Modern African nuclear detector laboratory: Development of state-of-the-art in-house detector facility at the University of the Western Cape

K. Kapoor; J. N. Orce; K. Abrahams; E. Akakpo; Z. Bester; D. G. Jenkins; K. L. Jordaan; M. Y. Jones; M. A. Kamedien; R. Lindsay; B. Lomberg; S. Masango; C. Ngwetsheni; S. S. Ntshangase; N. Radebe; S. Triambak; J. J. Van Zyl

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Modern African nuclear detector laboratory: Development of state-of-the-art in-house detector facility at the University of the Western Cape

K. Kapoor^*, J. N. Orce, K. Abrahams, E. Akakpo, Z. Bester, D. G. Jenkins, K. L. Jordaan, M. Y. Jones, M. A. Kamedien, R. Lindsay, B. Lomberg, S. Masango, C. Ngwetsheni, S. S. Ntshangase, N. Radebe, S. Triambak, J. J. Van Zyl

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The upcoming detector facility aims at developing new state-of-the-art particle detectors as well as providing hands-on training to postgraduate students using both analog and digital signal processing from nuclear radiation detectors. The project is two-fold and aims at developing: 1) ancillary detectors to be coupled with the new GAMKA array at iThemba LABS. Of particular interest to our group is the determination of nuclear shapes, which depend on the hyperfine splitting of magnetic substates; 2) PET scanners for cancer imaging using a cheaper technology. Performance of NaI(Tl) inorganic scintillator detectors has been evaluated using PIXIE-16 modules from XIA digital electronics. Gamma-ray energy spectra were acquired from ⁶⁰Co and ¹³⁷Cs radioactive sources to calculate the detector resolution as well as to optimize the digital parameters. The present study focuses on improving and optimizing the slow and fast filter parameters for NaI(Tl) detectors which can eventually be used in the list mode of data aquisition.

Original language	English
Article number	64
Journal	Hyperfine Interactions
Volume	240
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-019-1607-6
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 12 Jun 2019

Keywords

Digital signal processing
NaI(Tl)
Novel particle detectors
PIXIE16

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Kapoor, K., Orce, J. N., Abrahams, K., Akakpo, E., Bester, Z., Jenkins, D. G., Jordaan, K. L., Jones, M. Y., Kamedien, M. A., Lindsay, R., Lomberg, B., Masango, S., Ngwetsheni, C., Ntshangase, S. S., Radebe, N., Triambak, S., & Van Zyl, J. J. (2019). Modern African nuclear detector laboratory: Development of state-of-the-art in-house detector facility at the University of the Western Cape. Hyperfine Interactions, 240(1), Article 64. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-019-1607-6

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