The n_TOF NEAR Station Commissioning and first physics case

Stamati, M. E; Torres-Sanchez, P; Pérez-Maroto, P.; Cecchetto, M; Goula, S.; Mastromarco, M.; Chasapoglou, S.; Beltrami, C.; Chiesa, D.; Manna, A.; Mucciola, R.; Patronis, N.; Praena, J.; Guerrero, C.; Colonna, N.; Mengoni, A; Massimi, C.; Aberle, O.; Alcayne, V.; Altieri, S.; Amaducci, S.; Es-Sghir, H. Amar; Andrzejewski, J.; Babiano-Suarez, V.; Bacak, M.; Balibrea, J.; Bennett, S.; Bernardes, A. P.; Berthoumieux, E.; Bosnar, D.; Busso, M.; Caamano, M.; Calvino, F.; Calviani, M.; Cano-Ott, D.; Casanovas, A.; Castelluccio, D. M.; Cerutti, F.; Cescutti, G.; Chiaveri, E.; Colombetti, P.; Camprini, P. C. Console; Cortes, G.; Cortes-Giraldo, M. A.; Cosentino, L.; Cristallo, S.; Di Castro, M.; Diacono, D.; Diakaki, M.; Dietz, M.; Domingo-Pardo, C.; Dressler, R.; Dupont, E.; Duran, I.; Eleme, Z.; Fargier, S.; Fernandez-Dominguez, B.; Finocchiaro, P.; Fiore, S.; Furman, V.; Garcia-Infantes, F.; Gawlik-Ramiega, A.; Gervino, G.; Gilardoni, S.; Gonzalez-Romero, E.; Gunsing, F.; Gustavino, C.; Heyse, J.; Jenkins, D. G.; Jericha, E.; Junghans, A.; Kadi, Y.; Katabuchi, T.; Knapova, I.; Kokkoris, M.; Kopatch, Y.; Krticke, M.; Kurtulgil, D.; Ladarescu, I.; Lederer-Woods, C.; Lerendegui-Marco, J.; Lerner, G.; Martinez, T.; Masi, A.; Mastinu, P.; Matteucci, F.; Maugeri, E. A.; Mazzone, A.; Mendoza, E.; Michalopoulou, V.; Milazzo, P. M.; Murtas, F.; Musacchio-Gonzalez, E.; Musumarra, A.; Negret, A.; Oprea, A.; Pavon-Rodriguez, J. A.; Pellegriti, M. G.; Perkowski, J.; Petrone, C.; Piersanti, L.; Pirovano, E.; Pomp, S.; Porras, I.; Protti, N.; Quesada, J. M.; Rauscher, T.; Reifarth, R.; Rochman, D.; Romanets, Y.; Romano, F.; Rubbia, C.; Sanchez, A.; Sabate-Gilarte, M.; Schillebeeckx, P.; Schumann, D.; Sekhar, A.; Smith, A. G.; Sosnin, N. V.; Spelta, M.; Tagliente, G.; Tarifeno-Saldivia, A.; Tarrio, D.; Terranova, N.; Urlass, S.; Valenta, S.; Variale, V.; Vaz, P.; Vescovi, D.; Vlachoudis, V.; Vlastou, R.; Wallner, A.; Woods, P. J.; Wright, T.; Zugec, P.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202328406009

The NEAR Station is a new experimental area developed at the n\_TOFFacility at CERN. The activation station of NEAR underwent acharacterization of the beam following the installation of the newn\_TOF Spallation Target. The commissioning of the neutron beamcomprises a set of simulations made with the FLUKA code and experimentalverification. The experimental determination of the neutron spectrum wasmade using activation techniques with three separate set-ups. Twoset-ups were based on the Multi-foil Activation technique (MAM-1 andMAM-2), and the third set-up relied on the process of neutron moderationand activation of a single material (ANTILoPE). The three set-ups arepresented. Also the present plans and future perspectives of theactivation station of NEAR are discussed.