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The miniball spectrometer

  • N. Warr
  • , J. Van de Walle
  • , M. Albers
  • , F. Ames
  • , B. Bastin
  • , C. Bauer
  • , V. Bildstein
  • , A. Blazhev
  • , S. Bönig
  • , N. Bree
  • , B. Bruyneel
  • , P. A. Butler
  • , J. Cederkäll
  • , E. Clément
  • , T. E. Cocolios
  • , T. Davinson
  • , H. De Witte
  • , P. Delahaye
  • , D. D. DiJulio
  • , J. Diriken
  • J. Eberth, A. Ekström, J. Elseviers, S. Emhofer, D. V. Fedorov, V. N. Fedosseev, S. Franchoo, C. Fransen, L. P. Gaffney, J. Gerl, G. Georgiev, R. Gernhäuser, T. Grahn, D. Habs, H. Hess, A. M. Hurst, M. Huyse, O. Ivanov, J. Iwanicki, D. G. Jenkins, J. Jolie, N. Kesteloot, O. Kester, U. Köster, M. Krauth, T. Kröll, R. Krücken, M. Lauer, J. Leske, K. P. Lieb, R. Lutter, L. Maier, B. A. Marsh, D. Mücher, M. Münch, O. Niedermaier, J. Pakarinen, M. Pantea, G. Pascovici, N. Patronis, D. Pauwels, A. Petts, N. Pietralla, R. Raabe, E. Rapisarda, P. Reiter, A. Richter, O. Schaile, M. Scheck, H. Scheit, G. Schrieder, D. Schwalm, M. Seidlitz, M. Seliverstov, T. Sieber, H. Simon, K. H. Speidel, C. Stahl, I. Stefanescu, P. G. Thirolf, H. G. Thomas, M. Thürauf, P. Van Duppen, D. Voulot, R. Wadsworth, G. Walter, D. Weißhaar, F. Wenander, A. Wiens, K. Wimmer, B. H. Wolf, P. J. Woods, K. Wrzosek-Lipska, K. O. Zell

    Research outputpeer-review

    Abstract

    The Miniball germanium detector array has been operational at the REX (Radioactive ion beam EXperiment) post accelerator at the Isotope Separator On-Line facility ISOLDE at CERN since 2001. During the last decade, a series of successful Coulomb excitation and transfer reaction studies have been performed with this array, utilizing the unique and high-quality radioactive ion beams which are available at ISOLDE. In this article, an overview is given of the technical details of the full Miniball setup, including a description of the γ-ray and particle detectors, beam monitoring devices and methods to deal with beam contamination. The specific timing properties of the REX-ISOLDE facility are highlighted to indicate the sensitivity that can be achieved with the full Miniball setup. The article is finalized with a summary of some physics highlights at REX-ISOLDE and the utilization of the Miniball germanium detectors at other facilities.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number40
    Pages (from-to)1-32
    Number of pages32
    JournalEuropean Physical Journal A
    Volume49
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Mar 2013

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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