New perspectives for neutron capture measurements in the upgraded CERN-n_TOF Facility

Lerendegui-Marco,; And Casanovas, J.; And Alcayne, A.; And Aberle, V.; And Altieri, O.; And Amaducci, S.; And Andrzejewski, S.; and Babiano-Suarez, J.; And Bacak, V.; And Balibrea, M.; And Beltrami, J.; And Bennett, C.; And Bernardes, S.; And Berthoumieux, A. P.; And Boromiza, E.; And Bosnar, M.; And Caamano, D.; And Calvino, M.; And Calviani, F.; and Cano-Ott, M.; And Cerutti, D.; And Cescutti, F.; And Chasapoglou, G.; And Chiaveri, S.; And Colombetti, E.; And Colonna, P.; And Camprini, N.; Console And Cortes, P.; and Cortes-Giraldo, G.; And Cosentino, M. A.; And Cristallo, L.; And Dellmann, S.; And Di Castro, S.; And Di Maria, M.; And Diakaki, S.; And Dietz, M.; and Domingo-Pardo, M.; And Dressler, C.; And Dupont, R.; And Duran, E.; And Eleme, I.; And Fargier, Z.; And Fernandez, S.; and Fernandez-Dominguez, B.; And Finocchiaro, B.; And Fiore, P.; And Furman, S.; and Garcia-Infantes, V.; and Gawlik-Ramiega, F.; And Gervino, A.; And Gilardoni, G.; and Gonzalez-Romero, S.; And Guerrero, E.; And Gunsing, C.; And Gustavino, F.; And Heyse, C.; And Hillman, J.; And Jenkins, W.; And Jericha, D. G.; And Junghans, E.; And Kadi, A.; And Kaperoni, Y.; And Kaur, K.; And Kimura, G.; And Knapova, A.; And Kokkoris, I.; And Kopatch, M.; And Krticka, Y.; And Kyritsis, M.; And Ladarescu, N.; and Lederer-Woods, I.; And Lerner, C.; And Manna, G.; And Martinez, A.; And Masi, T.; And Massimi, A.; And Mastinu, C.; And Mastromarco, P.; And Maugeri, M.; And Mazzone, E. A.; And Mendoza, A.; And Mengoni, E.; And Michalopoulou, A.; And Milazzo, V.; And Mucciola, P. M.; And Murtas, R.; and Musacchio-Gonzalez, F.; Musumarra, A.; Negret,; And De Rada, A.; Perez and Perez-Maroto, A.; And Patronis, P.; and Pavon-Rodriguez, N.; And Pellegriti, J. A.; And Perkowski, M. G.; And Petrone, J.; And Pirovano, C.; And Plaza, E.; And Pomp, J.; And Porras, S.; And Praena, I.; And Quesada, J.; And Reifarth, J. M.; And Rochman, R.; And Romanets, D.; And Rubbia, Y.; And Sanchez, C.; and Sabate-Gilarte, A.; And Schillebeeckx, M.; And Schumann, P.; And Sekhar, D.; And Smith, A.; And Sosnin, A. G.; And Stamati, N. V.; And Sturniolo, M. E.; And Tagliente, A.; And Tarrio, G.; and Torres-Sanchez, D.; And Urlass, P.; And Vagena, S.; And Valenta, E.; And Variale, S.; And Vaz, V.; And Vecchio, P.; And Vescovi, G.; And Vlachoudis, D.; And Vlastou, V.; And Wallner, R.; And Woods, T.; And Wright, P. J.; And Zarrella, T.; And Zugec, R.; And N Tof Collaboration, P.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202328401028

The n\_TOF facility has just undergone in 2021 a major upgrade with theinstallation of its third generation spallation target that has beendesigned to optimize the performance of the two n\_TOF time-of-flightlines. This contribution describes the key features and limitations forcapture measurements in the two beam lines prior to the target upgradeand presents first results of (n,gamma) measurements carried out as partof the commissioning of the upgraded facility. In particular, the energyresolution, a key factor for both increasing the signal-to backgroundratio and obtaining accurate resonance parameters, has been clearlyimproved for the 20 m long vertical beam-line with the new target designwhile keeping the remarkably high resolution of the long beamlinen\_TOF-EAR1. The improvements in the n\_TOF neutron beam-lines need tobe accompanied by improvements in the instrumentation. A review is givenon recent detector R\&D projects aimed at tackling the existingchallenges and further improving the capabilities of this facility.