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Schreeck, H.; Paschen, B.; Wieduwilt, P.; Ahlburg, P.; Andricek, L.; Dingfelder, J.; Frey, A.; Lutticke, F.; Marinas, C.; Richter, R.; Schwenker, B. |
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Effects of gamma irradiation on DEPFET pixel sensors for the Belle II experiment |
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2020 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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959 |
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163522 - 9pp |
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DEPFET; Radiation damage; Particle tracking detectors; Belle II |
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For the Belle II experiment at KEK (Tsukuba, Japan) the KEKB accelerator was upgraded to deliver a 40 times larger instantaneous luminosity than before, which requires an increased radiation hardness of the detector components. As the innermost part of the Belle II detector, the pixel detector (PXD), based on DEPFET (DEpleted P-channel Field Effect Transistor) technology, is most exposed to radiation from the accelerator. An irradiation campaign was performed to verify that the PXD can cope with the expected amount of radiation. We present the results of this measurement campaign in which an X-ray machine was used to irradiate a single PXD half-ladder to a total dose of 266 kGy. The half-ladder is from the same batch as the half-ladders used for Belle II. According to simulations, the total accumulated dose corresponds to 7-10 years of Belle II operation. While individual components have been irradiated before, this campaign is the first full system irradiation. We discuss the effects on the DEPFET sensors, as well as the performance of the front-end electronics. In addition, we present efficiency studies of the half-ladder from beam tests performed before and after the irradiation. |
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[Schreeck, Harrison; Wieduwilt, Philipp; Frey, Ariane; Schwenker, Benjamin] Georg August Univ Gottingen, Phys Inst 2, Friedrich Hund Pl 1, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany, Email: harrison.schreeck@phys.uni-goettingen.de |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Ljungvall, J.; Perez-Vidal, R.M.; Lopez-Martens, A.; Michelagnoli, C.; Clement, E.; Dudouet, J.; Gadea, A.; Hess, H.; Korichi, A.; Labiche, M.; Lalovic, N.; Li, H.J.; Recchia, F. |
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Performance of the Advanced GAmma Tracking Array at GANIL |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2020 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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955 |
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163297 - 13pp |
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AGATA spectrometer; GANIL facility; gamma-ray tracking; Nuclear structure; HPGe detectors |
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The performance of the Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) at GANIL is discussed, on the basis of the analysis of source and in-beam data taken with up to 30 segmented crystals. Data processing is described in detail. The performance of individual detectors are shown. The efficiency of the individual detectors as well as the efficiency after gamma-ray tracking are discussed. Recent developments of gamma-ray tracking are also presented. The experimentally achieved peak-to-total is compared with simulations showing the impact of back-scattered gamma rays on the peak-to-total in a gamma-ray tracking array. An estimate of the achieved position resolution using the Doppler broadening of in-beam data is also given. Angular correlations from source measurements are shown together with different methods to take into account the effects of gamma-ray tracking on the normalization of the angular correlations. |
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[Ljungvall, J.; Lopez-Martens, A.; Dudouet, J.; Korichi, A.] Univ Paris Saclay, Univ Paris Sud, CNRS IN2P3, CSNSM, F-91405 Orsay, France, Email: joa.ljungvall@csnsm.in2p3.fr |
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WOS:000508940400029 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Capra, S.; Mengoni, D.; Dueñas, J.A.; John, P.R.; Gadea, A.; Aliaga, R.J.; Dormard, J.J.; Assie, M.; Pullia, A. |
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Performance of the new integrated front-end electronics of the TRACE array commissioned with an early silicon detector prototype |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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935 |
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178-184 |
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ASIC; Charge-sensitive preamplifier; Low-noise applications; Particle spectrometry; Dead time; Silicon detector |
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The spectroscopic performances of the new integrated ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) preamplifiers for highly segmented silicon detectors have been evaluated with an early silicon detector prototype of the TRacking Array for light Charged Ejectiles (TRACE). The ASICS were mounted on a custom-designed PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and the detector plugged on it. Energy resolution tests, performed on the same detector before and after irradiation, yielded a resolution of 21 keV and 33 keV FWHM respectively. The output signals were acquired with an array of commercial 100-MHz 14-bit digitizers. The preamplifier chip is equipped with an innovative Fast-Reset device that has two functions: it reduces dramatically the dead time of the preamplifier in case of saturation (from milliseconds to microseconds) and extends the spectroscopic dynamic range of the preamplifier by more than one order of magnitude. Other key points of the device are the low noise and the wide bandwidth. |
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[Capra, S.; Pullia, A.] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, Via Celoria 16, IT-20133 Milan, Italy, Email: stefano.capra@unimi.it |
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WOS:000470063800026 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4042 |
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Valiente-Dobon, J.J. et al; Egea, J.; Huyuk, T.; Gadea, A.; Aliaga, R.; Jurado-Gomez, M.L.; Perez-Vidal, R.M. |
