https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2011-11004-9
Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory
Response function of the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA
1
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy
2
INFN, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
3
INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
4
Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Università di Torino and INFN Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
5
Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy
6
IFIC, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
7
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
8
Ruer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
* e-mail: silvia.leoni@mi.infn.it
Received:
7
April
2010
Revised:
18
November
2010
Accepted:
6
December
2010
Published online:
6
January
2011
The response function of the magnetic spectrometer PRISMA is studied via a Monte Carlo simulation that employs a ray tracing code to determine the trajectories of individual rays through the electromagnetic fields. The calculated response is tested on angular and energy distributions provided by theoretical calculations for the 48Ca + 64Ni multinucleon transfer reaction and applied to the corresponding experimental data.
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