The Miniball spectrometer

Summary, in English

The Miniball germanium detector array has been operational at the REX (Radioactive ion beam EXperiment) post accelerator at the Isotope Separator On-Line facility ISOLDE at CERN since 2001. During the last decade, a series of successful Coulomb excitation and transfer reaction studies have been performed with this array, utilizing the unique and high-quality radioactive ion beams which are available at ISOLDE. In this article, an overview is given of the technical details of the full Miniball setup, including a description of the.-ray and particle detectors, beam monitoring devices and methods to deal with beam contamination. The specific timing properties of the REX-ISOLDE facility are highlighted to indicate the sensitivity that can be achieved with the full Miniball setup. The article is finalized with a summary of some physics highlights at REX-ISOLDE and the utilization of the Miniball germanium detectors at other facilities.

• Author: N. Warr; J. Van de Walle; M. Albers; F. Ames; B. Bastin; C. Bauer; V. Bildstein; A. Blazhev; S. Boenig; N. Bree; B. Bruyneel; P. A. Butler; Joakim Cederkäll; E. Clement; T. E. Cocolios; T. Davinson; H. De Witte; P. Delahaye; Douglas DiJulio; J. Diriken; J. Eberth; Andreas Ekström; J. Elseviers; S. Emhofer; D. V. Fedorov; V. N. Fedosseev; S. Franchoo; C. Fransen; L. P. Gaffney; J. Gerl; G. Georgiev; R. Gernhaeuser; T. Grahn; D. Habs; H. Hess; A. M. Hurst; M. Huyse; O. Ivanov; J. Iwanicki; D. G. Jenkins; J. Jolie; N. Kesteloot; O. Kester; U. Koester; M. Krauth; T. Kroell; R. Kruecken; M. Lauer; J. Leske; K. P. Lieb; R. Lutter; L. Maier; B. A. Marsh; D. Muecher; M. Muench; O. Niedermaier; J. Pakarinen; M. Pantea; G. Pascovici; N. Patronis; D. Pauwels; A. Petts; N. Pietralla; R. Raabe; E. Rapisarda; P. Reiter; A. Richter; O. Schaile; M. Scheck; H. Scheit; G. Schrieder; D. Schwalm; M. Seidlitz; M. Seliverstov; T. Sieber; H. Simon; K. -H. Speidel; C. Stahl; I. Stefanescu; P. G. Thirolf; H. -G. Thomas; M. Thuerauf; P. Van Duppen; D. Voulot; R. Wadsworth; G. Walter; D. Weisshaar; F. Wenander; A. Wiens; K. Wimmer; B. H. Wolf; P. J. Woods; K. Wrzosek-Lipska; K. O. Zell
• Department/s: Nuclear physics
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: European Physical Journal A. Hadrons and Nuclei
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 3
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13040-9
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Springer
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1434-6001