@misc{10481/96639,
year = {2024},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/96639},
abstract = {A few years ago, we theoretically studied the production
of a stellar neutron spectrum at kT   30 keV using
a shaped proton beam impinging on a thick lithium target.
Here, we first measure the proton distribution to better control
the produced neutron spectrum. Then, we measure the
forward-emitted angle-integrated neutron spectrum of the
7Li(p,n)7Be reaction via time-of-flight neutron spectrometry
with such proton distribution. The result resembles a stellar
neutron spectrum at kT   30 keV. This method avoids in
activation experiments the need for spectrum correction. In
the case of spherical samples, no knowledge of the crosssection
of the isotope being measured by activation would
be necessary. Therefore, the present method is of interest
for isotopes with unknown or poorly known cross-sections,
such as branching points in astrophysics. The key point of our
method is the experimental control of the proton distribution
that impinges on the lithium target.},
organization = {Project PID2020.117969RB.I00 funded by
MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033},
organization = {European Commission
within the Seventh Framework Programme through EUFRAT
(EURATOM contract no. FP7-211499)},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
title = {Production and measurement of a stellar neutron spectrum at 30 keV},
doi = {10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01404-5},
author = {Praena Rodríguez, Antonio Javier and Verdera Garau, Antònia and García López, Javier and Martín Hernández, Guido},
}