Conveners
Session 11: Facilities and Instrumentation
- Diana Carbone (INFN-LNS)
In 2019, a new project focused on implementing the MAGNEX Focal Plane Detector (FPD) at the K600 spectrometer facility at iThemba LABS was started with the aim to facilitate experiments involving heavy-ion beams. The primary intention was to investigate Double Charge Exchange (DCE) reactions and competing quasi-elastic channels at various incident energies, expanding upon the research...
The development of $\gamma$-ray energy-tracking arrays using highly segmented High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors is currently the technological frontier of high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy in modern nuclear physics [1]. The tracking capability of such arrays strongly depends on the performance of the Pulse Shape Analysis (PSA), which uses the position-dependent response of the...
Accelerator driven neutron sources with high brilliance neutron provision present an attractive alternative to classical neutron sources of fission reactors and spallation sources to provide scientist with neutrons to probe and analyze the structure and dynamics of matter. With the advent of high current proton accelerator systems, a novel class of such neutron facilities can be established...
The Portable African Neutron-Gamma Laboratory for Innovative Nuclear Science (PANGoLINS) project aims to further investigate measurements of neutrons which forms an important component part on site or in transit and the detection of both fissile material for the use in decarbonised energy sources or disposal thereof. iThemba LABS has pioneered a mobile gamma-ray detection unit which allows a...