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NEDA-NEutron Detector Array |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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927 |
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81-86 |
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NEDA; Nuclear structure; Gamma-ray spectroscopy; Neutron detector; Liquid scintillator; Digital electronics; Neutron-gamma discrimination |
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The NEutron Detector Array, NEDA, will form the next generation neutron detection system that has been designed to be operated in conjunction with gamma-ray arrays, such as the tracking-array AGATA, to aid nuclear spectroscopy studies. NEDA has been designed to be a versatile device, with high-detection efficiency, excellent neutron-gamma discrimination, and high rate capabilities. It will be employed in physics campaigns in order to maximise the scientific output, making use of the different stable and radioactive ion beams available in Europe. The first implementation of the neutron detector array NEDA with AGATA 1 pi was realised at GANIL. This manuscript reviews the various aspects of NEDA. |
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[Valiente-Dobon, J. J.; Jaworski, G.; Goasduff, A.; Egea, J.; Modamio, V; de Angelis, G.; Bissiato, E.; Carturan, S.; Cocconi, P.; Conventi, D.; Deltoro, J. M.; Hadynska-Klekn, K.; Illan, A.; Raggio, A.; Siciliano, M.; Zanon, I] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy, Email: valiente@lnl.infn.it |
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WOS:000462142700010 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3956 |
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Soderstrom, P.A. et al; Agramunt, J.; Egea, J.; Gadea, A.; Huyuk, T. |
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Neutron detection and gamma-ray suppression using artificial neural networks with the liquid scintillators BC-501A and BC-537 |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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916 |
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238-245 |
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BC-501A; BC-537; Digital pulse-shape discrimination; Fast-neutron detection; Liquid scintillator; Neural networks |
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In this work we present a comparison between the two liquid scintillators BC-501A and BC-537 in terms of their performance regarding the pulse-shape discrimination between neutrons and gamma rays. Special emphasis is put on the application of artificial neural networks. The results show a systematically higher gamma-ray rejection ratio for BC-501A compared to BC-537 applying the commonly used charge comparison method. Using the artificial neural network approach the discrimination quality was improved to more than 95% rejection efficiency of gamma rays over the energy range 150 to 1000 keV for both BC-501A and BC-537. However, due to the larger light output of BC-501A compared to BC-537, neutrons could be identified in BC-501A using artificial neural networks down to a recoil proton energy of 800 keV compared to a recoil deuteron energy of 1200 keV for BC-537. We conclude that using artificial neural networks it is possible to obtain the same gamma-ray rejection quality from both BC-501A and BC-537 for neutrons above a low-energy threshold. This threshold is, however, lower for BC-501A, which is important for nuclear structure spectroscopy experiments of rare reaction channels where low-energy interactions dominates. |
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[Soderstrom, P-A] ELI NP, Bucharest 077125, Romania, Email: par.anders@eli-np.ro |
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WOS:000455016800033 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Llosa, G. |
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SiPM-based Compton cameras |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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926 |
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148-152 |
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Compton camera; Silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) |
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Compton cameras have been developed for almost fifty years in various fields (astronomy, medical imaging, safety and industrial inspections, etc.), employing different types of detectors. Their potential use has gained renewed interest with the emergence of high light yield scintillator crystals and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). This combination provides good performance and operation simplicity at an affordable cost, raising again the interest in this type of systems. SiPM-based Compton cameras are being assessed for diverse applications with promising results. |
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[Llosa, G.] UVEG, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, C Catedrat Beltran 2, E-46980 Valencia, Spain, Email: llosa@ific.uv.es |
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WOS:000461775500011 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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NEXT Collaboration (Trindade, A.M.F. et al); Alvarez, V.; Benlloch-Rodriguez, J.M.; Botas, A.; Carcel, S.; Carrion, J.V.; Diaz, J.; Felkai, R.; Ferrario, P.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J.; Laing, A.; Liubarsky, I; Lopez-March, N.; Martinez, A.; Muñoz Vidal, J.; Musti, M.; Nebot-Guinot, M.; Novella, P.; Palmeiro, B.; Perez, J.; Querol, M.; Renner, J.; Rodriguez, J.; Simon, A.; Sorel, M.; Torrent, J.; Yahlali, N. |
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Study of the loss of xenon scintillation in xenon-trimethylamine mixtures |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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905 |
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22-28 |
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Gaseous radiation detectors; Noble gas mixtures; Molecular additives; VUV absorption |
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This work investigates the capability of TMA ((CH3)(3)N) molecules to shift the wavelength of Xe VUV emission (160-188 nm) to a longer, more manageable, wavelength (260-350 nm). Light emitted from a Xe lamp was passed through a gas chamber filled with Xe-TMA mixtures at 800 Torr and detected with a photomultiplier tube. Using bandpass filters in the proper transmission ranges, no reemitted light was observed experimentally. Considering the detection limit of the experimental system, if reemission by TMA molecules occurs, it is below 0.3% of the scintillation absorbed in the 160-188 nm range. An absorption coefficient value for xenon VUV light by TMA of 0.43 +/- 0.03 cm(-1) Torr(-1) was also obtained. These results can be especially important for experiments considering TMA as a molecular additive to Xe in large volume optical time projection chambers. |
