The KENTROS detector for identification and kinetic energy measurements of nuclear fragments at polar angles between 5 and 90 degrees

Author

De Napoli, M. ; Agodi, C. ; Brunetti, A. ; Golosio, B. ; Nicolosi, D. ; Oliva, P. ; Sipala, V. ; Abou-Haidar, Z. ; Alvarez, Marcos A. G. ; Aumann, T. ; Balestra, F. ; Battistoni, G. ; Bocci, A. ; Bohlen, T.T. ; Bondi, M. ; Boudard, A. ; Carbone, D. ; Capp

Author_Institution

Sez. di Catania, INFN, Catania, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

1918

Lastpage

1921

Abstract

KENTROS (Kinetic ENergy and Time Resolution Optimized on Scintillator) is a relatively compact detector has been projected and constructed in the framework of the INFN FRAG and TPS experiments. KENTROS has been designed for energy deposition and time of flight measurements of charged particles. The detector ensures an angular coverage from about 5 degrees up to about 90 degrees polar angle in the laboratory frame. Recently KENTROS has been used as part of the FIRST experiment, devoted to measure double differential fragmentation cross sections, with the aim to detect light fragments produced in the nuclear fragmentation process.

Keywords

nuclear fragmentation; scintillation counters; FIRST experiment; INFN FRAG experiment; KENTROS detector; Kinetic ENergy and Time Resolution Optimized on Scintillator; TPS experiment; angular coverage; charged particles; double differential fragmentation cross sections; energy deposition; kinetic energy measurements; laboratory frame; light fragments; nuclear fragmentation process; polar angles; time of flight measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551444

Filename

6551444