2023, 40(2): 193-197.
doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.40.2023021
Published:2023-06-20
Lifetimes of nuclear excited states are related to its internal structure, and considered as one of most important values in the nuclear property studies. In this paper, we report the first lifetime measurements of nuclear excited states at the HIRFL facility via Doppler Shift Attenuation Method(DSAM). The excited states of $_{}^{46}{\rm{Ti}}$ were populated by the $_{}^{12}{\rm{C}}$ ($_{}^{36}{\rm{Ar}}$ , 2p) reaction, and coincidence measurements were performed by the newly upgraded HPGe detector array. Lifetimes of 4+, 5−, and 6−states were extracted from the gated spectra, and corresponding transition probabilities were deduced. Further theoretical calculations have been performed using the large scale configuration-mixing shell model, and configurations of those states are suggested.
2023, 40(1): 73-77.
doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.40.2022021
Published:2023-03-20
Keywords:
phoswich gamma-ray detector ,
LaBr3(Ce) ,
CsI(Tl) ,
pulse shape identification ,
Monte Carlo simulation
In this work, a compact phoswich detector consisting of a cylindrical LaBr3(Ce) principal crystal and a well-shaped CsI(Tl) sub-crystal was designed and assembled to identify and reject Compton scattering in the LaBr3(Ce). Two different crystals coupled to the same photomultiplier tube (PMT). The energy deposition in each layer from incident radiation is then determined via digital pulse shape analysis of the PMT’s pulses. The results of Geant4 simulations were used to verify the performance of the pulse shape identification and the effect of Compton background suppression. Experimental tests were conducted on the detector prototype using a 60Co gamma source, and the result shown that the detector background suppression coefficient was 2.33(1) which achieved the expected purpose of twice as much as the Compton background was suppressed.