The use of EXOGAM for in-beam spectroscopy of proton drip-line nuclei with radioactive ion beams

Marina Petri, E. S. Paul, P. J. Nolan, A. J. Boston, H. C. Boston, R. J. Cooper, M. R. Dimmock, S. Gros, B. M. McGuirk, G. Turk, D. Guinet, Ph. Lautesse, M. Meyer, N. Redon, B. Rosse, Ch. Schmitt, O. Stezowski, S. Bhattacharyya, G. De France, G. MukherjeeF. Rejmund, H. Savajols, J. N. Scheurer, J. Gal, J. Molnar, B. M. Nyako, J. Timar, L. Zolnai, K. Juhasz, A. Astier, I. Deloncle, M. G. Porquet, A. Prevost, V. F. E. Pucknell, R. Wadsworth, P. Joshi, G. La Rana, R. Moro, M. Trotta, E. Vardaci, G. Hackman, G. C. Ball

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Abstract

One of the first fusion-evaporation experiments using radioactive ion beams was performed at GANIL in order to study proton-rich nuclei of the light rare-earth region. The low production cross-section of the exotic species of interest, in combination with the low intensity of the beam and its induced background, demanded the use of a highly efficient experimental setup. This consisted of the EXOGAM gamma-ray spectrometer coupled for the first time with both the DIAMANT charged-particle array and the VAMOS recoil spectrometer. in this report the experimental challenges of such studies will be discussed and the experimental achievements of the in-beam spectroscopy of proton drip-line nuclei using EXOGAM will be presented. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)412-420
Number of pages9
JournalNuclear instruments & methods in physics research section a-Accelerators spectrometers detectors and associated equipment
Volume607
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Aug 2009

Keywords

  • EXOGAM array of HPGe detectors
  • DIAMANT array of CsI charged-particle detectors
  • Radioactive ion beam
  • Linear polarisation
  • Segmented Clover germanium detector
  • GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
  • COMPTON POLARIMETER
  • SEGMENTED CLOVER
  • SPIRAL BEAMS
  • DETECTOR
  • SPECTROMETER
  • CALIBRATION
  • REGION
  • VAMOS
  • ARRAY

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