The Miniball spectrometer

N. Warr; J. Van de Walle; M. Albers; F. Ames; B. Bastin; C. Bauer; V. Bildstein; A. Blazhev; S. Bönig; N. Bree; B. Bruyneel; P. A. Butler; J. Cederkäll; E. Clément; T. E. Cocolios; T. Davinson; H. De Witte; P. Delahaye; D. D. DiJulio; J. Diriken; J. Eberth; A. Ekström; J. Elseviers; S. Emhofer; D. V. Fedorov; V. N. Fedosseev; S. Franchoo; C. Fransen; L. P. Gaffney; J. Gerl; G. Georgiev; R. Gernhäuser; T. Grahn; D. Habs; H. Hess; A. M. Hurst; M. Huyse; O. Ivanov; J. Iwanicki; D. G. Jenkins; J. Jolie; N. Kesteloot; O. Kester; U. Köster; M. Krauth; T. Kröll; R. Krücken; M. Lauer; J. Leske; K. P. Lieb; R. Lutter; L. Maier; B. A. Marsh; D. Mücher; M. Münch; O. Niedermaier; J. Pakarinen; M. Pantea; G. Pascovici; N. Patronis; D. Pauwels; A. Petts; N. Pietralla; R. Raabe; E. Rapisarda; P. Reiter; A. Richter; O. Schaile; M. Scheck; H. Scheit; G. Schrieder; D. Schwalm; M. Seidlitz; M. Seliverstov; T. Sieber; H. Simon; K. -H. Speidel; C. Stahl; I. Stefanescu; P. G. Thirolf; H. -G. Thomas; M. Thürauf; P. Van Duppen; D. Voulot; R. Wadsworth; G. Walter; D. Weißhaar; F. Wenander; A. Wiens; K. Wimmer; B. H. Wolf; P. J. Woods; K. Wrzosek-Lipska; K. O. Zell

doi:10.1140/epja/i2013-13040-9

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Hadrons and Nuclei

Open Access

Eur. Phys. J. A (2013) 49: 40
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13040-9

Special Article - Experimental Physics

The Miniball spectrometer

N. Warr¹⁹⁸⁷⁰^*, J. Van de Walle²⁹⁸⁷⁰^,39870, M. Albers¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, F. Ames⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰, B. Bastin⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, C. Bauer⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, V. Bildstein⁷⁹⁸⁷⁰^,89870, A. Blazhev¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, S. Bönig⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, N. Bree⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, B. Bruyneel¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, P. A. Butler⁹⁹⁸⁷⁰, J. Cederkäll²⁹⁸⁷⁰^,109870, E. Clément²⁹⁸⁷⁰^,119870, T. E. Cocolios²⁹⁸⁷⁰^,59870, T. Davinson¹²⁹⁸⁷⁰, H. De Witte⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, P. Delahaye²⁹⁸⁷⁰, D. D. DiJulio¹⁰⁹⁸⁷⁰, J. Diriken⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰^,139870, J. Eberth¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, A. Ekström¹⁰⁹⁸⁷⁰, J. Elseviers⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, S. Emhofer⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰, D. V. Fedorov¹⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰, V. N. Fedosseev²⁹⁸⁷⁰, S. Franchoo²⁹⁸⁷⁰, C. Fransen¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, L. P. Gaffney⁹⁹⁸⁷⁰, J. Gerl¹⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, G. Georgiev¹⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, R. Gernhäuser⁸⁹⁸⁷⁰, T. Grahn⁹⁹⁸⁷⁰^,179870^,189870, D. Habs⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰, H. Hess¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, A. M. Hurst⁹⁹⁸⁷⁰^,199870, M. Huyse⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, O. Ivanov⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, J. Iwanicki⁹⁹⁸⁷⁰^,209870, D. G. Jenkins⁹⁹⁸⁷⁰^,219870, J. Jolie¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, N. Kesteloot⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰^,139870, O. Kester⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰, U. Köster²⁹⁸⁷⁰, M. Krauth²²⁹⁸⁷⁰, T. Kröll⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰^,89870, R. Krücken⁸⁹⁸⁷⁰, M. Lauer⁷⁹⁸⁷⁰, J. Leske⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, K. P. Lieb²³⁹⁸⁷⁰, R. Lutter⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰, L. Maier⁸⁹⁸⁷⁰, B. A. Marsh²⁹⁸⁷⁰, D. Mücher¹⁹⁸⁷⁰^,89870, M. Münch⁸⁹⁸⁷⁰, O. Niedermaier⁷⁹⁸⁷⁰, J. Pakarinen²⁹⁸⁷⁰^,99870^,179870^,189870, M. Pantea⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, G. Pascovici¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, N. Patronis⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, D. Pauwels⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, A. Petts⁹⁹⁸⁷⁰, N. Pietralla⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, R. Raabe⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, E. Rapisarda²⁹⁸⁷⁰^,59870, P. Reiter¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, A. Richter⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, O. Schaile⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰, M. Scheck⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰^,99870, H. Scheit⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰^,79870, G. Schrieder⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, D. Schwalm⁷⁹⁸⁷⁰, M. Seidlitz¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, M. Seliverstov²⁹⁸⁷⁰^,59870^,149870^,249870, T. Sieber²⁹⁸⁷⁰, H. Simon⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, K. -H. Speidel²⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, C. Stahl⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, I. Stefanescu⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰^,269870, P. G. Thirolf⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰, H. -G. Thomas¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, M. Thürauf⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰, P. Van Duppen⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰, D. Voulot²⁷⁹⁸⁷⁰, R. Wadsworth²¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, G. Walter²²⁹⁸⁷⁰^,289870, D. Weißhaar¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, F. Wenander²⁷⁹⁸⁷⁰, A. Wiens¹⁹⁸⁷⁰, K. Wimmer⁸⁹⁸⁷⁰, B. H. Wolf⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰, P. J. Woods¹²⁹⁸⁷⁰, K. Wrzosek-Lipska⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰^,209870 and K. O. Zell¹⁹⁸⁷⁰

