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1. The 0ν2β-decay CROSS experiment: preliminary results and prospects

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The CROSS collaboration, I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé, M. Brière, C. Bourgeois, P. Carniti, M. Chapellier, M. de Combarieu, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, N. Dosme, D. Doullet, L. Dumoulin, F. Ferri, A. Giuliani, C. Gotti, P. Gras, E. Guerard, A. Ianni, H. Khalife, S. I. Konovalov, E. Legay, P. Loaiza, P. de Marcillac, S. Marnieros, C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi, C. Nones, V. Novati, E. Olivieri, C. Oriol, G. Pessina, D. V. Poda, T. Redon, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, M. M. Zarytsky, and A. S. Zolotarova

Subjects
Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay (experiments), Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a key process in particle physics. Its experimental investigation is the only viable method that can establish the Majorana nature of neutrinos, providing at the same time a sensitive inclusive test of lepton number violation. CROSS (Cryogenic Rare-event Observatory with Surface Sensitivity) aims at developing and testing a new bolometric technology to be applied to future large-scale experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay of the promising nuclei 100Mo and 130Te. The limiting factor in large-scale bolometric searches for this rare process is the background induced by surface radioactive contamination, as shown by the results of the CUORE experiment. The basic concept of CROSS consists of rejecting this challenging background component by pulse-shape discrimination, assisted by a proper coating of the faces of the crystal containing the isotope of interest and serving as energy absorber of the bolometric detector. In this paper, we demonstrate that ultra-pure superconductive Al films deposited on the crystal surfaces act successfully as pulse-shape modifiers, both with fast and slow phonon sensors. Rejection factors higher than 99.9% of α surface radioactivity have been demonstrated in a series of prototypes based on crystals of Li2MoO4 and TeO2. We have also shown that point-like energy depositions can be identified up to a distance of ∼ 1 mm from the coated surface. The present program envisions an intermediate experiment to be installed underground in the Canfranc laboratory (Spain) in a CROSS-dedicated facility. This experiment, comprising ∼ 3×1025 nuclei of 100Mo, will be a general test of the CROSS technology as well as a worldwide competitive search for neutrinoless double-beta decay, with sensitivity to the effective Majorana mass down to 70 meV in the most favorable conditions.

Published
2020
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2. Conceptual design of the AGATA 2π array at LNL

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J.J. Valiente-Dobón, R. Menegazzo, A. Goasduff, D. Agguiaro, P. Aguilera, F. Angelini, M. Balogh, D. Bazzacco, J. Benito, G. Benzoni, N. Bez, M. Bolognesi, S. Bottoni, D. Brugnara, S. Carollo, P. Cocconi, A. Cogo, J. Collado, F.C.L. Crespi, A. Ertoprak, R. Escudeiro, F. Galtarossa, E.R. Gamba, A. Gambalonga, B. Góngora Servín, A. Gottardo, A. Gozzelino, M. Gulmini, Z. Huang, T. Marchi, D. Mengoni, P. Modanese, D.R. Napoli, J. Pellumaj, R.M. Pérez-Vidal, S. Pigliapoco, E. Pilotto, L. Ramina, M. Rampazzo, W. Raniero, M. Rebeschini, K. Rezynkina, D. Rosso, M. Scarcioffolo, D. Scarpa, M. Sedlák, R. Smith, N. Toniolo, F. Veronese, V. Volpe, L. Zago, I. Zanon, G. Zhang, R. Abels, M.L. Allegrini, C. Aufranc, G. Baulieu, C. Belkhiria, M. Benettoni, D. Benini, M. Bentley, M. Biasotto, M. Blaizot, J. Blasco Miquel, C. Boiano, A. Boston, H. Boston, A. Boujrad, P. Bourgault, A. Bracco, S. Brambilla, I. Burrows, F. Camera, S. Capra, A. Capsoni, R. Cash, J.V. Civera, E. Clément, S. Coelli, M. Cordwell, L. Corradi, S. Coudert, G. De Angelis, L. De Ruvo, G. Debras, M. Del Fabbro, J. Diklić, N. Dosme, G. Duchene, B. Duclos, J. Dudouet, J. Eberth, S. Elloumi, C. Everett, S. Fantinel, M. Fillinger, E. Fioretto, C. Fransen, A. Gadea, L. Gibelin, V. González, J. Goupil, C. Görgen, A. Grant, K. Green, J. Ha, T. Hartnett, K. Henseler, H. Hess, R. Hirsch, C. Houarner, J. Jacob, T. Joannem, D.S. Judson, N. Karkour, M. Karolak, M. Kebbiri, J. Kieffer, M. Labiche, X. Lafay, P. Le Jeannic, A. Lefevre, E. Legay, F. Legruel, S. Lenzi, S. Leoni, D. Linget, M. Liptrot, A. López-Martens, A. Lotodé, L. Manara, L. Ménager, T. Mijatović, B. Million, A. Minarello, G. Montagnoli, P. Morrall, I. Mullacrane, J. Nyberg, G. Philippon, M. Polettini, F. Popieul, A. Pullia, F. Recchia, P. Reiter, G. Richardt, M. Rocchini, A. Roger, F. Saillant, E. Sanchis, Md.S.R. Laskar, G. Secci, M.-H. Sigward, J. Simpson, N. Solenne, F. Spee, A.M. Stefanini, O. Stézowski, S. Szilner, N. Templeton, Ch. Theisen, S. Thiel, F. Tomasi, S. Tzvetkov, D. Vigano, E. Viscione, O. Wieland, K. Wimmer, G. Wittwer, M. Zielińska, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), and Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
AGATA spectrometer, DANTE detector, EUCLIDES detector, LNL facility, Plunger device, PRISMA spectrometer, Pulse shape analysis, TRACE detector, γ-ray tracking, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, ray tracking, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation
Abstract

