Speaker
Description
The GAINS spectrometer operating at the GELINA neutron source (EC-JRC-Geel) is one of the best known setups within the nuclear data community. It provides reliable, high resolution $\gamma$-production cross-section data of importance both for the fundamental nuclear physics research and its many applications. The story of this spectrometer started around 2000 with just 2 large volume HPGe detectors and a Fission Chamber but, during the following years, it extended to 12 detectors allowing our group to perform numerous measurements ($^{52}$Cr, $^{208}$Pb, $^{23}$Na, $^{28}$Si, $^{76}$Ge, $^{56}$Fe, $^{24}$Mg, $^{206}$Pb, $^{46-50}$Ti, $^{7}$Li, $^{57}$Fe, $^{54}$Fe, $^{16}$O, $^{58,60,61,62,64}$Ni, $^{40}$Ca) [1-17]. The extracted data were consistently used, among others, in several evaluations and also for establishing a new inelastic $\gamma$-production reference cross section. This talk presents an overview of the work done within the JRC – IPHC – IFIN-HH collaboration at GELINA (which recently extended to include also ESRIG and University of Helsinki), focusing on the achievements of GAINS. We will not only describe past work but we will also emphasize the future plans: upcoming experiments ($^{14}$N, $^{56}$Fe, $^{35-37}$Cl) and moving to a new digital acquisition system (both hardware and software upgrades) and others.
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