Istituto di Cristallografia - CNR

Imaging neutron capture cross sections: i-TED proof-of-concept and future prospects based on Machine-Learning techniques

i-TED is an innovative detection system which exploits Compton imaging techniques to achieve a superior signal-to-background ratio in () cross-section measurements using time-of-flight technique. This work presents the first experimental validation of the i-TED apparatus for high-resolution time-of-flight experiments and demonstrates for the first time the concept proposed for background rejection. To this aim, the Au() and Fe() reactions were studied at CERN n_TOF using an i-TED demonstrator based on three position-sensitive detectors. Two CD detectors were also used to benchmark the performance of i-TED. The i-TED prototype built for this study shows a factor of 3 higher detection sensitivity than state-of-the-art CD detectors in the 10 keV neutron-energy region of astrophysical interest. This paper explores also the perspectives of further enhancement in performance attainable with the final i-TED array consisting of twenty position-sensitive detectors and new analysis methodologies based on Machine-Learning techniques.

Anno
2021
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European physical journal. A, Hadrons and nuclei (Internet)
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3.131
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Babiano-Su'arez, V. and Lerendegui-Marco, J. and Balibrea-Correa, J. and Caballero, L. and Calvo, D. and Ladarescu, I. and Real, D. and Domingo-Pardo, C. and Calvi~no, F. and Casanovas, A. and Tarife~no-Saldivia, A. and Alcayne, V. and Guerrero, C. and Mill'an-Callado, M. A. and Rodr'iguez-Gonz'alez, T. and Barbagallo, M. and Aberle, O. and Amaducci, S. and Andrzejewski, J. and Audouin, L. and Bacak, M. and Bennett, S. and Berthoumieux, E. and Billowes, J. and Bosnar, D. and Brown, A. and Busso, M. and Caama~no, M. and Calviani, M. and Cano-Ott, D. and Cerutti, F. and Chiaveri, E. and Colonna, N. and Cort'es, G. and Cort'es-Giraldo, M. A. and Cosentino, L. and Cristallo, S. and Damone, L. A. and Davies, P. J. and Diakaki, M. and Dietz, M. and Dressler, R. and Ducasse, Q. and Dupont, E. and Dur'an, I. and Eleme, Z. and Fern'andez-Dom'inguez, B. and Ferrari, A. and Finocchiaro, P. and Furman, V. and G"obel, K. and Garg, R. and Gawlik, A. and Gilardoni, S. and Gon?alves, I. F. and Gonz'alez-Romero, E. and Gunsing, F. and Harada, H. and Heinitz, S. and Heyse, J. and Jenkins, D. G. and Junghans, A. and K"appeler, F. and Kadi, Y. and Kimura, A. and Knapova, I. and Kokkoris, M. and Kopatch, Y. and Krticka, M. and Kurtulgil, D. and Lederer-Woods, C. and Leeb, H. and Lonsdale, S. J. and Macina, D. and Manna, A. and Martinez, T. and Masi, A. and Massimi, C. and Mastinu, P. and Mastromarco, M. and Maugeri, E. A. and Mazzone, A. and Mendoza, E. and Mengoni, A. and Michalopoulou, V. and Milazzo, P. M. and Mingrone, F. and Moreno-Soto, J. and Musumarra, A. and Negret, A. and Og'allar, F. and Oprea, A. and Patronis, N. and Pavlik, A. and Perkowski, J. and Persanti, L. and Petrone, C. and Pirovano, E. and Porras, I. and Praena, J. and Quesada, J. M. and Ramos-Doval, D. and Rauscher, T. and Reifarth, R. and Rochman, D. and Rubbia, C. and Sabat'e-Gilarte, M. and Saxena, A. and Schillebeeckx, P. and Schumann, D. and Sekhar, A. and Smith, A. G. and Sosnin, N. V. and Sprung, P. and Stamatopoulos, A. and Tagliente, G. and Tain, J. L. and Tassan-Got, L. and Thomas, Th. and Torres-S'anchez, P. and Tsinganis, A. and Ulrich, J. and Urlass, S. and Valenta, S. and Vannini, G. and Variale, V. and Vaz, P. and Ventura, A. and Vescovi, D. and Vlachoudis, V. and Vlastou, R. and Wallner, A. and Woods, P. J. and Wright, T. and Zugec, P.
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