Performance of a gamma-ray tracking array: Characterizing the AGATA array using a  60Co source

Korichi, A.; Lauritsen, T.; Wilson, A. N.; Dudouet, J.; Clément, E.; Lalović, N.; Perez-Vidal, R. M.; Pietri, S.; Ralet, D.; Stézowski, O.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.020

Title: Performance of a gamma-ray tracking array: Characterizing the AGATA array using a ⁶⁰Co source

Journal Article · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.020· OSTI ID:1395862

Korichi, A. ^[1]; Lauritsen, T. ^[2]; Wilson, A. N. ^[3]; Dudouet, J. ^[4]; Clément, E. ^[5]; Lalović, N. ^[6]; Perez-Vidal, R. M. ^[7]; Pietri, S. ^[8]; Ralet, D. ^[1]; Stézowski, O. ^[4]

Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Orsay (France)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Abertay Univ., Dundee (United Kingdom)
Inst. of Nuclear physics of Lyon, Villeurbanne (France)
Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Caen (France)
Lund Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Phyics; GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)-Univ. de Valencia, Valencia (Spain). Inst. de Fisica Corpuscular
GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)

The AGATA (Advanced GAmma Tracking Array) tracking detector is being designed to far surpass the performance of the previous generation, Compton-suppressed arrays. In this paper, a characterization of AGATA is provided based on data from the second GSI campaign. Emphasis is placed on the proper corrections required to extract the absolute photopeak efficiency and peak-to-total ratio. The performance after tracking is extracted and GEANT4 simulations are used both to understand the results and to scale the measurements up to predicted values for the full 4 implementation of the device.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1395862

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1549823

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 872, Issue C; ISSN 0168-9002

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Language:: English

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