International audience; The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) has been installed at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL), Italy. In this installation, AGATA will consist, at the beginning, of 13 AGATA triple clusters (ATCs) with an angular coverage of 1π, and progressively the number of ATCs will increase up to a 2π angular coverage. This setup will exploit both stable and radioactive ion beams delivered by the Tandem–PIAVE-ALPI accelerator complex and the SPES facility. The new implementation of AGATA at LNL will be used in two different configurations, firstly one coupled to the PRISMA large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer and lately a second one at Zero Degrees, along the beam line. These two configurations will allow us to cover a broad physics program, using different reaction mechanisms, such as Coulomb excitation, fusion-evaporation, transfer and fission at energies close to the Coulomb barrier. These setups have been designed to be coupled with a large variety of complementary detectors such as charged particle detectors, neutron detectors, heavy-ion detectors, high-energy γ-ray arrays, cryogenic and gasjet targets and the plunger device for lifetime measurements. We present in this paper the conceptual design, characteristics and performance figures of this implementation of AGATA at LNL.

Published
2023
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3. The $0\nu2\beta$-decay CROSS experiment: preliminary results and prospects

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The CROSS collaboration, I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé, M. Brière, C. Bourgeois, P. Carniti, M. Chapellier, M. de Combarieu, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, N. Dosme, D. Doullet, L. Dumoulin, F. Ferri, A. Giuliani, C. Gotti, P. Gras, E. Guerard, A. Ianni, H. Khalife, S. I. Konovalov, E. Legay, P. Loaiza, P. de Marcillac, S. Marnieros, C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi, C. Nones, V. Novati, E. Olivieri, C. Oriol, G. Pessina, D. V. Poda, T. Redon, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, M. M. Zarytsky, A. S. Zolotarova, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), CROSS, Bandac, I, Barabash, A, Berge, L, Briere, M, Bourgeois, C, Carniti, P, Chapellier, M, de Combarieu, M, Dafinei, I, Danevich, F, Dosme, N, Doullet, D, Dumoulin, L, Ferri, F, Giuliani, A, Gotti, C, Gras, P, Guerard, E, Ianni, A, Khalife, H, Konovalov, S, Legay, E, Loaiza, P, de Marcillac, P, Marnieros, S, Marrache-Kikuchi, C, Nones, C, Novati, V, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Pessina, G, Poda, D, Redon, T, Tretyak, V, Umatov, V, Zarytsky, M, and Zolotarova, A

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, background: induced, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Crystal, Nuclear physics, CUORE, phonon: detector, bolometer, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), Observatory, law, 0103 physical sciences, Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay (experiments), lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, lepton number: violation, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, superconductivity, down: mass, Detector, Bolometer, sensitivity, Lepton number, crystal: surface, observatory, MAJORANA, mass: Majorana, radioactivity, lcsh:QC770-798, Neutrino, experimental results
Abstract

