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SuN: Summing NaI(Tl) gamma-ray detector for capture reaction measurements

Creators

  • 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)
  • 2. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics and The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 (United States)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423 (United States)
  • 6. Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)

Description

High demand for nuclear reaction cross-section measurements relevant for astrophysical processes requires the development of new experimental techniques that allow for investigation of, often very low, cross-sections. For this purpose, a new 4πSumming NaI(Tl) detector (SuN) has been constructed, which is an 8-fold segmented NaI(Tl) barrel read by 24 photomultipliers. The design of the detector will be presented and detailed results of the commissioning experiments utilizing standard calibration sources and known 27Al(p,γ)28Si resonances will be discussed

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.045

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.045;
PII
S0168-9002(12)01382-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
703
Journal Page Range
p. 16-21
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45047543
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM 27 TARGET; CALIBRATION STANDARDS; CAPTURE; CROSS SECTIONS; DESIGN; FOUR-PI COUNTING; FOUR-PI DETECTORS; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; NAI DETECTORS; PROTON REACTIONS; RESONANCE; SILICON 28
Descriptors DEC
BARYON REACTIONS; CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HADRON REACTIONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON ISOTOPES; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPES; STANDARDS; TARGETS

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