Collimateur integration and installation: Example of one object to be installed in the LHC (2008)
Aberle, O, Assmann, Ralph Wolfgang, Chamizo, R, Weiler, T, Chemli, S, Corso, J P, ...
The collimation system is a vital part of the LHC project, protecting the accelerator against unavoidable regular and irregular beam loss. About 80 collimators will be installed in the machine before...
Driver Beam-Led EURISOL Target Design Constraints (2008)
Noah, E, Catherall, R, Kadi, Y, Kharoua, C, Lettry, Jacques, Stora, Thierry
The EURISOL (European Isotope Separation Online) Design Study is addressing new high power target design challenges. A three-step method [1] was proposed to split the high power linac proton driver...
Resonance capture cross section of $^{207}$Pb (2008)
Domingo-Pardo, C., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...
The radiative neutron capture cross section of 207Pb has been measured at the CERN neutron time of flight installation n_TOF using the pulse height weighting technique in the resolved energy region....
Resonance capture cross section of $^{207}$Pb (2008)
Domingo-Pardo, C., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...
The radiative neutron capture cross section of 207Pb has been measured at the CERN neutron time of flight installation n_TOF using the pulse height weighting technique in the resolved energy region....
Resonance capture cross section of $^{207}$Pb (2008)
Domingo-Pardo, C., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...
The radiative neutron capture cross section of 207Pb has been measured at the CERN neutron time of flight installation n_TOF using the pulse height weighting technique in the resolved energy region....
Domingo Pardo, César, Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...
10 pages, 6 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 25.40.Lw; 27.80.+w; 97.10.Cv.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000250620900078.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3679
LHC Collimation System Hardware Commissioning (2007)
Weiler, Th, Aberle, O, Assmann, Ralph Wolfgang, Chamizo, R, Kadi, Y, Lettry, Jacques, ...
The stored energy and intensity of the LHC beam exceed the damage level of the machine and the quench level of the magnets by far. Therefore a robust and reliable collimation system is required which...
Domingo-Pardo, C., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Alvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...
The (n, gamma) cross section of 206Pb has been measured at the CERN n_TOF facility with high resolution in the energy range from 1 eV to 600 keV by using two optimized C6D6 detectors. In the...
Engineering design of the EURISOL multi-MW spallation target (2007)
Herrera-Martínez, A, Kadi, Y, Ashrafi-Nik, M, Samec, K, Freibergs, J, Platacis, E
The European Isotope Separation On-Line Radioactive Ion Beam project (EURISOL) is set to design the 'next-generation' European Isotope Separation On-Line (ISOL) Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) facility....
Status and outlook of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN (2007)
Gunsing, F., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...
5 pages, 2 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 29.25; 28.20.−v; 24.30.−v; 98.80.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248784100221
The $^{139}La(n,\gamma)$ cross section: Key for the onset of the s-process (2007)
Terlizzi, R., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Alvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., ...
The nuclear resonance parameters and the capture cross section of the neutron magic isotope 139La have been measured relative to 197Au in the energy range of 0.6 eV to 9 keV at the neutron...
The La-139(n,γ) cross section: Key for the onset of the s-process (2007)
Terlizzi, R., Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez, H., Álvarez-Velarde, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., ...
15 pages, 9 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 25.40.Lw; 26.20.+f; 27.60.+j; 97.10.Cv.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000245332200071.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0610034
Domingo Pardo, César, Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Álvarez-Pol, H., Álvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., ...
9 pages, 3 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 25.40.Lw; 27.80.+w; 97.10.Cv.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000243896000061.-- ArXiv pre-print available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0610033
Neutron reactions and nuclear cosmo-chronology (2007)
Mosconi, M., Heil, M., Kappeler, F., Mengoni, A., Plag, R., Fujii, K., ...
9 pages, 3 figures.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000248204700016
Neutron reactions and nuclear cosmo-chronology (2007)
Heil, M, Kappeler, F, Mengoni, A, Plag, R, Fujii, K, ...
The beta-decay of Re-187 (t(1/2) = 42.3 Gyr) represents a suited cosmo-chronometer for the age of the r-process abundances, since the radiogenic part of the daughter isotope (OS)-O-187 is defined by...
Resonance capture cross section of 207Pb (2006)
Domingo-Pardo, C, Abbondanno, U, Aerts, G, Alvarez-Pol, H, Alvarez-Velarde, F, Andrzejewski, J, ...
The radiative neutron capture cross section of 207Pb has been measured at the CERN neutron time of flight installation n_TOF using the pulse height weighting technique in the resolved energy region....