International audience; Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a key process in particle physics. Its experimental investigation is the only viable method that can establish the Majorana nature of neutrinos, providing at the same time a sensitive inclusive test of lepton number violation. CROSS (Cryogenic Rare-event Observatory with Surface Sensitivity) aims at developing and testing a new bolometric technology to be applied to future large-scale experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay of the promising nuclei $^{100}$Mo and $^{130}$Te. The limiting factor in large-scale bolometric searches for this rare process is the background induced by surface radioactive contamination, as shown by the results of the CUORE experiment. The basic concept of CROSS consists of rejecting this challenging background component by pulse-shape discrimination, assisted by a proper coating of the faces of the crystal containing the isotope of interest and serving as energy absorber of the bolometric detector. In this paper, we demonstrate that ultra-pure superconductive Al films deposited on the crystal surfaces act successfully as pulse-shape modifiers, both with fast and slow phonon sensors. Rejection factors higher than 99.9% of α surface radioactivity have been demonstrated in a series of prototypes based on crystals of Li$_{2}$MoO$_{4}$ and TeO$_{2}$. We have also shown that point-like energy depositions can be identified up to a distance of ∼ 1 mm from the coated surface. The present program envisions an intermediate experiment to be installed underground in the Canfranc laboratory (Spain) in a CROSS-dedicated facility. This experiment, comprising ∼ 3×10$^{25}$ nuclei of $^{100}$Mo, will be a general test of the CROSS technology as well as a worldwide competitive search for neutrinoless double-beta decay, with sensitivity to the effective Majorana mass down to 70 meV in the most favorable conditions.[graphic not available: see fulltext]

Published
2019
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4. Conceptual design of the AGATA 1$\pi$ array at GANIL

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E. Clément, C. Michelagnoli, G. de France, H.J. Li, A. Lemasson, C. Barthe Dejean, M. Beuzard, P. Bougault, J. Cacitti, J.-L. Foucher, G. Fremont, P. Gangnant, J. Goupil, C. Houarner, M. Jean, A. Lefevre, L. Legeard, F. Legruel, C. Maugeais, L. Ménager, N. Ménard, H. Munoz, M. Ozille, B. Raine, J.A. Ropert, F. Saillant, C. Spitaels, M. Tripon, Ph. Vallerand, G. Voltolini, W. Korten, M.-D. Salsac, Ch. Theisen, M. Zielińska, T. Joannem, M. Karolak, M. Kebbiri, A. Lotode, R. Touzery, Ch. Walter, A. Korichi, J. Ljungvall, A. Lopez-Martens, D. Ralet, N. Dosme, X. Grave, N. Karkour, X. Lafay, E. Legay, I. Kojouharov, C. Domingo-Pardo, A. Gadea, R.M. Pérez-Vidal, J.V. Civera, B. Birkenbach, J. Eberth, H. Hess, L. Lewandowski, P. Reiter, A. Nannini, G. De Angelis, G. Jaworski, P. John, D.R. Napoli, J.J. Valiente-Dobón, D. Barrientos, D. Bortolato, G. Benzoni, A. Bracco, S. Brambilla, F. Camera, F.C.L. Crespi, S. Leoni, B. Million, A. Pullia, O. Wieland, D. Bazzacco, S.M. Lenzi, S. Lunardi, R. Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, F. Recchia, M. Bellato, R. Isocrate, F.J. Egea Canet, F. Didierjean, G. Duchêne, R. Baumann, M. Brucker, E. Dangelser, M. Filliger, H. Friedmann, G. Gaudiot, J.-N. Grapton, H. Kocher, C. Mathieu, M.-H. Sigward, D. Thomas, S. Veeramootoo, J. Dudouet, O. Stézowski, C. Aufranc, Y. Aubert, M. Labiche, J. Simpson, I. Burrows, P.J. Coleman-Smith, A. Grant, I.H. Lazarus, P.S. Morrall, V.F.E. Pucknell, A. Boston, D.S. Judson, N. Lalović, J. Nyberg, J. Collado, V. González, I. Kuti, B.M. Nyakó, A. Maj, M. Rudigier, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Département de Physique Nucléaire (ex SPhN) (DPHN), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, AGATA, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (IFIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universitat de València (UV), University of Cologne, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze (INFN, Sezione di Firenze), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (INFN, Sezione di Padova), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Computational Science and Engineering Department [Daresbury] (STFC), Science & Technologie Facilities Council, University of Liverpool, Lund University [Lund], Uppsala University, Department of Electronic Engineering [Universitat Politecnica de Valencia], Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Department of Physics, University of Surrey, University of Surrey (UNIS), the EU FEDER funds, MINECO and Generalitat Valenciana, Spain, under the Grants FPA2014-57196-C5, PROMETEOII/2014/019, European Project: 262010,EC:FP7:INFRA,FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-1,ENSAR(2010), and European Project: 654002,H2020,H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015,ENSAR2(2016)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Plunger device, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cyclotron, Scintillator, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation, Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Conceptual design, law, 0103 physical sciences, PARIS LaBr3 detector, Neutron detection, Pulse shape analysis, AGATA spectrometer, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Physics, Spectrometer, VAMOS plus plus spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, FATIMA LaBr3 detector, Acceleratorfysik och instrumentering, DIAMANT detector, NEDA detector, Author Keywords:AGATA spectrometer, Physics::Accelerator Physics, AGATA, gamma-ray tracking, GANIL facility
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The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) has been installed at the GANIL facility, Caen-France. This setup exploits the stable and radioactive heavy-ions beams delivered by the cyclotron accelerator complex of GANIL. Additionally, it benefits from a large palette of ancillary detectors and spectrometers to address in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of exotic nuclei. The set-up has been designed to couple AGATA with a magnetic spectrometer, charged-particle and neutron detectors, scintillators for the detection of high-energy γ rays and other devices such as a plunger to measure nuclear lifetimes. In this paper, the design and the mechanical characteristics of the set-up are described. Based on simulations, expected performances of the AGATA l π array are presented. Title in WoS: Conceptual design of the AGATA 1 pi array at GANIL

