ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
For Coulomb excitation experiments using a γ-ray detector array, a position-sensitive particle detector system that has a good angular resolution, capability of managing a high-counting rate, robustness for a radiation damage, compactness (under 110 mm φ) and easiness of handling is necessary. For this purpose we developed a new device utilizing plastic and yttrium aluminum perovskite activated by cerium (formula YAlO3:Ce abbreviated YAP Ce) scintillators and a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube. The detector system could operate at a high-counting rate (about 105), and with a good position resolution of 0.5–1.2 mm, which was enough for Doppler correction of the γ rays. It could sustain the radiation damage caused by Coulomb excitation experiments with heavy ions for more than 50 days. The detector chamber was well fitted in the 110 mm φ diameter of the internal space of a compact γ-ray detector array, GEMINI. This was much easier to handle than the position-sensitive gas counter. In Coulomb excitation experiment utilizing this device, the nucleus 74Ge has been Coulomb excited using a Pb target. The transitional E2 matrix elements have been determined and the device has turned out to be useful in Coulomb excitation experiments with heavy-ion beams. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1426226
