Gas scintillation chamber for superheavy elements detection at GANIL

Z. Sosin , A. Wieloch , J. Péter (1) , A. Drouart (2) , R. Dayras (2) , K. Lojek , C. Stodel (3) , M. Adamczyk , A. Gonciarz , P. Banka , P. Lasko , L. Zosiak , N. Alamanos (2) , N. Amar (1) , R. Anne (3) , J.C. Angélique (1) , G. Auger (3) , J.M. Fontbonne (1) , A. Gillibert (2) , S. Grévy (3) , F. Hanappe , F. Hannachi (4) , R. Hue (3) , A. Khouaja (3) , T. Legou (1) , A. Lopez-Martens (5) , E. Liénard (1) , L. Manduci (1) , Francois de Oliveira Santos (3) , G. Politi , M.G. Saint-Laurent (3) , L. Stuttgé (6) , J. Tillier (1) , R. de Tourreil (3) , A.C.C. Villari (3) , J.P. Wieleczko (3)

1 LPCC - Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen
2 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
3 GANIL - Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds
4 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan
5 CSNSM - Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse
6 DRS-IPHC - Département Recherches Subatomiques

In the paper we present scintillation-ionization detector (SID) — a new device for support of the superheavy elements (SHE) identification in the standard, complete fusion methods. We highlight problems with background effects in SHE production and their minimization by introducing SID to the detection set-up at GANIL. We also point possible application of this detector in alternative approach for superheavy elements production.

Domains: Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]

Z. Sosin, A. Wieloch, J. Péter, A. Drouart, R. Dayras, et al.. Gas scintillation chamber for superheavy elements detection at GANIL. Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics, 2008, Zakopane, Poland. pp.741-745. ⟨in2p3-00371740⟩