Published
2017
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5. Characterization of LaBr3:Ce and CeBr3 calorimeter modules for 3D imaging in gamma-ray astronomy

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N. Karkour, C. Hamadache, D. Linget, N. Dosme, L. Gibelin, X. Lafay, A. Gostojić, S. Blin, J. Kiener, E. Legay, X. Grave, V. Tatischeff, Jean Peyré, P. Barrillon, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM AN), Université Paris-Saclay-Univ. Paris-Sud-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), CSNSM INSTRU, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CSNSM ELEC, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), CSNSM INFOR, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), and Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL)

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Artificial neural network, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Test bench, Anger logic, Instrumentation, Compton telescope, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, Data acquisition, Optics, law, CeBr3, 0103 physical sciences, Energy resolution, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Gamma-ray astronomy, Calorimeter (particle physics), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Geant4 Position reconstruction, Detector, PERFORMANCE, 3. Good health, ARRAYS, CRYSTALS, Space instrumentation, LaBr3:Ce, business, SCINTILLATION, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
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International audience; For the purpose of future space instrumentation for gamma-ray astronomy, we developed a small prototype of a Compton telescope and studied novel detector modules aimed for Compton imaging. We assembled and tested 2 modules, one with a cerium-doped lanthanum(111) bromide (LaBr3:Ce) crystal and the other with cerium(111) bromide (CeBr3). Both crystals measure 5 x 5 cm(2) in area and are 1 cm thick. They are coupled to and read out by 64-channel multi-anode PMTS. Our goals are to obtain the best possible energy resolution and position resolution in 3D on the first impact of an incident gamma-ray within the detector. Both information are vital for successful reconstruction of a Compton image with the telescope prototype. We developed a test bench to experimentally study both modules and have utilized a customized readout electronics and data acquisition system. Furthermore, we have written a detailed Geant4 simulation of the experiment, and utilize simulated data to train an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) algorithm to create a simplified 3D impact position reconstruction method. We give experimental test results obtained by both modules and present detailed parametrization and results from the Geant4 simulation and from the ANN. We compare and discuss the performance of the modules and conclude by giving a brief overview of the future prospects for using such modules in gamma-ray astronomy. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2016
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6. Conceptual design and infrastructure for the installation of the first AGATA sub-array at LNL