¹⁹⁸⁷⁰ Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937, Köln, Germany
²⁹⁸⁷⁰ PH Department, ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
³⁹⁸⁷⁰ Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA, Groningen, The Netherlands
⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰ Sektion Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, D-85748, Garching, Germany
⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰ Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰ Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289, Darmstadt, Germany
⁷⁹⁸⁷⁰ Max-Planck-Insitut für Kernphysik, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
⁸⁹⁸⁷⁰ Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748, Garching, Germany
⁹⁹⁸⁷⁰ Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZE, Liverpool, UK
¹⁰⁹⁸⁷⁰ Fysiska Institutionen, Lunds Universitet, Box 118, 221 00, Lund, Sweden
¹¹⁹⁸⁷⁰ Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL), F-14021, Caen CEDEX, France
¹²⁹⁸⁷⁰ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh, UK
¹³⁹⁸⁷⁰ Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie/Centre d’Etude de l’nergie Nuclaire (SCK CEN), B-2400, Mol, Belgium
¹⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰ Department of High Energy Physics, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
¹⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰ Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany
¹⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰ CSNSM, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR8609, F-91405, ORSAY-Campus, France
¹⁷⁹⁸⁷⁰ Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland
¹⁸⁹⁸⁷⁰ Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
¹⁹⁹⁸⁷⁰ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MailStop 88R0192, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
²⁰⁹⁸⁷⁰ Heavy Ion Laboratory, Warsaw University, Pasteura 5A, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
²¹⁹⁸⁷⁰ Nuclear Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of York, YO10 5DD, York, UK
²²⁹⁸⁷⁰ Institut de Recherches Subatomiques, F-67037, Strasbourg CEDEX 2, France
²³⁹⁸⁷⁰ II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany
²⁴⁹⁸⁷⁰ School of Engineering and Science, University of West Scotland, PA1 2BE, Paisley, UK
²⁵⁹⁸⁷⁰ Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen-und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, Nußallee 14-16, D-53115, Bonn, Germany
²⁶⁹⁸⁷⁰ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742, Maryland, USA
²⁷⁹⁸⁷⁰ AB Department, ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
²⁸⁹⁸⁷⁰ Université Louis Pasteur, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, CS 90032, F-67081, Strasbourg CEDEX, France

^* e-mail: warr@ikp.uni-koeln.de

Received: 23 November 2012
Accepted: 12 March 2013
Published online: 26 March 2013

Abstract

The Miniball germanium detector array has been operational at the REX (Radioactive ion beam EXperiment) post accelerator at the Isotope Separator On-Line facility ISOLDE at CERN since 2001. During the last decade, a series of successful Coulomb excitation and transfer reaction studies have been performed with this array, utilizing the unique and high-quality radioactive ion beams which are available at ISOLDE. In this article, an overview is given of the technical details of the full Miniball setup, including a description of the $\gamma$ -ray and particle detectors, beam monitoring devices and methods to deal with beam contamination. The specific timing properties of the REX-ISOLDE facility are highlighted to indicate the sensitivity that can be achieved with the full Miniball setup. The article is finalized with a summary of some physics highlights at REX-ISOLDE and the utilization of the Miniball germanium detectors at other facilities.