Combined in-beam gamma-ray and conversion electron spectroscopy with radioactive ion beams

J. Konki; P. Papadakis; J. Pakarinen; P.A. Butler; P. Davies; P.T. Greenlees; R.D. Herzberg; M. Huyse; D.G. Jenkins; R. Julin; G. O’Neill; R.D. Page; P. Rahkila; K. Ranttila; J. Thornhill; P. Van Duppen

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20136301019

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EPJ Web of Conferences 63, 01019 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136301019

Simulations of a silicon detector for the SPEDE spectrometer

J. Konki¹^,2^a, P. Papadakis¹^,2, J. Pakarinen¹^,2, P.A. Butler³, P. Davies⁴, P.T. Greenlees¹^,2, R.D. Herzberg³, M. Huyse⁵, D.G. Jenkins⁴, R. Julin¹^,2, G. O’Neill³, R.D. Page³, P. Rahkila¹^,2, K. Ranttila¹, J. Thornhill³ and P. Van Duppen⁵

¹ Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
² Helsinki Institute of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
³ Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
⁴ Department of Physics, University of York, United Kingdom
⁵ Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

^a e-mail: joonas.konki@jyu.fi

Published online: 19 December 2013

Abstract

In-beam gamma-ray and electron spectroscopy have been widely used as tools to study the broad variety of phenomena in nuclear structure. The SPEDE spectrometer is a new device to be used in conjunction with the MINIBALL germanium detector array to enable the detection of internal conversion electrons in coincidence with gamma rays from de-exciting nuclei in radioactive ion beam experiments at the upcoming HIE-ISOLDE facility at CERN, Switzerland. Geant4 simulations were carried out in order to optimise the design and segmentation of the silicon detector to achieve good energy resolution and performance.

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