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A. Triossi, D. Conventi, A. M. Stefanini, G. Montagnoli, D. Lersch, D. Bazzacco, S. Aydin, John Paul Strachan, B. Bruyneel, C. He, Agnese Giaz, S. Brambilla, S. Fantinel, Enrico Calore, E. Sahin, A. Bracco, B. Million, S. M. Lenzi, R. Peghin, A. Gottardo, L. Berti, G. Maron, Alessandro Zucchiatti, B. Birkenbach, E. Fioretto, Gheorghe Pascovici, V. Vandone, C. Fanin, M. Bellato, E. Legay, N. Blasi, J. Grebosz, F. Zocca, A. Gadea, E. Bissiato, C. A. Ur, O. Stezowski, Roberto Menegazzo, D. Mengoni, Alberto Pullia, E. Farnea, P.M. Jones, Joël Chavas, Roberto Isocrate, M. Nicoletto, Damiano Bortolato, N. Dosme, P. Reiter, G. Rampazzo, A. Corsi, S. Badoer, S. Coelli, Herbert Hess, R. Beunard, Francesco Lelli, F. Recchia, A. Cortesi, M. Ozille, F. C. L. Crespi, Th. Pissulla, J. Jolie, A. Colombo, J. Eberth, G. Salvato, D. R. Napoli, T. Habermann, E. Grodner, C. Boiano, Ch. Fransen, L. Costa, A. Austin, C. Veyssiere, Fernando Scarlassara, F. Tomasi, P. Cocconi, R. Nicolini, N. Toniolo, S. Leoni, A. Dewald, R. Venturelli, R. Griffiths, C. Michelagnoli, L. Corradi, D. Rosso, V. F. E. Pucknell, E. Viscione, F. Veronese, Stefano Riboldi, A. Capsoni, C. Rossi Alvarez, Oliver Wieland, J. Simpson, X. Grave, S. Lunardi, M. Turcato, D. Montanari, G. de Angelis, M. Pignanelli, G. Benzoni, P. Molini, A. Latina, M. Rigato, W. Rother, L. Ramina, F. Camera, J. J. Valiente-Dobón, M. Rebeschini, Andreas Wiens, O. Möller, M. Gulmini, Research Group: Information Management, Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, AGATA, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sabire Yazıcı Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Triossi, Andrea -- 0000-0001-5140-9154, Montanari, Daniele -- 0000-0002-1980-7686, Gadea, Andres -- 0000-0002-4233-1970, Calore, Enrico -- 0000-0002-2301-3838, Napoli, Daniel Ricardo -- 0000-0002-8154-6958, Menegazzo, Roberto -- 0000-0002-3060-5276, Zucchiatti, Alessandro -- 0000-0002-3647-596X, Sahin, Eda -- 0000-0003-0683-5140, Jones, Pete -- 0000-0001-7480-6603, benzoni, giovanna -- 0000-0002-7938-0338, GOTTARDO, Andrea -- 0000-0002-0390-5767, Montagnoli, Giovanna -- 0000-0002-8944-1456, Recchia, Francesco -- 0000-0002-8428-0112, GIAZ, Agnese -- 0000-0002-2550-450X, Pullia, Alberto -- 0000-0002-6393-747X, Scarlassara, Fernando -- 0000-0002-4663-8216, Nicoletto, Marino -- 0000-0001-9301-0782, Lelli, Francesco -- 0000-0003-1900-9171, and Camera, Franco -- 0000-0003-1731-4834

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, DANTE Heavy-ion Detector, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, HELENA multiplicity filter, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Particle detector, Nuclear physics, PRISMA spectrometer, Conceptual design, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Gamma detection, Instrumentation, TRACE SI detector, Physics, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Semiconductor detector, Cologne plunger, AGATA, DANTE heavy-ion-detector, business, Computer hardware
Abstract

WOS: 000295765100014, The first implementation of the AGATA spectrometer consisting of five triple germanium detector clusters has been installed at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN. This setup has two major goals, the first one is to validate the gamma-tracking concept and the second is to perform an experimental physics program using the stable beams delivered by the Tandem-PIAVE-ALPI accelerator complex. A large variety of physics topics will be addressed during this campaign, aiming to investigate both neutron and proton-rich nuclei. The setup has been designed to be coupled with the large-acceptance magnetic-spectrometer PRISMA. Therefore, the in-beam prompt gamma rays detected with AGATA will be measured in coincidence with the products of multinucleon-transfer and deep-inelastic reactions measured by PRISMA. Moreover, the setup is versatile enough to host ancillary detectors, including the heavy-ion detector DANTE, the gamma-ray detector array HELENA, the Cologne plunger for lifetime measurements and the Si-pad telescope TRACE. In this paper the design; characteristics and performance figures of the setup will be described.

