1. Large-acceptance isotope identification array FAZIA: Status and R&D activities for upgrade.
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Kweon, MinJung
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HEAVY ions , *SILICON isotopes , *DIGITAL signal processing , *SCINTILLATORS , *FERMI energy , *ISOTOPES - Abstract
The FAZIA apparatus is a multi-detector array designed to identify a wide range of charge and mass of reaction products in heavy-ion collisions in the Fermi energy domain. The basic module of FAZIA is the block, consisting of 16 three-layer telescopes. The first two layers are highly homogeneously doped Si detectors with thicknesses of 300 μ m and 500 μ m , respectively, and the third layer is a 10 cm thick CsI(Tl) scintillator read out by a photodiode. The detector signals are extracted in real time based on the digital signal processing implemented on the FPGAs. The recent experiments demonstrated that the charge could be discriminated up to more than Z = 54 using the Δ E-E technique and the pulse shape analysis. In addition, the isotopic discrimination has been achieved up to Z ∼ 25 with the Δ E-E technique and up to Z ∼ 20 with the pulse shape analysis in the silicon layer. Recently, there have been activities for the FAZIA detector upgrade to use thicker and thinner silicon layers for enlarging the kinematic coverage. In addition, R&D is in progress to make the front-end electronics board more compact and versatile. This paper is dedicated to the description of the current status of the FAZIA detector and some highlights of the R&D activities for the upgrade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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