Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period

Status report of the n_TOF facility after the 2nd CERN long shutdown period

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Abstract During the second long shutdown period of the CERN accelerator complex (LS2, 2019-2021), several upgrade activities took place at the n_TOF facility.The most important have been the replacement of the spallation target with a next generation nitrogen-cooled lead target.Additionally, a Console Connect Board new experimental area, at a very short distance from the target assembly (the NEAR Station) was established.

In this paper, the core commissioning actions of the new installations are described.The improvement in the n_TOF infrastructure was accompanied by several detector development projects.All these upgrade actions are discussed, focusing mostly on the future perspectives of the n_TOF facility.

Furthermore, some Koozies indicative current and future measurements are briefly reported.