Speaker
Luna Pellegri
(University of the Witwatersrand and iThemba LABS)
Description
The African LaBr Array (ALBA) consists of 21 large volume LaBr3:Ce. The characteristics of these crystals, such as the good energy resolution and the high efficiency, make this array very useful for the detection of high-energy gamma rays. The ALBA project foresees the use of the gamma spectrometer in stand-alone mode and coupled to the K600 spectrometer or to silicon-detector arrays for the particle identification. A Digital acquisition system based on XIA PIXIE 16 cards (12 bit 500Mz digitization) will be used. The 21 detectors of ALBA arrived in 2021 and the S-line support frame is now being completed. An overview of the project will be given underling the physics program that is envisage for the upcoming future.
Primary author
Luna Pellegri
(University of the Witwatersrand and iThemba LABS)
Co-authors
Pete Jones
(iThemba LABS)
GAMKA collaboration
