Advances and new ideas for neutron-capture astrophysics experiments at CERN n_TOF
Creators: name: Domingo-Pardo, C.
name: Babiano-Suarez, V.
name: Balibrea-Correa, J.
name: Caballero, L.
name: Ladarescu, I.
name: Lerendegui-Marco, J.
name: Tain, J. L.
name: Tarifeño-Saldivia, A.
name: Aberle, O.
name: Alcayne, V.
name: Altieri, S.
name: Amaducci, S.
name: Andrzejewski, J.
name: Bacak, M.
name: Beltrami, C.
name: Bennett, S.
name: Bernardes, A. P.
name: Berthoumieux, E.
name: Boromiza, M.
name: Bosnar, D.
name: Caamaño, M.
name: Calviño, F.
name: Calviani, M.
name: Cano-Ott, D.
name: Casanovas, A.
name: Cerutti, F.
name: Cescutti, G.
name: Chasapoglou, S.
name: Chiaveri, E.
name: Chiera, N. M.
name: Colombetti, P.
name: Colonna, N.
name: Camprini, P. Console
name: Cortés, G.
name: Cortés-Giraldo, M. A.
name: Cosentino, L.
name: Cristallo, S.
name: Dellmann, S.
name: Di Castro, M.
name: Di Maria, S.
name: Diakaki, M.
name: Dietz, M.
name: Dressler, R.
name: Dupont, E.
name: Durán, I.
name: Eleme, Z.
name: Fargier, S.
name: Fernández, B.
name: Fernández-Domínguez, B.
name: Finocchiaro, P.
name: Fiore, S.
name: Furman, V.
name: García-Infantes, F.
name: Gawlik-Ramiega, A.
name: Gervino, G.
name: Gilardoni, S.
name: González-Romero, E.
name: Guerrero, C.
name: Gunsing, F.
name: Gustavino0, C.
name: Heyse, J.
name: Hillman, W.
name: Jenkins, D. G.
name: Jericha, E.
name: Junghans, A.
name: Kadi, Y.
name: Kaperoni, K.
name: Käppeler, F.
name: Kaur, G.
name: Kimura, A.
name: Knapová, I.
name: Koester, U.
name: Kokkoris, M.
name: Kopatch, Y.
name: Krtička, M.
name: Kyritsis, N.
name: Lederer-Woods, C.
name: Lerner, G.
name: Manna, A.
name: Martínez, T.
name: Masi, A.
name: Massimi, C.
name: Mastinu, P.
name: Mastromarco, M.
name: Maugeri, E. A.
name: Mazzone, A.
name: Mendoza, E.
name: Mengoni, A.
name: Milazzo, P. M.
name: Mönch, I.
name: Mucciola, R.
name: Murtas, F.
name: Musacchio-Gonzalez, E.
name: Musumarra, A.
name: Negret, A.
name: de Rada, A. Pérez
name: Pérez-Maroto, P.
name: Patronis, N.
name: Pavón-Rodríguez, J. A.
name: Pellegriti, M. G.
name: Perkowski, J.
name: Petrone, C.
name: Pirovano, E.
name: Plaza, J.
name: Pomp, S.
name: Porras, I.
name: Praena, J.
name: Quesada, J. M.
name: Reifarth, R.
name: Rochman, D.
name: Romanets, Y.
name: Rubbia, C.
name: Sánchez, A.
name: Sabaté-Gilarte, M.
name: Schillebeeckx, P.
name: Schumann, D.
name: Sekhar, A.
name: Smith, A. G.
name: Sosnin, N. V.
name: Stamati, M.
name: Sturniolo, A.
name: Tagliente, G.
name: Tarrío, D.
name: Torres-Sánchez, P.
name: Turko, J.
name: Urlass, S.
name: Vagena, E.
name: Valenta, S.
name: Variale, V.
name: Vaz, P.
name: Vecchio, G.
name: Vescovi, D.
name: Vlachoudis, V.
name: Vlastou, R.
name: Wallner, T.
name: Woods, P. J.
name: Wright, T.
name: Zarrella, R.
name: Žugec, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This article presents a few selected developments and future ideas related to the measurement of $(n,γ)$ data of astrophysical interest at CERN n_TOF. The MC-aided analysis methodology for the use of low-efficiency radiation detectors in time-of-flight neutron-capture measurements is discussed, with particular emphasis on the systematic accuracy. Several recent instrumental advances are also presented, such as the development of total-energy detectors with $γ$-ray imaging capability for background suppression, and the development of an array of small-volume organic scintillators aimed at exploiting the high instantaneous neutron-flux of EAR2. Finally, astrophysics prospects related to the intermediate $i$ neutron-capture process of nucleosynthesis are discussed in the context of the new NEAR activation area.
description: preprint submitted to the European Physical Journal A, 11 pages, 4 figures