A multitarget solid state device studying relativistic heavy ion fragments

Abstract

A multilayer solid state device which is both an active target and tracking detector is proposed for an electronic experiment investigating the so-called anomalons and studying their production mechanism, interaction cross-section and lifetime. The experimental method is based on triggering the reinteractions in two targets of heavy fragments, originated in a production target by a relativistic ion beam. This method greatly increases the sensitivity to the anomalon's effect when compared to other proposed electronic experiments. Solid state devices seem to provide a resolving technique for the study of these short-lived states among high-multiplicity final systems.