Tracking rare-isotope beams with microchannel plates

A. M. Rogers; A. Sanetullaev; W. G. Lynch; M. B. Tsang; J. Lee; D. Bazin; D. Coupland; V. Henzl; D. Henzlova; M. Kilburn; M. S. Wallace; M. Youngs; F. Delaunay; M. Famiano; D. Shapira; K. L. Jones; K. T. Schmitt; Z. Y. Sun

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.070

Tracking rare-isotope beams with microchannel plates

A. M. Rogers, A. Sanetullaev, W. G. Lynch, M. B. Tsang, J. Lee, D. Bazin, D. Coupland, V. Henzl, D. Henzlova, M. Kilburn, M. S. Wallace, M. Youngs, F. Delaunay, M. Famiano, D. Shapira, K. L. Jones, K. T. Schmitt, Z. Y. Sun

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Abstract

A system of two microchannel-plate detectors has been successfully implemented for tracking projectile-fragmentation beams. The detectors provide interaction positions, angles, and arrival times of ions at the reaction target. The current design is an adaptation of an assembly used for low-energy beams (∼1.4MeV/nucleon). In order to improve resolution in tracking high-energy heavy-ion beams, the magnetic field strength between the secondary-electron accelerating foil and the microchannel plate had to be increased substantially. Results from an experiment using a 37-MeV/nucleon ⁵⁶Ni beam show that the tracking system can achieve sub-nanosecond timing resolution and a position resolution of ∼1 mm for beam intensities up to 5×10⁵pps.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	325-334
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	795
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.070
State	Published - Jun 27 2015
Externally published	Yes

Funding

We wish to acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation , Grants nos. PHY-0606007 , PHY-0855013 , and PHY-1064280 and Department of Energy Office of Science ( DE-R011065245 and DE-FG02-96ER40983 ).

Funders	Funder number
National Science Foundation	PHY-0606007, PHY-0855013, PHY-1064280
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-FG02-96ER40983, DE-R011065245
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences	0855013, 0606007, 1064280

Keywords

Microchannel plates
Rare-isotope beams
Tracking detector
Transfer reactions

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Rogers, A. M., Sanetullaev, A., Lynch, W. G., Tsang, M. B., Lee, J., Bazin, D., Coupland, D., Henzl, V., Henzlova, D., Kilburn, M., Wallace, M. S., Youngs, M., Delaunay, F., Famiano, M., Shapira, D., Jones, K. L., Schmitt, K. T., & Sun, Z. Y. (2015). Tracking rare-isotope beams with microchannel plates. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 795, 325-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.05.070

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