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Reactions with radioactive beams and development of scintillator-based detector systems

Knyazev, Alexander LU (2020)
Abstract
An experiment on elastic scattering of 15 C on 208 Pb at an energy of 65 MeV
was performed at ISOLDE (CERN) exploiting the advantages of the ISOL te-
chinique. The measurement showed in increase of the reaction cross section to
3035 mb with respect to 12 C, confirming the results obtained at 80 MeV/u. Mea-
surements to characterise and develop detector modules for the CALIFA setup
was performed for the R 3 B experiment at FAIR. Light output characteristics of
478 detector modules of the CALIFA Barrel section were measured as a part
this work in order to investigate the correlation between resolution and non-
uniformity. For this set of crystals the average resolution was found to be 5.2%
(FWHM) at E γ =... (More)
An experiment on elastic scattering of 15 C on 208 Pb at an energy of 65 MeV
was performed at ISOLDE (CERN) exploiting the advantages of the ISOL te-
chinique. The measurement showed in increase of the reaction cross section to
3035 mb with respect to 12 C, confirming the results obtained at 80 MeV/u. Mea-
surements to characterise and develop detector modules for the CALIFA setup
was performed for the R 3 B experiment at FAIR. Light output characteristics of
478 detector modules of the CALIFA Barrel section were measured as a part
this work in order to investigate the correlation between resolution and non-
uniformity. For this set of crystals the average resolution was found to be 5.2%
(FWHM) at E γ = 1275 keV. Further investigations also done in this work show
that the inhomogeneity in the Tl dopant distribution contributes ∼0.5%, and
the noise in the read-out chain with .0.1% to that number. The most important
contribution to variations in the resolution was found to be from non-uniform
light collection due to the geometry of the modules. The APD light read-out
sensors were also investigated and found to be stable below 24.8 ◦ C using a gain
correction algorithm. Energy add-back and light cross-talk were investigated.
It was found that a closest-neighbor add-back algorithm recovers 14.7% of the
events for E γ = 662 keV and 65% of the events for E γ = 1460 keV, while the
light cross-talk contributes .0.03% to the photo peak. The attenuation length
of the emission light of the scintillators was also determined and found to be
34.6 ± 4.5 cm. In addition the micro facet distribution for a polished and a
lapped sample was measured using atomic force microscopy to produce look-up
tables for GEANT4 simulations of light transport. Simulations of light output
non-uniformity were performed for different configurations of lapped surfaces
of a CALIFA detector module. The simulations reproduced the general trend
of the measurement where the non-uniformity decreased with increasing lapped
area, although the exact values for the non-uniformity were not reproduced. A
sensitivity test for the simulated light-output non-uniformity with respect to
different input parameters was also performed. The non-uniformity was found
to be most sensitive to the reflectivity of the reflector foil while the sensitivity
to the other parameters was less prominent. (Less)
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  • Professor Tegnér Per-Erik, Stockholms universitet
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Nuclear physics, Reactions, Detectors, SImulation, Light transport simulation, Calorimetry, Fysicumarkivet A:2020:Knyazev
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Lund University
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2020-10-30 09:00:00
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978-91-7895-595-4
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English
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  abstract     = {{An experiment on elastic scattering of 15 C on 208 Pb at an energy of 65 MeV<br/>was performed at ISOLDE (CERN) exploiting the advantages of the ISOL te-<br/>chinique. The measurement showed in increase of the reaction cross section to<br/>3035 mb with respect to 12 C, confirming the results obtained at 80 MeV/u. Mea-<br/>surements to characterise and develop detector modules for the CALIFA setup<br/>was performed for the R 3 B experiment at FAIR. Light output characteristics of<br/>478 detector modules of the CALIFA Barrel section were measured as a part<br/>this work in order to investigate the correlation between resolution and non-<br/>uniformity. For this set of crystals the average resolution was found to be 5.2%<br/>(FWHM) at E γ = 1275 keV. Further investigations also done in this work show<br/>that the inhomogeneity in the Tl dopant distribution contributes ∼0.5%, and<br/>the noise in the read-out chain with .0.1% to that number. The most important<br/>contribution to variations in the resolution was found to be from non-uniform<br/>light collection due to the geometry of the modules. The APD light read-out<br/>sensors were also investigated and found to be stable below 24.8 ◦ C using a gain<br/>correction algorithm. Energy add-back and light cross-talk were investigated.<br/>It was found that a closest-neighbor add-back algorithm recovers 14.7% of the<br/>events for E γ = 662 keV and 65% of the events for E γ = 1460 keV, while the<br/>light cross-talk contributes .0.03% to the photo peak. The attenuation length<br/>of the emission light of the scintillators was also determined and found to be<br/>34.6 ± 4.5 cm. In addition the micro facet distribution for a polished and a<br/>lapped sample was measured using atomic force microscopy to produce look-up<br/>tables for GEANT4 simulations of light transport. Simulations of light output<br/>non-uniformity were performed for different configurations of lapped surfaces<br/>of a CALIFA detector module. The simulations reproduced the general trend<br/>of the measurement where the non-uniformity decreased with increasing lapped<br/>area, although the exact values for the non-uniformity were not reproduced. A<br/>sensitivity test for the simulated light-output non-uniformity with respect to<br/>different input parameters was also performed. The non-uniformity was found<br/>to be most sensitive to the reflectivity of the reflector foil while the sensitivity<br/>to the other parameters was less prominent.}},
  author       = {{Knyazev, Alexander}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-7895-595-4}},
  keywords     = {{Nuclear physics; Reactions; Detectors; SImulation; Light transport simulation; Calorimetry; Fysicumarkivet A:2020:Knyazev}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Lund University}},
  school       = {{Lund University}},
  title        = {{Reactions with radioactive beams and development of scintillator-based detector systems}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/83761329/Knyazev_thesis_result.pdf}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}