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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 412-420 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research section a-Accelerators spectrometers detectors and associated equipment |
Volume | 607 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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