A large-solid-angle high-resolution recoil mass spectrometer optimized for use with Gammasphere

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(90)91367-K

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

Volume 297, Issues 1–2, 15 November 1990, Pages 199-212

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Abstract

A large-solid-angle, high-resolution, recoil mass spectrometer has been designed for use with heavy ion beams from the Holifield heavy-ion facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The design has been coordinated with the Gammasphere detector project such that the spectrometer will operate with this 110-element germanium detector array at its target or focal-plane positions with minimum loss of gamma-ray solid angle. The spectrometer has been designed with the specific intention of using inverse kinematic reactions, and the special problems that this entails and their solutions are discussed. The use of inverse kinematics tremendously enhances the capabilities of the spectrometer and selected examples will be discussed.

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A large-solid-angle high-resolution recoil mass spectrometer optimized for use with Gammasphere

Abstract

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.

Argonne National Laboratory Physics Division Report PHY-5364-HI-88