Tracking rare-isotope beams with microchannel plates

A. M. Rogers, A. Sanetullaev, W. G. Lynch, M. B. Tsang, J. Lee, D. Bazin, D. Coupland, V. Henzl, D. Henzlova, M. Kilburn, M. S. Wallace, M. Youngs, F. Delaunay, M. Famiano, D. Shapira, K. L. Jones, K. T. Schmitt, Z. Y. Sun

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Abstract

A system of two microchannel-plate detectors has been successfully implemented for tracking projectile-fragmentation beams. The detectors provide interaction positions, angles, and arrival times of ions at the reaction target. The current design is an adaptation of an assembly used for low-energy beams (∼1.4MeV/nucleon). In order to improve resolution in tracking high-energy heavy-ion beams, the magnetic field strength between the secondary-electron accelerating foil and the microchannel plate had to be increased substantially. Results from an experiment using a 37-MeV/nucleon 56Ni beam show that the tracking system can achieve sub-nanosecond timing resolution and a position resolution of ∼1 mm for beam intensities up to 5×105pps.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)325-334
Number of pages10
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume795
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Microchannel plates
  • Rare-isotope beams
  • Tracking detector
  • Transfer reactions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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