New measurement of neutron capture resonances of 209Bi (2006)
Domingo-Pardo, C, Domingo-Pardo, C, Abbondanno, U, Aerts, G, Alvarez-Pol, H, Alvarez-Velarde, F, ...
The neutron capture cross section of Bi209 has been measured at the CERN n TOF facility by employing the pulse-height-weighting technique. Improvements over previous measurements are mainly because...
Design of the EURISOL multi-MW target assembly: radiation and safety issues (2006)
Felcini, M., Herrera-Martinez, A., Kadi, Y., Otto, T., Tecchio, L.
The multi-MW target proposed for the EURISOL facility will be based on fission of uranium (or thorium) compounds to produce rare isotopes far from stability. A two-step process is used for the...
Optics Flexibility and Dispersion Matching at Injection into the LHC (2006)
Koschik, A, Burkhardt, H, Goddard, B, Kadi, Y, Kain, V, Mertens, V, ...
The LHC requires very precise matching of transfer line and LHC optics to minimise emittance blow-up and tail repopulation at injection. The recent addition of a comprehensive transfer line...
Injection intensities for the LHC are over an order of magnitude above the damage threshold. The collimation system in the two transfer lines is designed to dilute the beam sufficiently to avoid...
Interaction of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Beam with Carbon Collimators (2006)
Schmidt, R, Tahir, NA, Hoffmann, Dieter H H, Kadi, Y, Shutov, A, Piriz, AR
The LHC will operate at an energy of 7 TeV with a luminosity of 1034cm-2s-1. This requires two beams, each with 2808 bunches. The energy stored in each beam of 362 MJ. In a previous paper the...
The final collimation system for the LHC (2006)
Assmann, R W, Aberle, O, Bellodi, G, Bertarelli, A, Bracco, C, Braun, H, ...
The LHC collimation system has been re-designed over in order to address the unprecedented challenges that are faced with the 360 MJ beams at 7 TeV. The layout of the LHC has now been frozen and a...
Modifications to the SPS LSS6 Septa for LHC and the SPS Septa Diluters (2006)
Borburgh, Y, Balhan, B, Goddard, B, Kadi, Y
The Large Hadron Collider required the modification of the existing extraction channel in the long straight section (LSS) 6 of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), including the suppression of...
Dynamic structural analysis of the TPSG4 & TPSG6 beam diluters (2006)
Massidda, L, Mura, F, Kadi, Y, Balhan, B
In this report we present the technical specification for the numerical model and the study of the dynamic structural behaviour of the beam diluter elements (TPSG4 & 6) protecting the extraction...
Analysis of the water dynamics for the MSE-COIL and theMST-COIL (2006)
Massidda, L, Mura, F, Kadi, Y, Balhan, B
In this report, we present the technical specification for the numerical model and the study of the acoustic wave propagation in the water tubes of the extraction septum magnet (MSE) and the thin...
Beam Cooling with ionisation losses (2006)
Rubbia, Carlo, Ferrari, A, Kadi, Y, Vlachoudis, V
A novel type of particle "cooling", called Ionization Cooling, is applicable to slow (v of the order of 0.1c) ions stored in a small ring. The many traversals through a thin foil enhance the nuclear...
Beam Cooling with ionisation losses (2006)
Rubbia, C., Ferrari, A., Kadi, Y., Vlachoudis, V.
A novel type of particle "cooling", called Ionization Cooling, is applicable to slow (v of the order of 0.1c) ions stored in a small ring. The many traversals through a thin foil enhance the nuclear...
Aerts, G., Abbondanno, U., Álvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., ...
We have measured the neutron capture reaction yield of $^(232)Th$ at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV. The average capture cross section has...
Aerts, G., Abbondanno, U., Álvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., ...
We have measured the neutron capture reaction yield of $^(232)Th$ at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV. The average capture cross section has...
Aerts, G., Abbondanno, U., Álvarez, H., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., ...
We have measured the neutron capture reaction yield of $^(232)Th$ at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN in the energy range from 1 eV to 1 MeV. The average capture cross section has...
Transmutation of nuclear waste in accelerator-driven systems (2005)
Today more than ever energy is not only a cornerstone of human development, but also a key to the environmental sustainability of economic activity. In this context, the role of nuclear power may be...
Transmutation of nuclear waste in accelerator-driven systems (2005)
Today more than ever energy is not only a cornerstone of human development, but also a key to the environmental sustainability of economic activity. In this context, the role of nuclear power may be...
A novel micromegas detector for in-core nuclear neutron flux measurement (2005)
Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Giganon, A., Giomataris, I., Pancin, J., Riallot, M., ...
Future fast nuclear reactors designed for energy production and transmutation of nuclear wastes need new neutrons detectors able to measure the neutron flux over a large energy range from thermal...
A novel micromegas detector for in-core nuclear neutron flux measurement (2005)
Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Giganon, A., Giomataris, I., Pancin, J., Riallot, M., ...
Future fast nuclear reactors designed for energy production and transmutation of nuclear wastes need new neutrons detectors able to measure the neutron flux over a large energy range from thermal...
A novel micromegas detector for in-core nuclear neutron flux measurement (2005)
Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Giganon, A., Giomataris, I., Pancin, J., Riallot, M., ...
Future fast nuclear reactors designed for energy production and transmutation of nuclear wastes need new neutrons detectors able to measure the neutron flux over a large energy range from thermal...
The trade experiment: shielding calculations for the building hosting the subcritical system (2005)
Burn, K. W., Carta, M., Casalini, L., Kadi, Y., Monti, S., Nava, E., ...
The TRADE project (TRiga Accelerator Driven Experiment), to be performed at the existing TRIGA reactor at ENEA Casaccia, has been proposed as a validation of the accelerator-driven system (ADS)...
Collimation in the Transfer Lines to the LHC (2004)
Burkhardt, H, Goddard, B, Kadi, Y, Kain, V, Weterings, W
The intensities foreseen for injection into the LHC are over an order of magnitude above the expected damage levels. The TI 2 and TI 8 transfer lines between the SPS and LHC are each about 2.5 km...
The Design of the New Fast Extraction Channel for the LHC (2004)
Borburgh, J, Balhan, B, Gaxiola, E, Goddard, B, Kadi, Y, Uythoven, J
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project requires the modification of the existing extraction channel in the long straight section 6 of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). The new extraction will...
The Design of the New Fast Extraction Channel for the LHC (2004)
Borburgh, J, Balhan, B, Gaxiola, E, Goddard, B, Kadi, Y, Uythoven, J
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project requires the modification of the existing extraction channel in the long straight section 6 of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). The new extraction will...
Attenuation and Emittance Growth of 450 GeV and 7 TeV Proton Beams in Low-Z Absorber Elements (2004)
Kadi, Y, Kain, V, Goddard, B, Schmidt, R
The intensity of the LHC beams will be several orders of magnitude above the damage thresholds for equipment. Passive protection of accelerator equipment against failures during beam transfer,...
Attenuation and Emittance Growth of 450 GeV and 7 TeV Proton Beams in Low-Z Absorber Elements (2004)
Kadi, Y, Kain, V, Goddard, B, Schmidt, R
The intensity of the LHC beams will be several orders of magnitude above the damage thresholds for equipment. Passive protection of accelerator equipment against failures during beam transfer,...
First Commissioning Results of the n_TOF Facility at CERN (2004)
Borcea, C, Buono, S, Cennini, P, Dahlfors, M, Dangendorf, V, Ferrari, A, ...
n_TOF, the new neutron time of flight facility at CERN, is now operational and has been commisioned.
TRADE: a full experimental validation of the ADS concept in a European perspective. (2004)
Rubbia, C., Monti, S., Salvatores, M., D'Angelo, A., Bignan, G., Burgio, N., ...
AccApp 03 : Accelerator Applications in a Nuclear Renaissance, San Diego, Calif., June 1-5, 2003
The TRADE experiment and progress. (2004)
Imel, G., Naberejnev, D., Palmiotti, P., Granget, G., Mandard, L., Jammes, Ch., ...
GLOBAL 2003 : Atoms for Prosperity ; Updating Eisenhower's Global Vision for Nuclear Energy, New Orleans, La., November 16-20, 2003
TRADE: a full experimental validation of the ADS concept in a European perspective. (2003)
Monti, S., Salvatores, M., Cacuci, D.G., D'Anggelo, A., Bignan, G., Burgio, N., ...
AccApp 03 : Accelerator Applications in a Nuclear Renaissance, San Diego, Calif., June 1-5, 2003
Transient Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of the TPSG4 Beam Diluter (2002)
Goddard, B, Guinand, R, Herrera-Martínez, A, Kadi, Y, Marque, S
A new extraction channel is being built in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) Long Straight Section 4 (LSS4) to transfer proton beams to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and also to the CERN Neutrino...
Results from the Commissioning of the n-TOF Spallation Neutron Source at CERN (2002)
Borcea, C, Cennini, P, Dahlfors, M, Ferrari, A, García-Muñoz, G, Haefner, P, ...
The new neutron time-of-flight facility (n_TOF) has been built at CERN and is now operational. The facility is intended for the measurement of neutron induced cross sections of relevance to...
Radioprotection calculations for the TRADE experiment (2002)
Zanini, L, Ferrari, A, Herrera-Martínez, A, Kadi, Y, Rubbia, Carlo, Burgio, N, ...
