HIGH-RESOLUTION DETECTION OF ENERGETIC HEAVY-IONS WITH A CALORIMETRICLOW-TEMPERATURE DETECTOR

Authors
VONKIENLIN A AZGUI F BOHMER W DJOTNI K EGELHOF P HENNING W KRAUS G MEIER J SHEPARD KW
Citation
A. Vonkienlin et al., HIGH-RESOLUTION DETECTION OF ENERGETIC HEAVY-IONS WITH A CALORIMETRICLOW-TEMPERATURE DETECTOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 368(3), 1996, pp. 815-818
Citations number
9
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
368
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
815 - 818
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)368:3<815:HDOEHW>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A low temperature calorimeter with good energy resolution was develope d for detection of energetic heavy ions. It consists of a doped german ium crystal as thermometer and a sapphire crystal as absorber, and is operated in a He-4 window cryostat at temperatures ranging from 1.3 to 2.0 K. For 2.38 GeV Bi-209 ions a relative energy resolution of Delta E/E = 1.8 x 10(-3) was observed, most probably still limited by the e nergy spread of the incident ion beam.