Performance of a phoswich detector array for light particles and heavy ions

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(88)90010-1

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volume 270, Issue 1, 1 July 1988, Pages 69-73

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A phoswich array consisting of 48 ΔE - E elements with sufficient granularity (ΔΘ = ± 2.5°) to handle high multiplicity events has been built and used in several experiments. The full angular coverage is a 35° × 35° square cross section of the 4π sphere. Unit charge resolution for Z ≤ 10 and mass resolution for Z = 1 particles has been achieved with a ±5% energy resolution. Experimental details and the performance of the array are presented and discussed.

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^☆: Work supported under DOE contracts DE-AC03-76SF00098 and DE-AM03-76SF000326.

^∗∗: Permanent address: Institut De Fisica, UNAM, México D.F. 01000, México.

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