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- Akkoyun, S., et al.
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AGATA - Advanced GAmma Tracking Array
- 2012
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. - : Elsevier BV. - 0168-9002 .- 0167-5087 .- 1872-9576. ; 668, s. 26-58
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) is a European project to develop and operate the next generation γ-ray spectrometer. AGATA is based on the technique of γ-ray energy tracking in electrically segmented high-purity germanium crystals. This technique requires the accurate determination of the energy, time and position of every interaction as a γ ray deposits its energy within the detector volume. Reconstruction of the full interaction path results in a detector with very high efficiency and excellent spectral response. The realisation of γ-ray tracking and AGATA is a result of many technical advances. These include the development of encapsulated highly segmented germanium detectors assembled in a triple cluster detector cryostat, an electronics system with fast digital sampling and a data acquisition system to process the data at a high rate. The full characterisation of the crystals was measured and compared with detector- response simulations. This enabled pulse-shape analysis algorithms, to extract energy, time and position, to be employed. In addition, tracking algorithms for event reconstruction were developed. The first phase of AGATA is now complete and operational in its first physics campaign. In the future AGATA will be moved between laboratories in Europe and operated in a series of campaigns to take advantage of the different beams and facilities available to maximise its science output. The paper reviews all the achievements made in the AGATA project including all the necessary infrastructure to operate and support the spectrometer. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Podolyak, Z., et al.
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gamma-ray spectroscopy with a He-8 beam
- 2003
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0168-9002 .- 1872-9576. ; 511:3, s. 354-359
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The He-8 + Pb-208 reaction was studied in the first experiment with the EXOGAM germanium detector array using beam delivered by the SPIRAL facility. gamma-rays from direct and fusion-evaporation reactions were observed with high resolution. gamma-gamma coincidence data were obtained at a beam intensity level of 105 8He particles per second. Specially designed absorbers and beam detectors could further reduce the background radiation by orders of magnitude.
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- Podolyak, Zs., P.M.Walker, H.Mach, G.de France, G.Sletten, F.Azaiez, J.M.Casandjian, B.Cederwall, D.M.Cullen, Zs.Dombradi, G.D.Dracoulis, L.M.Fraile, S.Franchoo, H.Fynbo, M.Gorska, Y.Kopatch, G.J.Lane, S.Mandal, L.Milechina, J.Molnar, C.O'Leary, W.Plocien
(författare)
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g-ray spectroscopy with a 8He beam
- 2003
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Ingår i: Nucl.Instrum.Methods Phys.Res. A. ; 511, s. 354-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)
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- Gadea, A., et al.
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Observation of Ni-54 : Cross-conjugate symmetry in f(7/2) mirror energy differences
- 2006
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Ingår i: Physical Review Letters. - 0031-9007 .- 1079-7114. ; 97:15, s. 152501-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Gamma decays from excited states up to J(pi)=6(+) in the N=Z-2 nucleus Ni-54 have been identified for the first time. Level energies are compared with those of the isobars Co-54 and Fe-54 and of the cross-conjugate nuclei of mass A=42. The good but puzzling f(7/2) cross-conjugate symmetry in mirror and triplet energy differences is analyzed. Shell model calculations reproduce the new data but the necessary nuclear charge-dependent phenomenology is not fully explained by modern nucleon-nucleon potentials.
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- Lagergren, K, et al.
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Evidence for excited states in Ag-95
- 2002
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Ingår i: European Physical Journal A. - : Springer. - 1434-6001 .- 1434-601X. ; 14:4, s. 393-396
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The first evidence for excited states in Ag-95 is presented. Ag-95 is the heaviest T-z = 1/2 nucleus for which gamma-rays have been identified. The reaction Ca-40(Ni-58, 1p2n)Ag-95 was used in the experiment, which resulted in the assignment of three gamma-rays to Ag-95. A detector system consisting of the detector arrays Euroball, Neutron Wall and Euclides was used to detect gamma-rays, neutrons and charged particles, respectively.
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- Lagergren, Karin, et al.
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Shape evolution in the superdeformed A approximate to 80-90 mass region
- 2003
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Ingår i: Physical Review C. Nuclear Physics. - 0556-2813 .- 1089-490X. ; 68:6, s. 643091-643095
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Superdeformed bands in Mo-88, Tc-89, and Tc-91 were populated using a Ca-40 beam with an energy of 185 MeV, impinging on a backed Ni-58 target. gamma rays and charged particles emitted in the reactions were detected using the Gammasphere Ge detector array and the CsI(TI) array Microball. Average transition quadrupole moments Q(t) with significantly improved accuracy compared to earlier work, were deduced for the bands using the residual doppler shift technique. The experimental results were included into a systematic study of the Q(t) values throughout the superdeformed mass 80-90 region. The superdeformed shell gaps are predicted to move towards larger deformations with increasing Z and N in this mass region. This trend is confirmed by the experimental Q(t) values.
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- Milechina, L., et al.
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3D position sensitivity of a highly segmented Ge detector
- 2005
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0168-9002 .- 1872-9576. ; 550:02-jan, s. 278-291
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The 3D position resolution of a planar HPGe detector with a 25-fold segmented cathode contact has been studied. The measurements were performed with a collimated Cs-137 gamma-ray pencil beam and a coincidence scattering technique that selects single interaction events at well-defined irradiation points. The gamma rays scattered at 90 degrees, depositing 374 keV energy in the detector, were registered and the pulse shapes from the irradiated segment and three neighboring segments were analyzed. The resulting average 3D position sensitivity for single gamma-ray interactions is estimated at 0.4 mm.
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- Milechina, L., et al.
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Improvements in gamma-ray reconstruction with positive sensitive Ge detectors using the backtracking method
- 2003
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0168-9002 .- 1872-9576. ; 508:3, s. 394-403
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Gamma-ray tracking, a new detection technique for nuclear spectroscopy, requires efficient algorithms for reconstructing the interaction paths of multiple gamma rays in a detector volume. In the present work, we discuss the effect of the atomic electron momentum distribution in Ge as well as employment of different types of figure-of-merit within the context of the so called backtracking method.
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