R&D on complementary detectors and devices for nuclear structure and reaction mechanism studies

EURONS-EURISOL Town meeting, Helsinki, 19 September, 2007A. Gadea: E. Fioretto INFN-LNL

Lowering the present sensitivity limit in particle and heavy ion detection (higher efficiency, resolving power and counting rate capability). Development of complementary detectors andinstrumentation for lifetime, in-beam and off-beam measurements, etc...

A. Gadea: E. Fioretto INFN-LNL EURONS-EURISOL Town meeting, Helsinki, 19 September, 2007

Beam tracking and identification

Nuclear structure

Ancillary detectors and devicesHigh efficiency in-beam and off-

beam measurements

Fast and delayed (tagging) identification of

reaction products

Reaction product tracking

Spectrometer/Separator

Work Packages

EURONS-EURISOL Town meeting, Helsinki, 19 September, 2007A. Gadea: E. Fioretto INFN-LNL

Light charged particle detectors

Heavy-ion detectors: Position sensitive devices; recoil and binary reaction products detectors

Recoil Distance Doppler Shift (RDDS) based devices to be used in conjunction with heavy-ion and light charged

particle detectors and lifetime fast electronic timing techniques with new scintillator materials

Development of specific high efficiency neutron detectors for large Ge arrays

Development of complementary devices as transport systems and techniques and off-beam measurement instrumentation

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Requested : ~ 18 FTEs(~10% - 15% of the total FTEs)

EURONS-EURISOL Town meeting, Helsinki, 19 September, 2007A. Gadea: E. Fioretto INFN-LNL

R&D • thick Si detectors with large coverage and low dead surface• pulse shape analysis for light charged particle discrimination• optimization of light readout in CsI(Tl)• new scintillator material as particle detector (with discrimination)

R&D •Diamant detectors for beam and reaction product tracking• Large area radiation hard position sensitive detectors (SeD and DSSSD)• Spectrometer Start detectors for reaction product tracking• Fast and delayed (tagging) identification devices•TPC based on “C-pads” cathode read-out with high count rate capability

R&D • RDDS device developments coupled with particle and HI detectors• Fast timing scintillator developments

R&D • High efficiency ancillary neutron detectors for large arrays

R&D •Development of transport systems, -tracking detectors and off-beam measurement instrumentation

A. Gadea: E. Fioretto INFN-LNL EURONS-EURISOL Town meeting, Helsinki, 19 September, 2007

Linked with other activities proposed for the FP7

I3-EURONS2

Electronics developments JRA30Ancillary detectors NA6

Impact on the Nuclear Structure and Reactions Mechanism research at setups installed in candidates for I3-EURONS2 TransNational Access facilities

Tracking Detectors Plunger devicesTPC (FRS)IC Gas -DetectorsSe-D (Beam Tracking)Start Detectors (MCP)Si LCP ArraysFocal Plane DetectorsAncillary N-DetectorsFast Timing setupsScint. 4 LCP arraysOff-beam transportOff-beam detection

Merging process

EURONS-EURISOL Town meeting, Helsinki, 19 September, 2007A. Gadea: E. Fioretto INFN-LNL

JRA16 : Off-line search for long lived heavy ion reaction products

JRA18 : R&D on Ancillary detectors and devices for AGATA and other large Ge arrays

JRA20 : Tracking Detectors for Low-Energy Radioactive Beams

JRA24 : Development of position-sensitive, radiation-hard gas detectors for b-decay of exotic medium-heavy nuclei, combined with tape transport development

JRA27 : Detector development for slow and fast extracted ion beams on FRS and Super FRS

JRA31 : EXotic nuclei IDentification

JRA32 : Reaction products identification after the secondary target within the HISPEC/DESPEC project

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