Published September 11, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Scintillating fiber detectors for the HypHI project at GSI

  • 1. Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
  • 2. GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Nigde University, 51100 Nigde (Turkey)
  • 4. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz, J.J.Becherweg 45, 55099 Mainz (Germany)
  • 5. KVI, Zernikelaan 25, NL-9747 AA Groningen (Netherlands)
  • 6. Universite Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex (France)
  • 7. Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, 10-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047 (Japan)

Description

The construction and properties of three sets of two-dimensional scintillating fiber detector arrays for tracking of charged particles used in the HypHI Phase 0 experiment at GSI will be reported in this paper. The position resolutions and the detection efficiency of detectors have been obtained for each layer of detectors by using 6Li primary beams and particles with Z=1 produced by fragment reactions of 136Xe projectiles on the hydrogen target. Besides, the response of energy deposition of charged particles in the first detector set placed right behind the target has been studied by using light projectile fragments with Z=1, 2 and 3 produced by 58Ni and 12C beams. Extracted resolutions for energy deposition and position as well as the detection efficiency fulfill the requirements of the HypHI Phase 0 experiment.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.06.068

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2009.06.068;
PII
S0168-9002(09)01335-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
608
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 287-290
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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