The TRADE project is based on the coupling of, in a sub-critical configuration, of a 115 MeV, 2 mA proton cyclotron with a TRIGA research reactor at the ENEA Casaccia centre (Rome). Detailed...
Radiological Impact of the TRIGA Accelerator-Driven Experiment (TRADE) (2002)
Herrera-Martínez, A, Ferrari, A, Kadi, Y, Zanini, L, Parks, G T, Rubbia, Carlo, ...
The TRADE project, which is part of the European Roadmap towards the development of Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS), foresees the coupling of a 110 MeV, 2 mA proton cyclotron with the core of a 1 MW...
Radioprotection and Shielding Aspects of the nTOF Spallation Source (2002)
Vlachoudis, V, Borcea, C, Buono, S, Cennini, P, Dahlfors, M, Ferrari, A, ...
The neutron Time of Flight (nTOF) facility at CERN is a high flux neutron source obtained by the spallation of 20 GeV/c protons onto a solid lead target. The first experimental measurements performed...
First Commissioning Results from the nTOF Facility at CERN (2002)
Borcea, A, Buono, S, Cennini, P, Dahlfors, M, Dangendorf, V, Ferrari, A, ...
The Neutron Time of Flight Facility at CERN (2002)
Vlachoudis, V, Borcea, C, Buono, S, Cennini, P, Dahlfors, M, Dangendorf, V, ...
First Results from the Neutron (nTOF) facility at CERN (2002)
Borcea, C, Buono, S, Cennini, P, Dahlfors, M, Dangendorf, V, Ferrari, A, ...
Abánades, A, Aleixandre, J, Andriamonje, Samuel A, Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Arnould, H, ...
Abánades, A, Aleixandre, J, Andriamonje, Samuel A, Angelopoulos, Angelos, Apostolakis, Alcibiades J, Arnould, H, ...
Energy and space distributions of spallation neutrons (from 2.5 and 3.57 GeV/c CERN proton beams) slowing down in a 3.3 x 3.3 x 3 m3 lead volume and neutron capture rates on long-lived fission...
Arnould, H., Bompas, C.A., Del Moral, R., Lacoste, V., Vlachoudis, V., Aleixandre, J., ...
Energy and space distributions of spallation neutrons (from 2.5 and 3.57 GeV/c CERN proton beams) slowing down in a 3.3 x 3.3 x 3 m3 lead volume and neutron capture rates on long-lived fission...
Abramovich, S., Andrejewsky, J., Andriamonje, S., Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Assimakopoulos, P A., ...
Arnould, H., Bompas, C.A., Del Moral, R., Lacoste, V., Vlachoudis, V., Aleixandre, J., ...
Energy and space distributions of spallation neutrons (from 2.5 and 3.57 GeV/c CERN proton beams) slowing down in a 3.3 x 3.3 x 3 m3 lead volume and neutron capture rates on long-lived fission...
Abramovich, S., Andrejewsky, J., Andriamonje, S., Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Assimakopoulos, P A., ...
Arnould, H., Bompas, C.A., Del Moral, R., Lacoste, V., Vlachoudis, V., Aleixandre, J., ...
Energy and space distributions of spallation neutrons (from 2.5 and 3.57 GeV/c CERN proton beams) slowing down in a 3.3 x 3.3 x 3 m3 lead volume and neutron capture rates on long-lived fission...
Abramovich, S., Andrejewsky, J., Andriamonje, S., Angelopoulos, A., Apostolakis, A., Assimakopoulos, P A., ...
Rubbia, Carlo, Andriamonje, Samuel A, Bouvet-Bensimon, D, Buono, S, Cappi, R, Cennini, P, ...
In the proposed facility with 24 GeV PS beam on a Lead target, the number of produced neutrons exceeds 760 per proton. In comparison, with a LINAC (GELINA) one currently obtains only about 0.05...
Rubbia, Carlo, Buono, S, Kadi, Y, Rubio, Juan Antonio
In previous reports [1][2] we have presented the conceptual design of a fast neutron driven sub-critical device (Energy Amplifier) designed both for energy amplification (production) and for the...
Conceptual design of a fast neutron operated high power energy amplifier (1995)
Rubbia, Carlo, Rubio, Juan Antonio, Buono, S, Carminati, F, Fiétier, N, Gálvez, J, ...
Conceptual design of a fast neutron operated high power energy amplifier (1995)
Roche, Ch., Revol, J.P., Mandrillon, P., Klapisch, R., Kadi, Y., Gelès, C., ...
"The EA operates indefinitely in a closed cycle, namely the discharge of a fuel load, with the exception of fission fragments, is re-injected in the sub-critical unit with the addition of natural...