Particle identification method in the CsI(Tl) scintillator used for the CHIMERA 4π detector

被引:68
作者
Alderighi, M
Anzalone, A
Basssini, R
Berceanu, I
Blicharska, J
Boiano, C
Borderie, B
Bougault, R
Bruno, M
Cali, C
Cardella, G [1 ]
Cavallaro, S
D'Agostino, M
D'Andrea, M
Dayras, R
De Filippo, E
Fichera, F
Geraci, E
Giustolisi, F
Grzeszczuk, A
Guardone, N
Guazzoni, P
Guinet, D
Iacono-Manno, CM
Kowalski, S
La Guidara, E
Lanchais, AL
Lanzalone, G
Lanzanó, G
Le Neindre, N
Li, S
Maiolino, C
Majka, Z
Manfredi, G
Nicotra, D
Paduszynski, T
Pagano, A
Papa, M
Petrovici, CM
Piasecki, E
Pirrone, S
Politi, G
Pop, A
Porto, F
Rivet, MF
Rosato, E
Saccá, G
Sechi, G
Simion, V
Sperduto, ML
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Sud, Sez Catania, Via S Sofia 44, I-95123 Catania, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[3] CNR, Ist Fis Cosm, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[4] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20122 Milan, Italy
[5] Inst Phys & Nucl Engn, Bucharest, Romania
[6] Silesian Univ, Inst Phys, PL-40007 Katowice, Poland
[7] CNRS, IPN, IN2P3, F-91405 Orsay, France
[8] Univ Paris 11, Orsay, France
[9] Univ Caen, LPC, ISMRA, F-14032 Caen, France
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
[11] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
[12] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95124 Catania, Italy
[13] CNRS, IPN, IN2P3, Lyon, France
[14] Univ Lyon 1, F-69365 Lyon, France
[15] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Modern Phys, Beijing 100864, Peoples R China
[16] Jagiellonian Univ, Inst Phys, PL-31007 Krakow, Poland
[17] Univ Warsaw, Inst Expt Phys, PL-00325 Warsaw, Poland
[18] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Messina, Italy
[19] Univ Messina, Dipartimento Fis, I-98100 Messina, Italy
[20] Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Sci Fis, I-80126 Naples, Italy
[21] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, I-80125 Naples, Italy
[22] Inst Nucl Studies, Otwock, Poland
关键词
CsI(Tl) detectors; pulse-shape method; time of flight; particle identification method;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(02)00800-8
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The charged particle identification obtained by the analysis of signals coming from the CsI(Tl) detectors of the CHIMERA 4pi heavy-ion detector is presented. A simple double-gate integration method. with the use of the cyclotron radiofrequency as reference time, results in low thresholds for isotopic particle identification. The dependence of the identification quality on the gate generation timing is discussed. Isotopic identification of light ions up to Beryllium is clearly seen. For the first time also the identification of Z = 5 particles is observed. The identification of neutrons interacting with CsI(Tl) by (n,alpha) and (n,gamma) reactions is also discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:257 / 265
页数:9
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