PARAMETRIZATION OF CHARGE AND MASS RESOLUTION FOR DELTA-E-E TELESCOPES

Authors
BRONCHALO E DELPERAL L MEDINA J SEQUEIROS J HASEBE N
Citation
E. Bronchalo et al., PARAMETRIZATION OF CHARGE AND MASS RESOLUTION FOR DELTA-E-E TELESCOPES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 399(1), 1997, pp. 65-75
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
399
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
65 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)399:1<65:POCAMR>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A simple parametrization of energy straggling of 2-200 MeV/nucleon hea vy ions traversing thick silicon detectors, based on the Tschalar-Payn e theory, is presented. With this parametrization, analytical expressi ons for the charge and mass resolution of energetic ions detected on D elta E-E telescopes can be obtained. Several consequences that can be extracted from these expressions are analysed, especially, in what con cerns the thickness selection for multi-detector telescopes. The valid ity of those analytical formulae are tested with experimental resoluti ons obtained from calibration data of three different cosmic-ray teles copes. PACS: 29.40.Wk; 07.87. + v.