PT Journal
AU Yokoyama, R
   Singh, M
   Grzywacz, R
   Keeler, A
   King, TT
   Agramunt, J
   Brewer, NT
   Go, S
   Heideman, J
   Liu, J
   Nishimura, S
   Parkhurst, P
   Phong, VH
   Rajabali, MM
   Rasco, BC
   Rykaczewski, KP
   Stracener, DW
   Tain, JL
   Tolosa-Delgado, A
   Vaigneur, K
   Wolinska-Cichocka, M
TI Segmented YSO scintillation detectors as a new beta-implant detection tool for decay spectroscopy in fragmentation facilities
SO Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
JI Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
PY 2019
BP 93
EP 97
VL 937
DI 10.1016/j.nima.2019.05.026
LA English
DE Beta-decay; Implant-beta detector; Radioactive isotopes; Fragmentation
AB A newly developed segmented YSO scintillator detector was implemented for the first time at the RI-beam Factory at RIKEN Nishina Center as an implantation-decay counter. The results from the experiment demonstrate that the detector is a viable alternative to conventional silicon-strip detectors with its good timing resolution and high detection efficiency for beta particles. A Position-Sensitive Photo-Multiplier Tube (PSPMT) is coupled with a 48 x 48 segmented YSO crystal. To demonstrate its capabilities, a known short-lived isomer in Ni-76 and the beta decay of Co-74 were measured by implanting those ions into the YSO detector. The half-lives and gamma-rays observed in this work are consistent with the known values. The beta-ray detection efficiency is more than 80 % for the decay of Co-74.
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