Overview of the data analysis and new micro-pattern gas detector development for the Active Target Time Projection Chamber (AT-TPC) project.

40th Symposium on Nuclear Physics 2017

Ayyad, Yassid^1,2 ; Mittig, Wolfgang^1 ; Bazin, Daniel^1 ; Cortesi, Marco^1

National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing

MI

48824, United States^1

Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley

CA

94720, United States^2

关键词: Full three-dimensional;    Gas electron multipliers;    High-resolution spectrometer;    Low energy nuclear reactions;    Michigan State University;    Micropattern gas detector;    Radioactive ion beams;    Time projection chambers;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/876/1/012003/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/876/1/012003

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The Active Target Time Projection Chamber (AT-TPC) project at the NSCL (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University) is a novel active target detector tailored for low-energy nuclear reactions in inverse kinematics with radioactive ion beams. The AT-TPC allows for a full three dimensional reconstruction of the reaction and provides high luminosity without degradation of resolution by the thickness of the target. Since all the particles (and also the reaction vertex) are tracked inside the detector, the AT-TPC has full 4π efficiency. The AT-TPC can operate under a magnetic field (2 T) that improves the identification of the particles and the energy resolution through the measurement of the magnetic rigidity. Another important characteristic of the AT-TPC is the high-gain operation achieved by the hybrid thick Gas Electron Multipliers (THGEM)-Micromegas pad plane, that allow operation also in pure elemental gas. These two features make the AT-TPC a unique high resolution spectrometer with full acceptance for nuclear physics reactions. This work presents an overview of the project, focused on the data analysis and the development of new micro-pattern gas detectors.