Status and performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector

A. J. Boston; M. R. Dimmock; C. Unsworttf; H C Boston; R. J. Coopef; A. N. Grinf; L J Harkness; I. H. Lazams; M. Jones; P J Nolan; D C Oxley; J. Simpson; M Slee

doi:10.1063/1.3122257

Status and performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector

A. J. Boston, M. R. Dimmock, C. Unsworttf, H C Boston, R. J. Coopef, A. N. Grinf, L J Harkness, I. H. Lazams, M. Jones, P J Nolan, D C Oxley, J. Simpson, M Slee

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Abstract

High-resolution gamma-ray detectors based on high-purity germanium crystals (HPGe) are one of the key workhorses of experimental nuclear science. The technical development of such detector technology has been dramatic in recent years. Large volume, high-granularity, electrically segmented HPGe detectors have been realised and a methodology to improve position sensitivity using pulse-shape analysis coupled with the novel technique of gamma-ray tracking has been developed. Collaborations have been established in Europe (AGATA) [1] and the USA (GRETA/GRETINA) [2] to build gamma-ray tracking spectrometers. This paper discusses the performance of the first AGATA (Advanced GAmma Tracking Array) asymmetric detector that has been tested at the University of Liverpool. The use of a fully digital data acquisition system has allowed detector charge pulse shapes from a selection of well defined photon interaction positions to be analysed, yielding important information on the position sensitivity of the detector.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nuclear Physics and Applications
Subtitle of host publication	First International Ulaanbaatar Conference on Nuclear Physics and Applications
Editors	Dugersuren Dashdorj, Undraa Agvaanluvsan, Gary E. Mitchell
Place of Publication	Melville New York USA
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Pages	38-43
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9780735406469
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3122257
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Ulaanbaatar Conference on Nuclear Physics and Applications 2008 - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Duration: 8 Sept 2008 → 11 Sept 2008 Conference number: 1st https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/issue/1109/1

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
Number	1
Volume	1109
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	International Ulaanbaatar Conference on Nuclear Physics and Applications 2008
Country/Territory	Mongolia
City	Ulaanbaatar
Period	8/09/08 → 11/09/08
Internet address	https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/issue/1109/1

Keywords

Digital acquisition
E-field simulation
Gamma-ray tracking
HPGe detectors
PSA

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Boston, A. J., Dimmock, M. R., Unsworttf, C., Boston, H. C., Coopef, R. J., Grinf, A. N., Harkness, L. J., Lazams, I. H., Jones, M., Nolan, P. J., Oxley, D. C., Simpson, J., & Slee, M. (2009). Status and performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector. In D. Dashdorj, U. Agvaanluvsan, & G. E. Mitchell (Eds.), Nuclear Physics and Applications: First International Ulaanbaatar Conference on Nuclear Physics and Applications (pp. 38-43). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1109, No. 1). American Institute of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3122257

Boston, A. J. ; Dimmock, M. R. ; Unsworttf, C. et al. / Status and performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector. Nuclear Physics and Applications: First International Ulaanbaatar Conference on Nuclear Physics and Applications. editor / Dugersuren Dashdorj ; Undraa Agvaanluvsan ; Gary E. Mitchell. Melville New York USA : American Institute of Physics, 2009. pp. 38-43 (AIP Conference Proceedings; 1).

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Status and performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector. / Boston, A. J.; Dimmock, M. R.; Unsworttf, C. et al.
Nuclear Physics and Applications: First International Ulaanbaatar Conference on Nuclear Physics and Applications. ed. / Dugersuren Dashdorj; Undraa Agvaanluvsan; Gary E. Mitchell. Melville New York USA: American Institute of Physics, 2009. p. 38-43 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1109, No. 1).

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Boston AJ, Dimmock MR, Unsworttf C, Boston HC, Coopef RJ, Grinf AN et al. Status and performance of an AGATA asymmetric detector. In Dashdorj D, Agvaanluvsan U, Mitchell GE, editors, Nuclear Physics and Applications: First International Ulaanbaatar Conference on Nuclear Physics and Applications. Melville New York USA: American Institute of Physics. 2009. p. 38-43. (AIP Conference Proceedings; 1). doi: 10.1063/1.3122257

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