SHARC: Silicon Highly-segmented Array for Reactions and Coulex used in conjunction with the TIGRESS γ-ray spectrometer

February 2011 • 2011JInst...6P2005D

Authors • Diget, C. Aa • Fox, S. P. • Smith, A. • Williams, S. • Porter-Peden, M. • Achouri, L. • Adsley, P. • Al-Falou, H. • Austin, R. A. E. • Ball, G. C. • Blackmon, J. C. • Brown, S. • Catford, W. N. • Chen, A. A. • Chen, J. • Churchman, R. M. • Dech, J. • DiValenti, D. • Djongolov, M. • Fulton, B. R. • Garnsworthy, A. • Hackman, G. • Hager, U. • Kshetri, R. • Kurchaninov, L. • Laird, A. M. • Martin, J. -P. • Matos, M. • Orce, J. N. • Orr, N. A. • Pearson, C. J. • Ruiz, C. • Sarazin, F. • Sjue, S. • Smalley, D. • Svensson, C. E. • Taggart, M. • Tardiff, E. • Wilson, G. L.

Abstract • The combination of γ-ray spectroscopy and charged-particle spectroscopy is a powerful tool for the study of nuclear reactions with beams of nuclei far from stability. This paper presents a new silicon detector array, SHARC, the Silicon Highly-segmented Array for Reactions and Coulex. The array is used at the radioactive-ion-beam facility at TRIUMF (Canada), in conjunction with the TIGRESS γ-ray spectrometer, and is built from custom Si-strip detectors utilising a fully digital readout. SHARC has more than 50% efficiency, approximately 1000-strip segmentation, angular resolutions of Δθ approx 1.3 deg and Δphi approx 3.5 deg, 25-30 keV energy resolution, and thresholds of 200 keV for up to 25 MeV particles. SHARC is now complete, and the experimental program in nuclear astrophysics and nuclear structure has commenced.

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• ELECTR https://doi.org/10.1088%2F1748-0221%2F6%2F02%2FP02005