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Commissioning of the 4\(\pi \,\gamma \)-summing array HECTOR at CASPAR: measurements of \(^{27}\text {Al}\)\((p,\gamma )\) \(^{28}\text {Si}\) resonances 4850 feet underground

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The High EffiCiency TOtal absorption spectrometeR (HECTOR) is a \(4\pi \) \(\gamma \)-summing detector designed to measure capture cross sections. Here, we present the commissioning of HECTOR at the Compact Accelerator System for Performing Astrophysical Research (CASPAR) laboratory, which is located at the Sandford Underground Research Facility 4850 feet underground. With the underground environment drastically improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the detector, it is estimated HECTOR will be able to push cross-section measurements below a nanobarn. Details of the experimental setup are discussed along with the analysis of several resonance strengths measured for the \(^{27}\text {Al}\)\((p,\gamma )\) \(^{28}\text {Si}\) reaction between the lab energies 0.2–1.0 MeV. The measurements are in excellent agreement with those found in the literature.

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This manuscript has no associated data or the data will not be deposited. [Authors’ comment: Results relevant to the discussion in the paper are included in appropriate figures and tables within the text. All experimental data is available upon request to the corresponding author.]

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grants nos. PHY-1713857, PHY-2011890, PHY-1614442, and PHY-1913746, and the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) under Award number DE-SC0020216.

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  1. Department of Physics and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA

    O. Olivas-Gomez, A. Simon, D. Robertson, A. C. Dombos, R. Kelmar, M. Couder, J. Görres, E. Stech & M. Wiescher

  2. Department of Physics, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, 57701, USA

    F. Strieder, T. Kadlecek & M. Hanhardt

  3. South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, SD, 57754, USA

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Olivas-Gomez, O., Simon, A., Robertson, D. et al. Commissioning of the 4\(\pi \,\gamma \)-summing array HECTOR at CASPAR: measurements of \(^{27}\text {Al}\)\((p,\gamma )\) \(^{28}\text {Si}\) resonances 4850 feet underground. Eur. Phys. J. A 58, 57 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00711-z

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