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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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- 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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- Ideguchi, E., et al.
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Position sensitivity of a segmented planar Ge detector
- 2003
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. - : Elsevier. - 0168-9002 .- 1872-9576. ; 496:03-feb, s. 373-384
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A method to extract depth of interaction information for gamma-rays in a segmented planar Ge detector is presented. The method is demonstrated on signals from a segmented detector which were stored by a digital oscilloscope event by event and analysed off-line. Event samples were acquired for different interaction points in the detector. A Compton scatter coincidence detection technique ensured that the event samples were highly enriched in single-interaction events. By analysing pulse shapes and the relative timing between anode pulses and the pulses from the irradiated cathode segment, a position sensitivity of 1-2 mm in the depth direction was deduced. A similar transverse position sensitivity was inferred by studying image charge pulses on neighbouring segments.
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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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Isospectral superdeformed bands in the N=46 nuclei Mo-88 and Tc-89
- 2004
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Ingår i: European Physical Journal A. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-6001 .- 1434-601X. ; 21:3, s. 375-381
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Superdeformed bands in Mo-88 and Tc-89 were populated Using Ca-40-induced fusion-evaporation reactions on Ni-58 at a beam energy of 185 MeV. Gamma-rays emitted in the reactions were detected using the Gammasphere spectrometer, in coincidence with charged particles detected by the Microball array. A new superdeformed band was assigned to the nucleus Mo-88, leading to a revisit of earlier configuration assignments for superdeformed structures in this nucleus. In particular, the theoretical interpretation of a pair of identical (isospectral) superdeformed bands in Mo-88/Tc-89 is discussed. The configurations that are assigned to the four SD bands belonging to Mo-88 have properties that are predicted to be significantly affected by pair correlations.
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- Milechina, Larissa, et al.
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Performance considerations for gamma-ray tracking detectors
- 2004
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0168-9002 .- 1872-9576. ; 525:02-jan, s. 208-212
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The newly developed Ge detector segmentation technology together with state-of-the-art digital signal processing allow to define the locations of gamma-ray interaction points as well as the deposited energies in these points. Using this information, it is possible to reconstruct the paths of gamma-rays that are fully absorbed by a Ge detector array. The sum of the deposited energies of the interaction points along a track gives the initial energy of the gamma-ray, whereas the kinematics of the scattering process provides information about its initial direction. At present a few gamma-ray tracking algorithms are under development. In this work, reconstruction results obtained with the backtracking algorithm are presented. The effect of an energy dependence of the position uncertainty on the reconstruction results is shown. An attempt to recover single photointeraction events is also presented. The influence of the atomic-electron momentum on the reconstruction performance in the backtracking and clusterisation algorithms is furthermore discussed.
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- Sohler, Dola, et al.
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First identification of excited states in the T-z=1/2 nucleus Pd-93
- 2004
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Ingår i: European Physical Journal A. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-6001 .- 1434-601X. ; 19:2, s. 169-172
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The first experimental information about excited states in the N=Z+1 nucleus Pd-93 is presented. The experiment was performed using a 205 MeV Ni-58 beam from the Vivitron accelerator at IReS, Strasbourg, impinging on a bismuth-backed Ca-40 target. Gamma-rays, neutrons and charged particles emitted in the reactions were detected using the Ge detector array Euroball, the Neutron Wall liquid-scintillator array and the Euclides Si charged-particle detector system. The experimental level scheme is compared with the results of new shell model calculations which predict a coupling scheme with aligned neutron-proton pairs to greatly influence the level structure of Napproximate toZ nuclei at low excitation energies.
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