Title :
Detector developments for the hypernuclear programme at P̄ANDA
Author :
Lorente, A. Sanchez ; Achenbach, P. ; Pochodzalla, J. ; Majos, S. Sanchez
Author_Institution :
Institut fÿr Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitÿt, Mainz, Germany
Abstract :
The technical design of the P̄ANDA experiment at the future FAIR facility next to GSI is progressing. At the proposed anti-proton storage ring the spectroscopy of double Λ hypernuclei is one of the four main topics which will be addressed by the Collaboration. The hypernuclear experiments require (i) a dedicated internal target, (ii) an active secondary target of alternating silicon and absorber material layers, (iii) high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors, and (iv) a good particle identification system for low momentum kaons. All systems need to operate in the presence of a high magnetic field and a large hadronic background. The status of the detector developments for this programme is summarized.
Keywords :
Collaboration; Detectors; Light scattering; Magnetic materials; Mesons; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Particle scattering; Silicon; Spectroscopy; Storage rings; Hypernuclei; antiproton-induced reactions; design of experiments;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774720