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Automation of experiments at Dubna Gas-Filled Recoil Separator

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Approaches to solving the problems of automation of basic processes in long-term experiments in heavy ion beams of the Dubna Gas-Filled Recoil Separator (DGFRS) facility are considered. Approaches in the field of spectrometry, both of rare α decays of superheavy nuclei and those for constructing monitoring systems to provide accident-free experiment running with highly radioactive targets and recording basic parameters of experiment, are described. The specific features of Double Side Silicon Strip Detectors (DSSSDs) are considered, special attention is paid to the role of boundary effects of neighboring p–n transitions in the “active correlations” method. An example of an off–beam experiment attempting to observe Zeno effect is briefly considered. Basic examples for nuclear reactions of complete fusion at 48Ca ion beams of U-400 cyclotron (LNR, JINR) are given. A scenario of development of the “active correlations” method for the case of very high intensity beams of heavy ions at promising accelerators of LNR, JINR, is presented.

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Tsyganov, Y.S. Automation of experiments at Dubna Gas-Filled Recoil Separator. Phys. Part. Nuclei 47, 73–107 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779616010044

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