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MINOS: A vertex tracker coupled to a thick liquid-hydrogen target for in-beam spectroscopy of exotic nuclei

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MINOS is a new apparatus dedicated to in-beam nuclear structure experiments with low-intensity exotic beams in inverse kinematics at intermediate energies above 150MeV/nucleon. The device is composed of a thick liquid-hydrogen target coupled to a compact time projection chamber (TPC) serving as a vertex tracker. Either used for in-beam gamma spectroscopy of bound excited states or invariant-mass spectroscopy of unbound states, MINOS aims at improving the luminosity by a very significant factor compared to standard solid-target material experiments while improving experimental resolutions.

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  1. CEA, Centre de Saclay, IRFU, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    A. Obertelli, A. Delbart, S. Anvar, L. Audirac, G. Authelet, B. Bruyneel, D. Calvet, F. Château, A. Corsi, J. -M. Gheller, A. Giganon, C. Lahonde-Hamdoun, D. Leboeuf, D. Loiseau, A. Mohamed, J. -Ph. Mols, C. Péron, A. Peyaud, E. C. Pollacco, G. Prono, J. -Y. Rousse & C. Santamaria

  2. RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, 351-0198, Wako, Saitama, Japan

    H. Baba, P. Doornenbal, H. Otsu & T. Uesaka

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Obertelli, A., Delbart, A., Anvar, S. et al. MINOS: A vertex tracker coupled to a thick liquid-hydrogen target for in-beam spectroscopy of exotic nuclei. Eur. Phys. J. A 50, 8 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2014-14008-y

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