A time projection chamber for the study of nuclear photodisintegration

被引:15
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作者
Kii, T
Shima, T
Baba, T
Nagai, Y
机构
[1] Osaka Univ, Res Ctr Nucl Phys, Osaka 5670047, Japan
[2] Kyoto Univ, Inst Adv Energy, Uji, Kyoto 6110011, Japan
[3] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528551, Japan
关键词
time projection chamber; laser-Compton backscattered photon; photonuclear reaction; few-nucleon system; nucleosynthesis;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2005.07.003
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A time projection chamber has been newly constructed for studying the nuclear photodisintegration reaction of a gas sample. All charged fragments from various channels of the reaction can be detected simultaneously by means of the time projection chamber with about 100% efficiency in the geometry of 4 pi. The assignment of these fragments to an individual reaction channel is unambiguously made using a path length, a pulse height, a track width and reaction kinematics of each of these fragments. The performance of the time projection chamber has been studied using the alpha-source of Am-241 and the photodisintegration reaction of He-4 induced by the pulsed laser-Compton backscattered photon beam. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:329 / 343
页数:15
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