Source characterization of a detector for heavy and superheavy nuclei
A new focal plane detector system for the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator (BGS) was designed, constructed, and tested offline with various α -decay and conversion-electron sources. The SuperHeavy RECoils (SHREC) detector comprises sets of double-sided silicon strip detectors arranged in an open-faced cuboid geometry. Alongside the detector upgrade new digital data acquisition electronics have been commissioned offline. This setup aims to detect separated recoiling heavy and superheavy nuclei as well as their correlated radioactive decay paths with improved energy resolution and overall sensitivity.
Authors
- F. H. Garcia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2414-7715)
- P. Golubev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1579-4072)
- D. M. Cox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2790-8348)
- Y. Hrabar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3194-1001)
- R. Orford
- J. L. Pore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2653-7597)
- D. Rudolph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1199-3055)
- L. G. Sarmiento (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-2772)
- T. Kramasz
- J. M. Gates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0121-2633)
- James Andrew Gooding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6973-6620)
- Mamdouh Mohamed
- M. Grebo
- M. McCarthy
- R. M. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8778-2977)
Institutions
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- Lund University (SE)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Published
- 2025-03-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170384
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.61
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Wenner-Gren Stiftelserna
- Carl Tryggers Stiftelse för Vetenskaplig Forskning
- Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
- Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund
- Office of Science
- Nuclear Physics
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory