Measurement of the $^{243}$Am capture cross section at the n_TOF facility

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">Medida de la sección eficaz de captura del $^{243}$Am en la instalación n_TOF<br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Author(s)</span> </td><td style="padding-left:5px;"><a href="https://cds.cern.ch/search?f=author&p=Mendoza%20Cembranos%2C%20Emilio&ln=pt">Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio</a> (UCM, Somosaguas)</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Publication </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">296.</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Thesis note </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">PhD : UCM, Somosaguas : 2014</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Thesis supervisor(s) </td><td style="padding-left:5px;"><a href="/search?f=author&p=Cano Ott, Daniel">Cano Ott, Daniel</a></td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Note </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">Presented 16 Jun 2014</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Subject category </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">Nuclear Physics - Experiment ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques</td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Accelerator/Facility, Experiment </td><td style="padding-left:5px;"><a href="https://cds.cern.ch/search?p=CERN%20PS&f=693__a">CERN PS</a> ; <a href="https://cds.cern.ch/search?p=nTOF&f=693__e">nTOF</a></td></tr> <tr><td class="formatRecordLabel"> Abstract </td><td style="padding-left:5px;">This thesis presents the analysis of the neutron capture measurement of $^{243}$Am carried out at the n_TOF facility at CERN, in the energy range from 0.7 eV to 2.5 keV. The importance of this measurement is related to the design of new nuclear reactors, especially in relation to the transmutation of radioactive waste. This is the first time that $^{243}$Am neutron capture data below 250 eV, excluding the thermal point, has been published. This results suggest that this cross section is underestimated up to 25% in the neutron energy range between 50 eV and a few keV in the present evaluated data libraries.</td></tr> </table> <br/>Email contact: <a href="mailto:emilio.mendoza.cembranos@cern.ch">emilio.mendoza.cembranos@cern.ch</a> <small> </small> <small> </small> <br/><br/><div align="right"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-top:30px;"><span class="moreinfo" style="margin-right:10px;"> <a href="" class="moreinfo">Back to search</a> </span></div></div> <div class="bottom-left-folded"><div class="recordlastmodifiedbox" style="position:relative;margin-left:1px"> Record created 2023-03-09, last modified 2024-10-30</div></div> <div class="bottom-right-folded" style="text-align:right;padding-bottom:2px;"> <span class="moreinfo" style="margin-right:10px;"><a href="/search?ln=pt&p=recid%3A2852035&rm=wrd" class="moreinfo">Registos similares</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <br/> <br /> <div class="detailedrecordminipanel"> <div class="top-left"></div><div class="top-right"></div> <div class="inside"> <div id="detailedrecordminipanelfile" style="width:33%;float:left;text-align:center;margin-top:0"> <div><small class="detailedRecordActions">Fulltext:</small> <br /><a href="/record/2852035/files/CERN-THESIS-2014-484.pdf"><img style="border:none" src="/img/file-icon-text-34x48.gif" alt="Download fulltext" /><br />PDF</a><br /></div> </div> <div id="detailedrecordminipanelreview" style="width:30%;float:left;text-align:center"> </div> <div id="detailedrecordminipanelactions" style="width:36%;float:right;text-align:right;"> <ul class="detailedrecordactions"> <li><a href="/yourbaskets/add?ln=pt&recid=2852035">Add to personal basket</a></li> <li>Export as <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2852035/export/hx?ln=pt">BibTeX</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2852035/export/hm?ln=pt">MARC</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2852035/export/xm?ln=pt">MARCXML</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2852035/export/xd?ln=pt">DC</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2852035/export/xe?ln=pt">EndNote</a>,  <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2852035/export/xn?ln=pt">NLM</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal" href="/record/2852035/export/xw?ln=pt">RefWorks</a> </li> </ul> <div style='padding-left: 13px;'>  <div id="bookmark"></div> <div id="bookmark_sciencewise"></div> <style type="text/css"> #bookmark_sciencewise, #bookmark {float: left;} #bookmark_sciencewise li {padding: 2px; width: 25px;} #bookmark_sciencewise ul, #bookmark ul {list-style-image: none;} </style> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.bookmark.min.js"></script> <style type="text/css">@import "/css/jquery.bookmark.css";</style> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ $.bookmark.addSite('sciencewise', 'ScienceWise.info', 'https://cds.cern.ch/img/sciencewise.png', 'en', 'bookmark', 'http://sciencewise.info/bookmarks/cds:2852035/add'); $('#bookmark_sciencewise').bookmark({sites: ['sciencewise']}); $('#bookmark').bookmark({ sites: ['facebook', 'twitter', 'linkedin', 'google_plusone'], icons: '/img/bookmarks.png', url: 'https://cds.cern.ch/record/2852035', addEmail: true, title: "Measurement of the $^{243}$Am capture cross section at the n_TOF facility", description: "This thesis presents the analysis of the neutron capture measurement of $^{243}$Am carried out at the n_TOF facility at CERN, in the energy range from 0.7 eV to 2.5 keV. 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