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A heavy-ion identification system for the detection of rare events
Th. WilpertRachel ChechikM. OverbeckM. BrüggerAmos BreskinZ. FraenkelGünter HerrmannS. PolikanovK. LützenkirchenNorbert Trautmannsubject
PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsScatteringProjectileNuclear TheoryIonNuclear physicsmedicine.anatomical_structureIonizationRare eventsmedicineParticleAtomic physicsNuclear ExperimentNucleonInstrumentationNucleusdescription
Abstract A large area detection system is described which consists of twelve low-pressure multi-wire proportional counters and is used in the search for exotic super-massive nuclei. The experiments are based on Rutherford backscattering of heavy ions, preferably 208Pb or 238U, from various target samples. The measured parameters of a detected particle are its time-of-flight, scattering angle, and specific ionization. From this information the mass of the target nucleus can be inferred. The present experimental sensitivity for the detection of exotic nuclei with at least twice the mass of the projectile is about 10−12 relative to the number of nucleons.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-03-01 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |