Particle identification in a wide dynamic range based on pulse-shape analysis with solid-state detectors

Heavy ions detected in a planar silicon detector were identified by exploiting a recently proposed combination of the pulse-shape and the time-of-flight techniques. We were able to resolve charge numbers up to Z=16 within a wide dynamic range of ∼1 : 5, and to identify even isotopes for the elements up to magnesium. The simple scheme of signal processing is based on conventional electronics and cheap enough to be exploited in large multidetector arrays. ((orig.))