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2011
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7. AGATA-Advanced GAmma Tracking Array

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A. Colombo, Y. Mariette, A. Johnson, W. Korten, A. Brondi, T. Faul, J. Robin, R. Depalo, M. Slee, J. Gre¸bosz, H. C. Boston, H. Harroch, B. Rossé, M. Filliger, M. Gulmini, A. Korichi, S. Brambilla, J.R. Cresswell, C. Parisel, P. Edelbruck, F. Ameil, F. Camera, C. Oziol, Matthew Richard Dimmock, G. Salvato, F. Morbiducci, J. Ropert, M. Borsato, E. Legay, Marco Bellato, C. Santos, Gheorghe Pascovici, L. Charles, J. Pancin, G. Casati, P. G. Bizzeti, T. Stanios, S. Lhenoret, Diego Barrientos, P.M. Jones, Andreas Görgen, V. Chambert, S. Aydin, K. Hauschild, B. Hervieu, R. Nicolini, J. Simpson, H. J. Wollersheim, L. Lavergne, Pär-Anders Söderström, G. S. Simpson, G. Jaworski, F. Filmer, R. Griffiths, P.S. Morrall, M. Petcu, G. Lo Bianco, D. Linget, A. Givechev, D. C. Oxley, M. Kogimtzis, F. Salomon, J. Jolie, D. Wells, S. Moon, C. Aufranc, A. Corsi, T. Descombes, N. Goel, J. Thornhill, N. Warr, Serkan Akkoyun, B. Birkenbach, F. Dorangeville, Joël Chavas, P. Medina, Roberto Isocrate, C. 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Veyssiere, S. Leoni, Vicente González, P. Gros, Y. Le Noa, M. Castoldi, O. Möller, R. Orlandi, Thomas Beck, M. Şenyiğit, A. Jungclaus, L. Gibelin, Mohammed Kaci, Zs. Podolyák, J. Gerl, S. Erturk, W. Gast, B. Melon, V. Mendéz, R. Peghin, P. Molini, M. N. Erduran, D. Conventi, Pankaj S. Joshi, E. Clément, F.A. Beck, A. Austin, A. Cortesi, J. Palin, P. Cocconi, L. J. Harkness, F. C. L. Crespi, Dirk Weisshaar, P. Sona, A. Czermak, D. Lersch, N. Blasi, Anton Khaplanov, O. Stezowski, B. Rubio, R. Venturelli, M.-H. Sigward, E. Viscione, José Salt, C. S. Özben, Giancarlo Ripamonti, P. Spolaore, Johan Nyberg, S. M. Lenzi, L. Legeard, N. Redon, C. Rossi Alvarez, C. He, R. Chapman, P. Le Pouhalec, C. Diarra, Herbert Hess, T. Engert, A. Kaşkaş, Stanislav Tashenov, S. Klupp, C. Michelagnoli, Elif Ince, A. Algora, J. F. Smith, M. Ozille, Alessandro Zucchiatti, Angelo Geraci, A. Olariu, M. Labiche, N. Karkour, Stefano Riboldi, P. Bourgault, C. M. Petrache, M. Palacz, M. El Chambit, J.-L. Cercus, M. 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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Pulse-shape and gamma-ray tracking algorithms, FOS: Physical sciences, Semiconductor detector performance and simulations, Integrated circuit, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Tracking (particle physics), gamma-Ray tracking, 01 natural sciences, Pulse-shape and γ-ray tracking algorithms, law.invention, Data acquisition, law, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, γ-Ray spectroscopy, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Digital signal processing, Event reconstruction, gamma-Ray spectroscopy, Physics, sezele, Spectrometer, Spectrometers, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, AGATA, Digital signals, HPGe detectors, Pulse-shape, Ray tracking, HPGe detectors, Algorithms, Crystals, Germanium, Semiconductor detectors, Signal processing, Spectrometry, Tracking (position), γ-Ray tracking, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), AGATA, Física nuclear, business, Computer hardware
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WOS: 000300864200005, The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) is a European project to develop and operate the next generation gamma-ray spectrometer. AGATA is based on the technique of gamma-ray energy tracking in electrically segmented high-purity germanium crystals. This technique requires the accurate determination of the energy, time and position of every interaction as a gamma ray deposits its energy within the detector volume. Reconstruction of the full interaction path results in a detector with very high efficiency and excellent spectral response. The realisation of gamma-ray tracking and AGATA is a result of many technical advances. These include the development of encapsulated highly segmented germanium detectors assembled in a triple cluster detector cryostat, an electronics system with fast digital sampling and a data acquisition system to process the data at a high rate. The full characterisation of the crystals was measured and compared with detector-response simulations. This enabled pulse-shape analysis algorithms, to extract energy, time and position, to be employed. In addition, tracking algorithms for event reconstruction were developed. The first phase of AGATA is now complete and operational in its first physics campaign. In the future AGATA will be moved between laboratories in Europe and operated in a series of campaigns to take advantage of the different beams and facilities available to maximise its science output. The paper reviews all the achievements made in the AGATA project including all the necessary infrastructure to operate and support the spectrometer. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., EU [RII3-CT-2004-506065]; German BMBF [06K-167, 06KY2051]; Swedish Research Council; Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; UK EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; UK STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council; AWE plc; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey [106T055]; Ankara University [05B4240002]; Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education [DPN/N190/AGATA/2009]; Spanish MICINN [FPA2008-06419, FPA2009-13377-C02-02]; Spanish Consolider-Ingenio Programme CPAN [CSD2007-00042]; Generalitat Valenciana [PROMETEO/2010/101]; MICINN, Spain; INFN, Italy [AIC10-D-000568]; Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/F012039/1, ST/J000094/1, ST/F004192/1, ST/J000159/1, ST/I504940/1, NuSTAR, ST/F006950/1, ST/I504916/1, ST/G000670/1, ST/F004060/1, ST/J000051/1, ST/J000108/1, ST/G000670/1 NuSTAR, ST/I504959/1, ST/G000727/1, ST/F004052/1, ST/F004184/1], AGATA and this work is supported by the European funding bodies and the EU Contract RII3-CT-2004-506065, the German BMBF under Grants 06K-167 and 06KY2051, the Swedish Research Council and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, UK EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council, AWE plc, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Proj. nr. 106T055) and Ankara University (BAP Proj. nr. 05B4240002), the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education under Grant DPN/N190/AGATA/2009, the Spanish MICINN under grants FPA2008-06419 and FPA2009-13377-C02-02, the Spanish Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Programme CPAN (contract number CSD2007-00042) the Generalitat Valenciana under Grant PROMETEO/2010/101, and research performed in the frame of the GSI-IN2P3 collaboration agreement number 02-42. A. Gadea and E. Farnea acknowledge the support of MICINN, Spain, and INFN, Italy, through the AIC10-D-000568 bilateral action.

