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Title:	Integral measurement of the 12C(n, p)12B reaction up to 10 GeV
Author:	Žugec, Petar; Colonna, Nicola; Bosnar, Damir; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Gómez Hornillos, María Belén
Other authors:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group
Abstract:	The integral measurement of the 12C(n, p)12B reaction was performed at the neutron time-offlight facility n TOF at CERN. The total number of 12B nuclei produced per neutron pulse of the n TOF beam was determined using the activation technique in combination with a time-of-flight technique. The cross section is integrated over the n TOF neutron energy spectrum from reaction threshold at 13.6MeV to 10 GeV. Having been measured up to 1 GeV on basis of the 235U(n, f) reaction, the neutron energy spectrum above 200MeV has been re-evaluated due to the recent extension of the cross section reference for this particular reaction, which is otherwise considered a standard up to 200MeV. The results from the dedicated GEANT4 simulations have been used to evaluate the neutron flux from 1 GeV up to 10 GeV. The experimental results related to the 12C(n, p)12B reaction are compared with the evaluated cross sections from major libraries and with the predictions of different GEANT4 models, which mostly underestimate the 12B production. On the contrary, a good reproduction of the integral cross section derived from measurements is obtained with TALYS-1.6 calculations, with optimized parameters.
Subject(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia nuclear -Neutrons -Neutron -Reaction -Cross section -n_TOF -Neutrons
Rights:	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
Document type:	Article - Published version Article
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