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Title: Characterization of a gamma-ray tracking array: A comparison of GRETINA and Gammasphere using a 60 Co source

Abstract

In this paper, we provide a formalism for the characterization of tracking arrays with emphasis on the proper corrections required to extract their photopeak efficiencies and peak-to-total ratios. The methods are first applied to Gammasphere, a well characterized 4π array based on the principle of Compton suppression, and subsequently to GRETINA. The tracking efficiencies are then discussed and some guidelines as to what clustering angle to use in the tracking algorithm are presented. It was possible, using GEANT4 simulations, to scale the measured efficiencies up to the expected values for the full 4π implementation of GRETA.

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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. National Center for Scientific Research, Orsay (France). National Inst. of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3)
  3. Univ. of the West of Scotland, Paisley (United Kingdom)
  4. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  5. National Center for Scientific Research, Lyon (France). National Inst. of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3)
  6. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  7. The Commission for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies (CEA) and National Center for Scientific Research, Caen (France). National Inst. of Nuclear and Particle Physics (IN2P3)
  8. Lund Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics; The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt (Germany)
  9. Univ. of Valencia (Spain). Inst. of Corpuscular Physics
  10. The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt (Germany)
  11. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Physics Division
  12. Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1377582
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1359666; OSTI ID: 1461934
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; PHY-1303480; AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 836; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Segmented germanium detectors; Efficiency measurements; γ-Ray tracking; Gammasphere; GRETINA; GRETA; γ-Ray spectroscopy; Nuclear structure

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Lauritsen, T., Korichi, A., Zhu, S., Wilson, A. N., Weisshaar, D., Dudouet, J., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Carpenter, M. P., Campbell, C. M., Clément, E., Crawford, H. L., Cromaz, M., Fallon, P., Greene, J. P., Janssens, R. V. F., Khoo, T. L., Lalović, N., Lee, I. Y., Macchiavelli, A. O., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Pietri, S., Radford, Daniel C., Ralet, D., Riley, L. A., Seweryniak, D., and Stezowski, O. Characterization of a gamma-ray tracking array: A comparison of GRETINA and Gammasphere using a 60 Co source. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.07.027.
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Lauritsen, T., Korichi, A., Zhu, S., Wilson, A. N., Weisshaar, D., Dudouet, J., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Carpenter, M. P., Campbell, C. M., Clément, E., Crawford, H. L., Cromaz, M., Fallon, P., Greene, J. P., Janssens, R. V. F., Khoo, T. L., Lalović, N., Lee, I. Y., Macchiavelli, A. O., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Pietri, S., Radford, Daniel C., Ralet, D., Riley, L. A., Seweryniak, D., & Stezowski, O. Characterization of a gamma-ray tracking array: A comparison of GRETINA and Gammasphere using a 60 Co source. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.07.027
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Lauritsen, T., Korichi, A., Zhu, S., Wilson, A. N., Weisshaar, D., Dudouet, J., Ayangeakaa, A. D., Carpenter, M. P., Campbell, C. M., Clément, E., Crawford, H. L., Cromaz, M., Fallon, P., Greene, J. P., Janssens, R. V. F., Khoo, T. L., Lalović, N., Lee, I. Y., Macchiavelli, A. O., Perez-Vidal, R. M., Pietri, S., Radford, Daniel C., Ralet, D., Riley, L. A., Seweryniak, D., and Stezowski, O. Sun . "Characterization of a gamma-ray tracking array: A comparison of GRETINA and Gammasphere using a 60 Co source". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.07.027. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1377582.
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@article{osti_1377582,
title = {Characterization of a gamma-ray tracking array: A comparison of GRETINA and Gammasphere using a 60 Co source},
author = {Lauritsen, T. and Korichi, A. and Zhu, S. and Wilson, A. N. and Weisshaar, D. and Dudouet, J. and Ayangeakaa, A. D. and Carpenter, M. P. and Campbell, C. M. and Clément, E. and Crawford, H. L. and Cromaz, M. and Fallon, P. and Greene, J. P. and Janssens, R. V. F. and Khoo, T. L. and Lalović, N. and Lee, I. Y. and Macchiavelli, A. O. and Perez-Vidal, R. M. and Pietri, S. and Radford, Daniel C. and Ralet, D. and Riley, L. A. and Seweryniak, D. and Stezowski, O.},
abstractNote = {In this paper, we provide a formalism for the characterization of tracking arrays with emphasis on the proper corrections required to extract their photopeak efficiencies and peak-to-total ratios. The methods are first applied to Gammasphere, a well characterized 4π array based on the principle of Compton suppression, and subsequently to GRETINA. The tracking efficiencies are then discussed and some guidelines as to what clustering angle to use in the tracking algorithm are presented. It was possible, using GEANT4 simulations, to scale the measured efficiencies up to the expected values for the full 4π implementation of GRETA.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2016.07.027},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = C,
volume = 836,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sun Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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