ANASEN: The array for nuclear astrophysics and structure with exotic nuclei

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2017-10, Vol.870 (C), p.1-11
• Main Authors: Koshchiy, E., Blackmon, J.C., Rogachev, G.V., Wiedenhöver, I., Baby, L., Barber, P., Bardayan, D.W., Belarge, J., Caussyn, D., Johnson, E.D., Kemper, K., Kuchera, A.N., Linhardt, L.E., Macon, K.T., Matoš, M., Rasco, B.S., Santiago-Gonzalez, D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Active gas target; Charge particles detection; CsI(Tl) detectors; Inverse kinematic; Multiwire position sensitive proportional counter; Radioactive beams; Silicon-strip detectors
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2017.07.030

An active target detector array, ANASEN, has been developed for nuclear reaction studies with rare isotope beams at low energies. It aims at measurements of the excitation functions for proton and α- particle elastic and inelastic scattering and direct measurements of (α, p) reactions with exotic nuclei in inverse kinematics. ANASEN is composed of three types of charged particle detectors. The length of the active area is 340 mm and the total covered area is 1300 cm2 (almost 3π steradian solid angle coverage) providing high efficiency for experiments with low intensity radioactive beams. A mix of 78 conventional electronics channels (for Proportional Counter and CsI-detectors) and 480 dedicated high-density ASICs electronics channels for the silicon detector are used for readout.