DEATH-STAR: Silicon and photovoltaic fission fragment detector arrays for light-ion induced fission correlation studies

Koglin, J. D.; Burke, J. T.; Fisher, S. E.; Jovanovic, I.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.054

Title: DEATH-STAR: Silicon and photovoltaic fission fragment detector arrays for light-ion induced fission correlation studies

Abstract

Here, the Direct Excitation Angular Tracking pHotovoltaic-Silicon Telescope ARray (DEATH-STAR) combines a series of 12 silicon detectors in a ΔE–E configuration for charged particle identification with a large-area array of 56 photovoltaic (solar) cells for detection of fission fragments. The combination of many scattering angles and fission fragment detectors allows for an angular-resolved tool to study reaction cross sections using the surrogate method, anisotropic fission distributions, and angular momentum transfers through stripping, transfer, inelastic scattering, and other direct nuclear reactions. The unique photovoltaic detectors efficiently detect fission fragments while being insensitive to light ions and have a timing resolution of 15.63±0.37 ns. Alpha particles are detected with a resolution of 35.5 keV 1σ at 7.9 MeV. Measured fission fragment angular distributions are also presented.

Authors:

Koglin, J. D. ^[1]; Burke, J. T. ^[2]; Fisher, S. E. ^[2]; Jovanovic, I. ^[3]

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1353146

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1397845

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-711438
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

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: 854; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; fission-fragment detector; photovoltaic cell; solar cell; surrogate reaction; angular distribution

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                    Koglin, J. D., Burke, J. T., Fisher, S. E., and Jovanovic, I. DEATH-STAR: Silicon and photovoltaic fission fragment detector arrays for light-ion induced fission correlation studies.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Koglin, J. D., Burke, J. T., Fisher, S. E., & Jovanovic, I. DEATH-STAR: Silicon and photovoltaic fission fragment detector arrays for light-ion induced fission correlation studies.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.054

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                    Koglin, J. D., Burke, J. T., Fisher, S. E., and Jovanovic, I. Mon .  
"DEATH-STAR: Silicon and photovoltaic fission fragment detector arrays for light-ion induced fission correlation studies".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.054.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1353146.

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@article{osti_1353146,

  title        = {DEATH-STAR: Silicon and photovoltaic fission fragment detector arrays for light-ion induced fission correlation studies},

  author       = {Koglin, J. D. and Burke, J. T. and Fisher, S. E. and Jovanovic, I.},

  abstractNote = {Here, the Direct Excitation Angular Tracking pHotovoltaic-Silicon Telescope ARray (DEATH-STAR) combines a series of 12 silicon detectors in a ΔE–E configuration for charged particle identification with a large-area array of 56 photovoltaic (solar) cells for detection of fission fragments. The combination of many scattering angles and fission fragment detectors allows for an angular-resolved tool to study reaction cross sections using the surrogate method, anisotropic fission distributions, and angular momentum transfers through stripping, transfer, inelastic scattering, and other direct nuclear reactions. The unique photovoltaic detectors efficiently detect fission fragments while being insensitive to light ions and have a timing resolution of 15.63±0.37 ns. Alpha particles are detected with a resolution of 35.5 keV 1σ at 7.9 MeV. Measured fission fragment angular distributions are also presented.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2017.02.054},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 854,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2017},

  month        = {Mon Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2017}

}

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