Sub-nanosecond nuclear spectroscopy with lanthanum bromide scintillation detectors

  • Stuchbery, Andrew (PI)
  • Kibedi, Tibor (CoI)
  • Lane, Greg (CoI)
  • Reed, Matthew (CoI)

    Project: Research

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    Description

    An array of six LaBr3 scintillator detectors (2 from MEC, 4 from Nuclear Physics) will be assembled to enable measurements of nuclear lifetimes and other nuclear phenomena on the sub-nanosecond time scale. Lanthanum bromide (LaBr3) is a new scintillator material giving excellent energy resolution as well as excellent time resolution. The excellent energy resolution opens a new domain for studies of the electromagnetic properties of nuclear quantum states excited by heavy-ion reactions by enabling lines of interest to be selected within a complex gamma-ray spectrum.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date2/04/1531/12/15

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