AGATA - Advanced Gamma Tracking Array
Abstract
The Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) is a European project to develop and operate the next generation gamma-ray spectrometer. AGATA is based on the technique of gamma-ray energy tracking in electrically segmented high-purity germanium crystals. This technique requires the accurate determination of the energy, time and position of every interaction as a gamma ray deposits its energy within the detector volume. Reconstruction of the full interaction path results in a detector with very high efficiency and excellent spectral response. The realization of gamma-ray tracking and AGATA is a result of many technical advances. These include the development of encapsulated highly-segmented germanium detectors assembled in a triple cluster detector cryostat, an electronics system with fast digital sampling and a data acquisition system to process the data at a high rate. The full characterization of the crystals was measured and compared with detector-response simulations. This enabled pulse-shape analysis algorithms, to extract energy, time and position, to be employed. In addition, tracking algorithms for event reconstruction were developed. The first phase of AGATA is now complete and operational in its first physics campaign. In the future AGATA will be moved between laboratories in Europe and operated in a series of campaigns to take advantage of the different beams and facilities available to maximize its science output. The paper reviews all the achievements made in the AGATA project including all the necessary infrastructure to operate and support the spectrometer.
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@article{arxiv.1111.5731,
title = {AGATA - Advanced Gamma Tracking Array},
author = {S. Akkoyun and A. Algora and B. Alikhani and F. Ameil and G. de Angelis and L. Arnold and A. Astier and A. Ataç and Y. Aubert and C. Aufranc and A. Austin and S. Aydin and F. Azaiez and S. Badoer and D. L. Balabanski and D. Barrientos and G. Baulieu and R. Baumann and D. Bazzacco and F. A. Beck and T. Beck and P. Bednarczyk and M. Bellato and M. A. Bentley and G. Benzoni and R. Berthier and L. Berti and R. Beunard and G. Lo Bianco and B. Birkenbach and P. G. Bizzeti and A. M. Bizzeti-Sona and F. Le Blanc and J. M. Blasco and N. Blasi and D. Bloor and C. Boiano and M. Borsato and D. Bortolato and A. J. Boston and H. C. Boston and P. Bourgault and P. Boutachkov and A. Bouty and A. Bracco and S. Brambilla and I. P. Brawn and A. Brondi and S. Broussard and B. Bruyneel and D. Bucurescu and I. Burrows and A. Bürger and S. Cabaret and B. Cahan and E. Calore and F. Camera and A. Capsoni and F. Carrió and G. Casati and M. Castoldi and B. Cederwall and J. -L. Cercus and V. 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Le Pouhalec and J. Pouthas and D. Pugnére and V. F. E. Pucknell and A. Pullia and B. Quintana and R. Raine and G. Rainovski and L. Ramina and G. Rampazzo and G. La Rana and M. Rebeschini and F. Recchia and N. Redon and M. Reese and P. Reiter and P. H. Regan and S. Riboldi and M. Richer and M. Rigato and S. Rigby and G. Ripamonti and A. P. Robinson and J. Robin and J. Roccaz and J. -A. Ropert and B. Rossé and C. Rossi Alvarez and D. Rosso and B. Rubio and D. Rudolph and F. Saillant and E. Şahin and F. Salomon and M. -D. Salsac and J. Salt and G. Salvato and J. Sampson and E. Sanchis and C. Santos and H. Schaffner and M. Schlarb and D. P. Scraggs and D. Seddon and M. Şenyiğit and M. -H. Sigward and G. Simpson and J. Simpson and M. Slee and J. F. Smith and P. Sona and B. Sowicki and P. Spolaore and C. Stahl and T. Stanios and E. Stefanova and O. Stézowski and J. Strachan and G. Suliman and P. -A. Söderström and J. L. Tain and S. Tanguy and S. Tashenov and Ch. Theisen and J. Thornhill and F. Tomasi and N. Toniolo and R. Touzery and B. Travers and A. Triossi and M. Tripon and K. M. M. Tun-Lanoë and M. Turcato and C. Unsworth and C. A. Ur and J. J. Valiente-Dobon and V. Vandone and E. Vardaci and R. Venturelli and F. Veronese and Ch. Veyssiere and E. Viscione and R. Wadsworth and P. M. Walker and N. Warr and C. Weber and D. Weisshaar and D. Wells and O. Wieland and A. Wiens and G. Wittwer and H. J. Wollersheim and F. Zocca and N. V. Zamfir and M. Ziȩbliński and A. Zucchiatti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5731},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
This version contains a correction of a typing error in the caption of Fig. 2. The DOI to the article published in Nucl. Instr. Meth A was also added