Tracking rare-isotope beams with microchannel plates

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

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.070

Title: Tracking rare-isotope beams with microchannel plates

Journal Article · Sat Jun 06 04:00:00 UTC 2015 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.070 · OSTI ID:1338520

Rogers, A. M. ^[1]; Sanetullaev, A. ^[2]; Lynch, W. G. ^[2]; Tsang, M. B. ^[2]; Lee, J. ^[2]; Bazin, D. ^[2]; Coupland, D. ^[2]; Henzl, V. ^[2]; Henzlova, D. ^[2]; Kilburn, M. ^[2]; Wallace, M. S. ^[2]; Youngs, M. ^[2]; Delaunay, F. ^[3]; Famiano, M. ^[4]; Shapira, Dan ^[5]; Jones, K. L. ^[6]; Schmitt, K. T. ^[6]; Sun, Z. Y. ^[7]

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (United States)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Univ. de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen (France)
Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo MI (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Institute of Modern Physics, CAS, Lanzhou (China)

A system of two microchannel-plate detectors has been successfully implemented for tracking projectile-fragmentation beams. The detectors provide interaction positions, angles, and arrival Limes of ions at the reaction target. Furthermore, the current design is an adaptation of an assembly used for low-energy beams (~1.4 MeV/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 x 10⁵ pps.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1338520

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Journal Issue: C Vol. 795; ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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