GAINS: neutron inelastic cross section measurements of interest for applications and reaction studies

The paper represents an overview of the measurements performed using the GAINS spectrometer at the GELINA neutron source at JRC-Geel in Belgium. The setup produced over the years highly precise cross sections while undergoing continuous upgrades. Our measurements are primarily driven by technological needs with an emphasis on structural materials used in the development of nuclear facilities. However, most cases offered the opportunity to investigate various reaction mechanism and/or nuclear structure issues. The second part of the paper concentrates on several specific experiments describing the particular difficulties we met and the solutions we adopted to infer reliable data and to draw significant conclusions.

NEGRET A.;  BORCEA C;  BOROMIZA M.;  DESSAGNE P.;  HENNING G.;  KERVENO M.;  NYMAN Markus;  OLACEL A.;  PLOMPEN Arjan; 

2020-11-24

EDP Sciences

JRC117645

2100 014X (online),   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC117645,   

10.1051/epjconf/202023901005 (online),