Moyal, S. Shenkar, P. Steinberg, L. Sudit, A. Tate","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202328305012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328305012","url":null,"abstract":"Measurements of forward neutrons in pp collisions will allow us to investigate π-p cross-section via one-pion exchange process, which are important for air shower development. However, the precision of these measurements is limited by the energy resolution of the LHCf detectors. To improve it, a joint measurement with the ATLAS ZDC was planned. In 2021, a beam test was conducted to evaluate the performance of the joint measurement of the LHCf-Arm1 and ZDC detectors using proton beams of 350 GeV at SPS. Combining the LHCf data with the ZDC data, we confirmed that the energy resolution improved from about 40% to 21.4%.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85754989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Light hypernuclei in heavy-ion collisions","authors":"T. Reichert, J. Steinheimer, V. Vovchenko, B. Dönigus, M. Bleicher","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202327604008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327604008","url":null,"abstract":"Prediction for hyper nuclei multiplicities from GSI to LHC energies from the Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model combined with a final state coalescence approach is presented and compared to the thermal model. The influence of the coalescence radius on the collision energy and centrality dependence of the Λ3H/Λ ratio is discussed.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77009216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The PSI meson target facility and its upgrade IMPACT-HIMB","authors":"D. Kiselev, Pedro Baumann, P. Duperrex, M. Haj Tahar, S. Jollet, A. Knecht, Daniel Laube, D. Reggiani, J. Snuverink, R. Sobbia, V. Talanov","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202328507002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328507002","url":null,"abstract":"The high intensity proton accelerator complex (HIPA) at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) delivers a 590 MeV CW proton beam with currents up to 2.4 mA (1.4 MW). Besides two spallation targets for thermal/cold neutrons (SINQ) and for ultracold neutrons (UCN), the beam feeds two meson production targets Target M and Target E. The targets consist of graphite wheels of effective thickness 5 mm (M) and 40/60 mm (E). The target stations M and E are of quite different design; however, both of them rotate at 1 Hz to dissipate the heat (20 kW/mA for the 40 mm target E) efficiently. Recent progress was made by a new type of bearings and a new target geometry able to increase the rate of surface muons by up to 50 %. This is also foreseen for the upgrade of the target station M within the High Intensity Muon Beam (HIMB) initiative aiming to increase the surface muons available for experiment by two orders of magnitude. HIMB is part of IMPACT (Isotope and Muon Production with Advanced Cyclotron and Target Technology), an application for the Swiss Roadmap of Research Infrastructure.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"108 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80837439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measurement of the 160Gd(n, γ) cross section at n_TOF and its medical implications","authors":"M. Mastromarco, A. Manna, F. Garcia-Infantes, S. Amaducci, A. Mengoni, C. Massimi, G. Tagliente, S. Cristallo, O. Aberle, V. Alcayne, S. Altieri, J. Andrzejewski, V. Babiano-Suárez, M. Bacak, J. Balibrea, C. Beltrami, S. Bennett, A. Bernardes, E. Berthoumieux, R. Beyer, M. Boromiza, D. Bosnar, M. Caamano, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, A. Casanovas, F. Cerutti, G. Cescutti, E. Chiaveri, P. Colombetti, N. Colonna, P. C. Console Camprini, G. Cortes, M. Cortés-Giraldo, L. Cosentino, S. Dellmann, M. di Castro, S. Di Maria, M. Diakaki, M. Dietz, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, E. Dupont, I. Durán, Z. Eleme, S. Fargier, B. Fernández, B. Fernández-Domínguez, P. Finocchiaro, S. Fiore, V. Furman, A. Gawlik-Ramięga, G. Gervino, S. Gilardoni, E. González-Romero, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, C. Gustavino, J. Heyse, W. Hillman, D. Jenkins, E. Jericha, A. Junghans, Y. Kadi, K. Kaperoni, G. Kaur, A. Kimura, I. Knapová, M. Kokkoris, Y. Kopatch, M. Krticka, N. Kyritsis, I. Ladarescu, C. Lederer-Woods, J. Lerendegui-Mar","doi":"10.1051/epjconf/202328409002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328409002","url":null,"abstract":"Neutron-capture reactions on gadolinium isotopes play an important role in several fields of physics,in particular in nuclear Astrophysics for the understanding of the nucleosynthesis of heavy elements (beyond iron) in stars via the s- and r-processes [1] and in nuclear technology. Another important application of gadolinium is linked to the production of terbium, that offers a set of clinically interesting isotopes for theranostics, characterized by complementary physical decay characteristics. In particular, the low-energy β −emitter terbium-161 is very similar to lutetium-177 in terms of half-life (6.89 d), β − energy and chemical properties. Being a significant emitter of conversion/Auger electrons, greater therapeutic effect can therefore be expected in comparison to Lu-177 [2, 3]. For this reason, in the last decade, the study of the neutron capture reaction 160Gd(n,γ)161 Gd and the subsequent β − decay in terbium-161 is getting particular attention. As the nuclear data on the Gd-160 neutron capture reaction are quite scarce and inconsistent, a new measurement of the capture cross section of Gd-160 at the CERN neutron Time-Of-Flight facilty was performed in order to provide high resolution, high-accuracy data on this important reaction, in the energy range from thermal to hundreds of keV. In this contribution, the preliminary results of the n_TOF measurement are presented.","PeriodicalId":11731,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Web of Conferences","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80840839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}