Modern Instrumentation

Volume 2, Issue 3 (July 2013)

ISSN Print: 2165-9257   ISSN Online: 2165-9273

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Nuclear Track Detectors for Relativistic Nuclear Fragmentation Studies: Comparison with Other Competitive Techniques

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DOI: 10.4236/mi.2013.23008    5,193 Downloads   9,197 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

The potential of the high resolution nuclear track detector (NTD) CR-39 is examined carefully for the measurement of relativistic nuclear projectile fragmentation cross sections and studies of related processes using the experience of many years of such measurements. The charge resolution and the charge resolving power of CR-39 detectors for the measurements of 158 A GeV 207Pb projectiles and their fragments are presented. Exposures of target-detector stacks, the chemical etching procedure and the nuclear track measurements are described in detail discussing precautions and possible errors. The procedures discussed are also valid for other NTDs. A comparison with electronic active detectors is also made considering important detection and measurement aspects. An experimental design proposing the co-use of NTDs with in-use active detectors is described.

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Rana, M. , Sher, G. , Manzoor, S. , Malik, F. and Naz, K. (2013) Nuclear Track Detectors for Relativistic Nuclear Fragmentation Studies: Comparison with Other Competitive Techniques. Modern Instrumentation, 2, 49-59. doi: 10.4236/mi.2013.23008.

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