https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13040-9
Special Article - Experimental Physics
The Miniball spectrometer
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Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937, Köln, Germany
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PH Department, ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Sektion Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, D-85748, Garching, Germany
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Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289, Darmstadt, Germany
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Max-Planck-Insitut für Kernphysik, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748, Garching, Germany
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Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZE, Liverpool, UK
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Fysiska Institutionen, Lunds Universitet, Box 118, 221 00, Lund, Sweden
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Grand Accélérateur National d’Ions Lourds (GANIL), F-14021, Caen CEDEX, France
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh, UK
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Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie/Centre d’Etude de l’nergie Nuclaire (SCK CEN), B-2400, Mol, Belgium
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Department of High Energy Physics, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
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Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany
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CSNSM, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR8609, F-91405, ORSAY-Campus, France
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Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MailStop 88R0192, 1 Cyclotron Road, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Heavy Ion Laboratory, Warsaw University, Pasteura 5A, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
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Nuclear Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of York, YO10 5DD, York, UK
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Institut de Recherches Subatomiques, F-67037, Strasbourg CEDEX 2, France
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II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany
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School of Engineering and Science, University of West Scotland, PA1 2BE, Paisley, UK
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Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen-und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, Nußallee 14-16, D-53115, Bonn, Germany
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742, Maryland, USA
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AB Department, ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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Université Louis Pasteur, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, CS 90032, F-67081, Strasbourg CEDEX, France
* e-mail: warr@ikp.uni-koeln.de
Received:
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2012
Accepted:
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2013
Published online:
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March
2013
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 -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.
© SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013