Tag: n_TOF
The neutron time-of-flight facility (n_TOF) studies neutron-nucleus interactions for neutron energies ranging from a few meV to several GeV.
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n_TOF experiment sheds light on ancient stardust
Niobium-94, an isotope of niobium with 41 protons and 53 neutrons, is a critical crossroads in the complex nuclear processes that forge heavy elements under the intense pressures and temperatures of dying stars. Writing in Physical Review Letters, the n_TOF Collaboration reports the first ever measurement of the probability of niobium-94 taking one of the
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Accelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges lie ahead
The first beam-based physics of 2025 has started and more will follow soon. However, some unexpected challenges will cause a small delay in the restart of the LHC
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Accelerator Report: A well-deserved winter break for the accelerator complex
Soon, CERN personnel will take a well-deserved winter break, just like the accelerator complex. Following a successful year, the remainder of the accelerator complex was stopped on 2 December, marking the official start of the year-end technical stop
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Scientists use n_TOF to investigate how cerium is produced in the Universe
The CERN facility allowed scientists to see how this rare Earth metal is synthesised in stars. The results open up new questions about stellar nucleosynthesis and the chemical evolution of galaxies
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Nuclear physics at CERN: a hub for interdisciplinary research
Fundamental research at the ISOLDE and n_TOF facilities at CERN has applications in a wide variety of areas of astrophysics, medical physics, energy and more