AstroBox2-Detector for low-energy beta-delayed particle detection Academic Article

abstract

• 2016 Elsevier B.V. Efficient suppression of -background is essential for studies of low-energy -delayed charged particle decays of astrophysical interest. A promising method for such studies has been a micro pattern gas amplifier detector where the sample is implanted into the gas volume and the decays that follow are observed with high gain and signal to noise ratio. An upgraded version of the original AstroBox detector has been built and commissioned at Texas A&M University. Here a description of the new AstroBox2 detector is given, selected results from the commissioning tests are presented, and future perspectives discussed.

authors

• Tribble, Robert

published proceedings

• NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

author list (cited authors)

• Saastamoinen, A., Pollacco, E., Roeder, B. T., Spiridon, A., Daq, M., Trache, L., ... Tribble, R. E.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Saastamoinen, A||Pollacco, E||Roeder, BT||Spiridon, A||Daq, M||Trache, L||Pascovici, G||De Oliveira, R||Rodrigues, MRD||Tribble, RE

publication date

• June 2016

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms  Journal

keywords

• Beta Rho Beta Gamma
• Implantation
• Micro Pattern Gas Amplifier Detector
• Mpgad
• Radioactive Ion Beams

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.nimb.2016.02.020

start page

• 357

end page

• 360

volume

• 376

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2016.02.020