Position resolution of the prototype AGATA triple-cluster detector from an in-beam experiment

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 604, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-562

  Recchia, F ^a,b   Bazzacco, D ^b   Farnea, E ^b   Gadea, A ^c,d   Venturelli, R ^b   Beck, T ^e   Bednarczyk, P ^f   Buerger, A ^g   Dewald, A ^h   Dimmock, M ⁱ   Duchene G ^j   Eberth, J ^h   Faul, T ^j   Gerl, J ^e   Gernhaeuser, R ^c   Hauschild, K ^j   Holler, A ^h   Jones, P ^l   Korten, W ^g   Kroll Th ^k   Krucken R ^k   Kurz, N ^e   Ljungvall, J ^m   Lunardi, S ^a,b   Maierbeck, P ^k   Mengoni, D ^b   Nyberg, J ^m   Nelson, L ⁱ   Pascovici, G ^h   Reiter, P ^h   Schaffner, H ^e   Schlarb, M ^k   Steinhardt, T ^h   Thelen, O ^h   Ur, C A ^b   Valiente Dobon, J J ^c   Weisshaar D ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^g CEA SACLAY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^k TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^m UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

ray instruments; Position sensitive germanium detectors

Indexed keywords

BEAM TESTS; DETECTOR ARRAYS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPY; POSITION RESOLUTION; POSITION SENSITIVE; POSITION SENSITIVITY; POSITION-SENSITIVE GERMANIUM DETECTORS; SENSITIVE PARAMETER; TITANIUM TARGETS;

DEUTERIUM; DIODES; ELECTRON TUBES; GERMANIUM; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TITANIUM; TUNNEL DIODES;

DETECTORS;

EID: 65649131575     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.02.042     Document Type: Article

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