@article{3074685,
    title = "Measurement of the n_TOF beam profile with a micromegas detector",
    author = "Pancin, J. and Abbondanno, U. and Aerts, G. and Alvarez, H. and Andriamonje, S. and Angelopoulos, A. and Assimakopoulos, P. and Bacri, C. and Badurek, G. and Baumann, P. and Bečvář, F. and Beer, H. and Benlliure, J. and Berthier, B. and Berthoumieux, E. and Boffi, S. and Borcea, C. and Boscolo-Marchi, E. and Bustreo, N. and Calvino, F. and Cano-ott, D. and Capote, R. and Carlson, P. and Cennini, P. and Chepel, V. and Chiaveri, E. and Colonna, N. and Cortes, G. and Cortina, D. and Couture, A. and Cox, J. and Dababneh, S. and Dahlfors, M. and David, S. and Delbart, A. and Derre, J. and Dolfini, R. and Domingo, C. and Duran-Escribano, I. and Eleftheriadis, C. and Embid-Segura, M. and Ferrant, L. and Ferrari, A. and Ferreira-Lourenco, L. and Ferreiramarques, R. and Frais-Koelbl, H. and Furman, W. and Giomataris, Y. and Goncalves, I. and Gonzalez-Romero, E. and Goverdovski, A. and Gramegna, F. and Griesmayer, E. and Gunsing, F. and Haight, R. and Heil, M. and Herrera-Martinez, A. and Ioannides, K. and Janeva, N. and Jeanneau, F. and Jericha, E. and Käppeler, F. and Kadi, Y. and Karamanis, D. and Kelic, A. and Ketlerov, V. and Kitis, G. and Koehler, P. and Konovalov, V. and Kossionides, E. and Lacoste, V. and Leeb, H. and Lindote, A. and Lopes, I. and Lozano, M. and Lukic, S. and Markov, S. and Marrone, S. and Martinez-Val, J. and Mastinu, P. and Mengoni, A. and Milazzo, P. and Minguez, E. and Molina-Coballes, A. and Moreau, C. and Neves, F. and Oberhummer, H. and O'brien, S. and Papadopoulos, I. and Papavengelou, T. and Paradela, C. and Pavlik, A. and Pavlopoulos, P. and Perez-Parra, A. and Perlado, J. and Peskov, V. and Perrot, L. and Peskov, V. and Plag, R. and Plompen, A. and Plukis, A. and Poch, A. and Policarpo, A. and Pretel, C. and Quesada, J. and Radici, M. and Raman, S. and Rapp, W. and Reifarth, R. and Rejmund, F. and Rosetti, M. and Rubbia, C. and Rudolf, G. and Rullhusen, P. and Salgado, J. and Savvidis, E. and Stephan, C. and Tagliente, G. and Tain, J. and Tapia, C. and Tassan-Got, L. and Tavora, L. and Terlizzi, R. and Terrani, M. and Tsangas, N. and Vannini, G. and Vaz, P. and Ventura, A. and Villamarin-Fernandez, D. and Vincente-Vincente, M. and Vlachoudis, V. and Vlastou, R. and Voss, F. and Wendler, H. and Wiescher, M. and Wisshak, K. and Zanini, L.",
    journal = "Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment",
    year = "2004",
    volume = "524",
    number = "1-3",
    pages = "102-114",
    doi = "10.1016/j.nima.2004.01.055",
    keywords = "Beam profile;  Micromegas;  Neutron beam profiler;  Spatial distributions, Computer simulation;  Elasticity;  Functions;  Kinetic energy;  Monte Carlo methods;  Neutrons;  Reaction kinetics;  Scattering, Nuclear instrumentation",
    abstract = "A Micromegas detector was used in the neutron Time-Of-Flight (n_TOF) facility at CERN to evaluate the spatial distribution of the neutron beam as a function of its kinetic energy. This was achieved over a large range of neutron energies by using two complementary processes: at low energy by capture of a neutron via the 6Li(n,α)t reaction, and at high energy by elastic scattering of neutrons on gas nuclei (argon+isobutane or helium+isobutane). Data are compared to Monte Carlo simulations and an analytic function fitting the beam profile has been calculated with a sufficient precision to use in neutron capture experiments at the n_TOF facility. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved."
}