Proton response of CEPA4: A novel LaBr3(Ce)-LaCl3(Ce) phoswich array for high-energy gamma and proton spectroscopy
Journal article, 2015
A new phoswich array, for the detection of high-energy protons and gamma rays from nuclear reactions, has been built. This new detector consists of four individual closely packed scintillator detectors, each of them made of 4 cm of LaBr3(Ce) and G cm of LaCl3(Ce) in phoswich configuration (optically coupled and with a common readout). In this paper we report on the results of a beam test performed at the Bronowice Cyclotron Centre (CCB) in Krakow, showing the response of this versatile instrument to high energy protons (70-230 MeV). Furthermore, for the first time we prove that we can reconstruct the original energy of fast protons (E > 200 MeV) which pass through the total length of the crystal while still retaining a good energy resolution.
Phoswich
Pulse-shape analysis
LaBr3(Ce)
Spectroscopy
LaCl3(Ce)
Proton detector
Author
E. Nacher
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Mikael Mårtensson
Chalmers, Fundamental Physics
O. Tengblad
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
H. Alvarez-Pol
Universidade de Santiagode Compostela
M. Bendel
Technical University of Munich
D. Cortina-Gil
Universidade de Santiagode Compostela
R. Gernhauser
Technical University of Munich
T. Le Bleis
Technical University of Munich
A. Maj
Polish Academy of Sciences
Thomas Nilsson
Chalmers, Fundamental Physics
A. Perea
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
B. Pietras
Universidade de Santiagode Compostela
G. Ribeiro
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
J. S. del Rio
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
J. S. Rosado
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Andreas Martin Heinz
Chalmers, Fundamental Physics
B. Szpak
Polish Academy of Sciences
M. Winkel
Technical University of Munich
M. Zieblinski
Polish Academy of Sciences
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
0168-9002 (ISSN)
Vol. 769 105-111Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation
Subatomic Physics
Physical Sciences
Roots
Basic sciences
DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.067