gamma-ray energy tracking array gretina
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Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array GRETINA. I-Yang Lee Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The 11 th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions May 27- June1, 2012, San Antonio TX. Outline. Principle of gamma ray tracking Status of GRETINA Plans of science programs Summary. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array GRETINA
The 11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
May 27- June1, 2012, San Antonio TX
I-Yang LeeLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Outline
• Principle of gamma ray tracking• Status of GRETINA• Plans of science programs• Summary
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-ray array development
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The resolving power is a measure of the ability to observe faint emissions from rare and exotic nuclear states. Tracking array was endorsed by DOE/NSF 2002 and 2007 Long Range Plans
Principle and advantages of -ray tracking
• Efficiency (50% ) Proper summing of
scattered gamma rays, no solid angle lost to suppressors
• Peak-to-background (60%) Reject Compton events
• Position resolution (1-2 mm) Position of 1st interaction
• Polarization Angular distribution of the 1st scattering
• Counting rate (50 kHz) Many segments
3D position sensitiveGe detectorshell
Resolve position and energy of interaction points
Determine scatteringsequence
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ray tracking is essential
GRETINA capabilities
• High position resolution
• High efficiency
• High P/T• High counting rate• Background rejection
Experimental conditions Large recoil velocity
– Fragmentation– Inverse reaction
Low beam intensity
High background rate Beam decay Beam impurity
Especially for radioactive beam experiments
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GRETINA
Start Construction June 2005 Start of Operation April 2011 Engineering and commissioning
runs at LBNL until March 2012 Operation at: July 2012 -2013
NSCL MSU ATLAS ANL
$20M funded by DOE NPArray to cover ¼ of 4 solid angle28 36-fold segmented Ge crystalsMechanical support structureData acquisition systemData processing software
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Collaborating Institutions• Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
– Lead laboratory
• Argonne National Laboratory– Trigger system– Calibration and online monitoring
software– Tracking program upgrade
• Michigan State University– Detector testing
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory– Liquid nitrogen supply system– Data processing software
• Washington University– Target chamber
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GRETINA Ge detector
B-type
A-type
• 36-fold segmented crystal• 4 crystals in one module• 2 crystal shapes• Have 7 modules and 2 spare crystals
8 cm
9 cm
~ 20 º
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Electronics production
Trigger Timing & Control module (ANL)Fast trigger <350 nsecTrigger decision time <20 secTrigger conditions Multiplicity Sum energy Hit pattern
Digitizer module (LBNL)14bit, 100 MHzEnergyPole/zero correctionLeading edge timeConstant fraction timePulse shape
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Computing
Crystal Event Builder
Segment events
Crystal events
Signal Decomposition
Interaction points
Global Event Builder
Tracking
37 segmentsper detector
1-28 crystals
Global Events
Data fromAuxiliaryDetectors
Analysis & Archiving
Data fromGRETINADetectors
Achieved:Processing 20,000Gamma rays /sec
63 nodes 2 cpu / node 4 core / cpu30 Tb storage
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Set up in Cave 4C
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Interaction points
Position of interaction points determined by signal decomposition
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Tracking example
Event with 17 interaction points given by decomposition. Tracking constructed 4 good gamma rays from 13 points.
/global/data1x/gretina/Cave4CApr11/Run056/Global.dat 2nd event
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Coulomb excitation
58Ni(136Xe,136Xe’)58Ni, 500 MeV, 0.6 mg/cm2
Ni detected at 4 Si detectors at 40°(3), 35.9°(1) with Corresponding Xe angles of 24.4°, 24.9°
@̶ 136Xe, v/c= 0.056E(2 → 0) = 1.3131 MeV; = 0.52 psec
@̶ 58Ni, v/c=0.091E(2 → 0) = 1.4544 MeV; = 0.94 psec
Test acquisition system with auxiliary detector.@̶ Trigger system, clock distribution/synchronization, and data merging using the BGS acquisition system.
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Coulomb excitation setup
Demetrios Sarantites (W.U.)
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4 Si detectors
Doppler correction
Corrected for 136Xe Corrected for 58Ni
E (MeV)
Part
icle
–
ang
le (d
eg.)
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Coulomb excitation: 58Ni(136Xe,136Xe’)58Ni
Doppler corrected spectra
58Ni 2 → 0 , 1.454 MeVFWHM = 14 keV
136Xe 2 → 0 , 1.313 MeVFWHM = 8 keV
4 → 2
4 → 2
Energy resolution → position resolution
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Position resolution
GRETINA position resolution of 2.0 – 2.5 mm RMS determined from gamma-ray energy resolution after Doppler correction.
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GRETINA at BGS GRETINA set up at BGS target position Experiment September 7, 2011 – March 23, 2012
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Test experiment
4+2+
6+
10+
8+
12+
14+16+
20+18+
144Sm(36Ar,2p2n) 176Pt 190 MeVTrackingGamma gates, 2+ …. 14+
GRETINA – BGS coincidence Data are acquired using separate systems Use time stamps to correlate data
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254No results
208Pb(48Ca,2n)254No, 221 MeVCrystal count rate = 25 – 40 kHzUse energy from segmentsTracking
6+ 8+
10+
12+
14+ 16+18+
Preliminary, ¼ of data analyzed, goals:@̶ Higher spin states@̶ States above 16+ isomer
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Science campaigns
ANL FMANSCL S800 July 2012 2013
Single particle properties of exotic nuclei – knock out, transfer reactions.
Collectivity – Coulomb excitation, lifetime, inelastic scattering.
24 experiments approved for a total of 3351 hours.
Structure of Nuclei in 100Sn region. Structure of superheavy nuclei. Neutron-rich nuclei – CARIBU beam, deep-inelastic reaction, and fission.
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Acknowledgements
Advisory Committee members
Con Beausang, Mike Carpenter, Partha Chowdhury, Doug Cline, Augusto Macchiavelli, David Radford (Chair),
Mark Riley, Demetrios Sarantites, Dirk Weisshaar,
Working Groups and chairs• Physics M. A. Riley • Detector A. O. Macchiavelli• Electronics D. C. Radford• Software M. Cromaz • Auxiliary Detectors D.G. Sarantites
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Work force Sergio Zimmermann, John Anderson, Thorsten Stezeberger,Augusto Macchiavelli, Stefanos Paschalis, Chris Campbell,
Heathre crawford, Carl Lionberger, Mario Cromaz, Torben Lauritsen,Steve Virostek, Tim Loew, Dirk Weisshaar, David Radford
Summary
• GRETINA is completed, engineering runs and commissioning runs were carried out.
• A number improvements and optimizations were implemented successfully.
• Exciting period of physics campaigns schedule through 2013 at MSU and ANL.
• GRETINA/GRETA will be a major instrument for the next generation of facility such as FRIB.
• Gamma-ray tracking arrays will have large impact on a wide area of nuclear physics.
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