High resolution detection of energetic heavy ions with a calorimetric low temperature detector

A. Von Kienlin, F. Azgui, W. Böhmer, K. Djotni, P. Egelhof, W. Henning, G. Kraus, J. Meier, K. W. Shepard

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Abstract

A low temperature calorimeter with good energy resolution was developed for detection of energetic heavy ions. It consists of a doped germanium crystal as thermometer and a sapphire crystal as absorber, and is operated in a 4He window cryostat at temperatures ranging from 1.3 to 2.0 K. For 2.38 GeV 209Bi ions a relative energy resolution of ΔE/E = 1.8 × 10-3 was observed, most probably still limited by the energy spread of the incident ion beam.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)815-818
Number of pages4
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume368
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jan 1996
Externally publishedYes

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