https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00565-x
Letter to the Editor
First beams at neutrons for science
1
Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, 14076, Caen, France
2
Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 68, Řež, Czech Republic
3
IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Received:
19
February
2021
Accepted:
27
July
2021
Published online:
24
August
2021
The neutrons for science facility (NFS), the first operational experimental area of the new GANIL/SPIRAL-2 facility, received its first beams in December 2019. Proton-induced reaction cross-sections as well as neutron beam characteristics were measured during the first commissioning phases. The first results, showing the features of the facility, are presented here and compared with previously published data. The physics cases and the first accepted experiments are presented as well.
Key words: Neutron beam / Time-of-flight technique / Quasi-mono-energetic spectrum / Activation technique
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