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HEAVY-IONS DETECTION BY USING BAF2 CRYSTALS COUPLED TO THIN PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR

Authors :
A. Foti
C. Volant
R. Barth
E. C. Pollacco
B. Berthier
G. Lanzano
E. De Filippo
V. Lips
A. Cunsolo
C. Mazur
S. Harar
R. Legrain
Angelo Pagano
Y. Cassagnou
R. Dayras
S. Urso
Sl. Cavallaro
J.L. Charvet
E. Berthoumieux
E. Norbeck
Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA)
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL)
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1992, 323, pp.694-696. ⟨10.1016/0168-9002(92)90016-W⟩
Publication Year :
1992

Abstract

By coupling a thin fast NE102A plastic scintillator to a BaF2 crystal, we have been able to detect and identify simultaneously light charged particles and heavy ions from Z = 1 to Z = 18. Time-of-flight information is used to separate Z = 1 isotopes and to distinguish fission fragments from other reaction products.

Details

ISSN :
01689002 and 18729576
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1992, 323, pp.694-696. ⟨10.1016/0168-9002(92)90016-W⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8f2219128429d9aabc35ab328a1f3038
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(92)90016-W⟩