AGATA, Technical Proposal for an Advanced Gamma Tracking Array for the European Gamma Spectroscopy Community

D. Bazzacco (1) , B. Cederwall (2) , J. Cresswell (3) , G. Duchêne (4) , J. Eberth (5) , W. Gast (6) , J. Gerl (7) , W. Korten (8) , I. Lazarus (9) , R.M. Lieder (10) , J. Simpson (9) , D. Weisshaar (5)

1 INFN, Sezione di Padova - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
2 KTH - KTH Royal Institute of Technology [Stockholm]
3 Department of Physics - University of Liverpool
4 IReS - Institut de Recherches Subatomiques
5 Institut für Kernphysik der Universität zu Köln
6 IKP - Institut für Kernphysik
7 GSI - Helmholtz zentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
8 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
9 CLRC Daresbury
10 FZJ - Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH | Centre de recherche de Jülich | Jülich Research Centre

An Advanced GAmma-ray Tracking Array, AGATA, is proposed for high-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy with exotic beams. AGATA will employ highly segmented Ge detectors as well as fully digital electronics and relies on newly developed pulse-shape analysis and tracking methods. The array is being designed in a way that it provides optimal properties for nuclear structure experiments in a wide range of beam velocities (from stopped to v/c ≈ 50%), almost independent of beam quality and background conditions. Selectivity and sensitivity of AGATA will be superior to any existing γ-array by several orders of magnitude. Hence, it will be for a long time a rich source for nuclear structure physics providing the means for new discoveries and opening challenging new perspectives. This document is the initial proposal sent to the European Commission to obtain the necessary funds for the project.

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]

D. Bazzacco, B. Cederwall, J. Cresswell, G. Duchêne, J. Eberth, et al.. AGATA, Technical Proposal for an Advanced Gamma Tracking Array for the European Gamma Spectroscopy Community. J. Gerl and W. Korten. AGATA collaboration, pp.87, 1991. ⟨hal-00729050⟩