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First beams at neutrons for science

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The neutrons for science facility (NFS), the first operational experimental area of the new GANIL/SPIRAL-2 facility, received its first beams in December 2019. Proton-induced reaction cross-sections as well as neutron beam characteristics were measured during the first commissioning phases. The first results, showing the features of the facility, are presented here and compared with previously published data. The physics cases and the first accepted experiments are presented as well.

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This manuscript has associated data in a data repository. [Authors comment: The data will be deposited on the Experimental Nuclear Reaction Data base EXFOR.]

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We warmly thank the engineers and technicians of GANIL and partner laboratories for their valuable contribution to this work. This work was supported by MEYS Czech Republic under the projects SPIRAL2-CZ – OP (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001679) and SPIRAL2-CZ (LM2018115). This work was partially supported by the Seventh Framework Programme through CHANDA (EURATOM contact no. FP7-Fission-2013-605203).

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  1. Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, B.P. 55027, 14076, Caen, France

    X. Ledoux, J. C. Foy, J. E. Ducret, A. M. Frelin, D. Ramos, L. Caceres, B. Jacquot, A. Lemasson, J. Pancin, J. Piot & C. Stodel

  2. Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 68, Řež, Czech Republic

    J. Mrazek, E. Simeckova, R. Behal & V. Glagolev

  3. IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    M. Vandebrouck

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Ledoux, X., Foy, J.C., Ducret, J.E. et al. First beams at neutrons for science. Eur. Phys. J. A 57, 257 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00565-x

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