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Title: The performance of the γ-ray tracking array GRETINA for γ-ray spectroscopy with fast beams of rare isotopes

Journal Article · · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  5. The Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
  6. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  7. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
  8. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Diamond Light Source, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
  9. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); The Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)

The γ-ray tracking array GRETINA was coupled to the S800 magnetic spectrometer for spectroscopy with fast beams of rare isotopes at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory on the campus of Michigan State University. We describe the technical details of this powerful setup and report on GRETINA's performance achieved with source and in-beam measurements. The γ-ray multiplicity encountered in experiments with fast beams is usually low, allowing for a simplified and efficient treatment of the data in the γ-ray analysis in terms of Doppler reconstruction and spectral quality. The results reported in this work were obtained from GRETINA consisting of 8 detector modules hosting four high-purity germanium crystals each. Currently, GRETINA consists of 10 detector modules.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Nuclear Science and Security Consortium; Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231; NA0003180; SC0014537; AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH1135
OSTI ID:
1372693
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1379753; OSTI ID: 1405146; OSTI ID: 1416765; OSTI ID: 1481697
Journal Information:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 847, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 55 works
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