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2012
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8. New setup for the characterisation of the AGATA detectors

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F. Le Blanc, S. Leboutelier, D. Linget, P. Pariset, B. Travers, A. Korichi, T.M.H. Ha, N. Karkour, X. Grave, P. Desesquelles, N. Dosme, E. Legay, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), CSNSM SNO, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), CSNSM INFOR, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), and CSNSM ELEC

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, Coincidence, Collimated light, TOHR setup, PSA, Optics, 0103 physical sciences, Digital acquisition, Scanning, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Digital signal processing, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Compton scattering, HPGe segmented detectors, γ-Ray tracking, Semiconductor detector, AGATA, business
Abstract

A crucial step in the process of γ - ray tracking is related to the location of the interaction points of all the γ - rays within the AGATA (Advanced GAmma Tracking Array) segmented detectors. This requires a full understanding of the sensitivity of each highly segmented high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors via the characterisation of the 2D and 3D position response. In this paper, we describe the experimental scanning setup that we developed at Orsay for the AGATA detectors. A collimated 137Cs source on an automated x–y positioning table was used for the front face scanning of the AGATA symmetric prototype detector. The 3D scanning measurement is performed using coincidence techniques based on γ - ray Compton scattering from the AGATA detector into an ancillary coupled detector. In our setup, TOHR (high resolution tomograph developed for small animal imaging) is used as an ancillary detector. The data is collected using TIGRESS cards for digital signal processing. The data flow, readout and storage is NARVAL as used for the full AGATA project. The analysis of the collected data and the obtained results is shown to illustrate our device performances.

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2012
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