Eur. Phys. J. A (2012) 48: 85
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2012-12085-6

Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory

T-REX

A new setup for transfer experiments at REX-ISOLDE

¹ Physik Department E12, James-Franck-Straße, D-85748, Garching, Germany
² Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium

^* e-mail: vbildste@uoguelph.ca

Received: 19 December 2011
Revised: 13 March 2012
Accepted: 6 May 2012
Published online: 18 June 2012

Abstract

Transfer reactions in inverse kinematics using the radioactive ion beams provided by the REX-ISOLDE facility at CERN are very good tools to gain insight into the single-particle properties of exotic nuclei. The new silicon particle detector setup T-REX, optimized for these transfer reactions, is presented in this article. T-REX consists of position sensitive ΔE-E telescopes in a compact configuration that covers up to 66% of the solid angle. The setup allows the identification of the light reaction products and the measurement of their angular distribution for a large range of polar angles. Simultaneous detection of the elastically scattered target-like nuclei enables the determination of the optical model parameters used in the analysis of the experiments.