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[Trindade, A. M. F.; Escada, J.; Cortez, A. F., V; Borges, F. I. G. M.; Santos, F. P.; Conde, C. A. N.] LIP Lab Instrumentacao & Fis Expt Particulas, Coimbra, Portugal, Email: Kalexandre.trindade@coimbra.lip.pt |
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WOS:000444425700003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Luo, X.L. et al; Agramunt, J.; Egea, F.J.; Gadea, A.; Huyuk, T. |
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Pulse pile-up identification and reconstruction for liquid scintillator based neutron detectors |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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897 |
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59-65 |
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Pile-up; Digital; First-order derivative; Neutron-gamma discrimination; Liquid scintillator |
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The issue of pulse pile-up is frequently encountered in nuclear experiments involving high counting rates, which will distort the pulse shapes and the energy spectra. A digital method of off-line processing of pile-up pulses is presented. The pile-up pulses were firstly identified by detecting the downward-going zero-crossings in the first-order derivative of the original signal, and then the constituent pulses were reconstructed based on comparing the pile-up pulse with four models that are generated by combining pairs of neutron and.. standard pulses together with a controllable time interval. The accuracy of this method in resolving the pile-up events was investigated as a function of the time interval between two pulses constituting a pile-up event. The obtained results show that the method is capable of disentangling two pulses with a time interval among them down to 20 ns, as well as classifying them as neutrons or gamma rays. Furthermore, the error of reconstructing pile-up pulses could be kept below 6% when successive peaks were separated by more than 50 ns. By applying the method in a high counting rate of pile-up events measurement of the NEutron Detector Array (NEDA), it was empirically found that this method can reconstruct the pile-up pulses and perform neutron-gamma discrimination quite accurately. It can also significantly correct the distorted pulse height spectrum due to pile-up events. |
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[Luo, X. L.] Acad Mil Med Sci, Natl Innovat Inst Def Technol, Beijing 100010, Peoples R China, Email: delongtmac@163.com |
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WOS:000433206800010 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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n_TOF Collaboration (Praena, J. et al); Domingo-Pardo, C.; Giubrone, G.; Tain, J.L.; Tarifeño-Saldivia, A. |
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Preparation and characterization of S-33 samples for S-33(n,alpha)Si-30 cross-section measurements at the n_TOF facility at CERN |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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890 |
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142-147 |
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Neutron induced alpha emission; Thermal evaporation; Rutherford backscattering |
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Thin S-33 samples for the study of the S-33(n,alpha)Si-30 cross-section at the n_TOF facility at CERN were made by thermal evaporation of S-33 powder onto a dedicated substrate made of kapton covered with thin layers of copper, chromium and titanium. This method has provided for the first time bare sulfur samples a few centimeters in diameter. The samples have shown an excellent adherence with no mass loss after few years and no sublimation in vacuum at room temperature. The determination of the mass thickness of S-33 has been performed by means of Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. The samples have been successfully tested under neutron irradiation. |
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[Praena, J.; Porras, I.] Univ Granada, Granada, Spain, Email: jpraena@ugr.es |
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WOS:000427814900020 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Korichi, A.; Lauritsen, T.; Wilson, A.N.; Dudouet, J.; Clement, E.; Lalovic, N.; Perez-Vidal, R.M.; Pietri, S.; Ralet, D.; Stezowski, O. |
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Performance of a gamma-ray tracking array: Characterizing the AGATA array using a Co-60 source |
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Journal Article |
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2017 |
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A |
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Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A |
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872 |
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80-86 |
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Segmented germanium detectors; Efficiency measurements; gamma-ray tracking; AGATA; gamma-ray spectroscopy; Nuclear structure |
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The AGATA (Advanced GAmma Tracking Array) tracking detector is being designed to far surpass the performance of the previous generation, Compton-suppressed arrays. In this paper, a characterization of AGATA is provided based on data from the second GSI campaign. Emphasis is placed on the proper corrections required to extract the absolute photopeak efficiency and peak-to-total ratio. The performance after tracking is extracted and GEANT4 simulations are used both to understand the results and to scale the measurements up to predicted values for the full 4 pi implementation of the device. |
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[Korichi, A.] CNRS, IN2P3, CSNSM, Bat 104-108,Orsay Campus, F-91405 Orsay, France, Email: Amel.Korichi@csnsm.in2p3.fr |
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WOS:000411755300009 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3311 |
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