Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2006-10-25
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.B254:254-258,2007
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
11 pages, 5 EPS figures. Submitted to Nucl. Instr. Meth. B
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nimb.2006.11.056
New calibrations of CR39 and Makrofol nuclear track detectors have been obtained using 158 A GeV Pb (82+) and In (49+) ions; a new method for the bulk etch rate determination, using both cone height and base diameter measurements was developed. The CR39 charge resolution based on the etch-pit base area measurement is adequate to identify nuclear fragments in the interval 7 <= Z/beta <= 49. For CR39 the detection threshold is at REL~50 MeV cm^2/g, corresponding to a nuclear fragment with Z/beta~7. Base cone area distributions for Makrofol foils exposed to Pb (82+) ions have shown for the first time all peaks due to nuclear fragments with Z > 50; the distribution of the etched cone heights shows well separated individual peaks for Z/beta = 78 - 83 (charge pickup). The Makrofol detection threshold is at REL 2700 MeV cm^2/g, corresponding to a nuclear fragment with Z/beta~50.
Balestra S.
Cozzi M.
Giacomelli Giorgio
Giacomelli Roberto
Giorgini Miriam
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