Compton imaging with AGATA and SmartPET for DESPEC

S. Moon; B. Q. Arnes; A. J. Boston; H. C. Boston; J. R. Cresswell; T. Davinson; A. Gadea; L. J. Harkness; D. S. Judson; I. Lazarus; P. J. Nolan; R. D. Page; A. H. Prieto; J. Simpson

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12048

Compton imaging with AGATA and SmartPET for DESPEC

S. Moon^*, B. Q. Arnes, A. J. Boston, H. C. Boston, J. R. Cresswell, T. Davinson, A. Gadea, L. J. Harkness, D. S. Judson, I. Lazarus, P. J. Nolan, R. D. Page, A. H. Prieto, J. Simpson

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Abstract

DESPEC (DEcay SPECtroscopy) is a spectrometer, currently under construction, which is to be used at the FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) facility at GSI Darmstadt, Germany, as part of the NuSTAR (Nuclear STructure, Astrophysics and Reactions) project. Its goal is to analyse the decay of exotic nuclei produced via the Super-FRS (SUPERconducting FRagment Separator). The optimal configuration of certain elements of the spectrometer, namely a HPGe (High Purity Germanium) tracking array, is still under consideration. Work currently being carried out at the University of Liverpool using a segmented, coaxial HPGe detector (AGATA B009) and a pixelated, planar HPGe detector (SmartPET 1) in a Compton camera configuration aims to inform this process by providing insight into the potential performance of such a configuration. This will determine its suitability for the intended purpose, i.e. Compton reconstruction of gamma rays emitted from exotic nuclei implanted into the DESPEC implantation detector, AIDA (Advanced Implantation Detector Array). Preliminary results from this investigation, along with plans for the future direction of this work, are presented.

Original language	English
Article number	12048
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	6
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12048
Publication status	Published - Dec 2011
Event	9th International Conference on Position Sensitive Detectors - Aberystwyth, United Kingdom Duration: 12 Sept 2011 → 16 Sept 2011

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Instrumentation for radioactive beams (fragmentation devices; fragment and isotope, separators incl. ISOL; isobar separators; ion and atom traps; weak-beam diagnostics; radioactive-beam ion sources)
Spectrometers
Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc)
Compton imaging
POSITION SENSITIVITY
PROTOTYPE DETECTORS
PROJECT
PERFORMANCE
EUROBALL
FAIR
HPGE
GSI

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