Calibrating the CsI(Tl) detectors of the GARFIELD apparatus

被引:4
作者
Abbondanno, U
Bruno, M
Casini, G
Cavaletti, R
Cavallaro, S
Chiari, M
D'Agostino, M
Gramegna, F
Lanchais, A
Margagliotti, GV
Mastinu, PF
Milazzo, PM
Moroni, A
Nannini, A
Ordine, A
Vannini, G
Vannucci, L
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[2] Univ Trieste, Dipartimento Fis, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
[3] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, Bologna, Italy
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[6] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, Florence, Italy
[7] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, Catania, Italy
[8] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Sud, I-95129 Catania, Italy
[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[11] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, Naples, Italy
[12] Univ Naples, Dipartimento Fis, Naples, Italy
关键词
heavy ion; scintillation detectors; energy calibration;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(02)00564-8
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The energy and charge dependence of the light output of the CSI(Tl) detectors of the GARFIELD apparatus has been investigated for heavy ions with 5 less than or equal to Z less than or equal to 16 in the energy range from 2.2 to 8.3 A MeV. The results have been compared to an analytical expression successfully used in previous calibration procedures at higher energies, and a rather good agreement was obtained between measured and calculated quantities. The resulting parameter set was successfully applied to another set of experimental data. The overall result demonstrates the validity of the above mentioned calibration procedure in a wide range of incident ion energies and masses. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:604 / 609
页数:6
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