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An in-beam test of two pixel-type silicon detectors of the TRACE detector project has been performed at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Italy). The aim was to investigate the lowest kinetic energy values at which isotopic identification of heavy-ion reactions products with mass \( A\sim 10\) is possible, by using a single-layer silicon detector. Two separate read-out chains, analog and digital, were used, and the Pulse Shape Analysis technique was employed to obtain the particle identification matrices for the digitally processed data. The results confirmed the high capability of the Pulse Shape Analysis method which can be used for light ion identification, with performances similar to the analog approach. Separation in both charge and mass was obtained for Li and Be isotopes, however, the presence of a significant background from alpha particles severely limited the data analysis in the lower energy region. Due to this effect, the identification of the light products (7, 6Li isotopes) could be possible down to \( \sim 24.5\) MeV only, while the 9, 7Be isotopes were separable down to \( \sim 29\) MeV. This gives the value of \( < 4\) MeV/nucleon as the lowest kinetic energy for light products identification by using the pixel-type detectors of the TRACE project, in the present experimental conditions.
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Cieplicka-Oryńczak, N., Mengoni, D., Ciemała, M. et al. Towards the lowest-energy limit for light ions identification with silicon pixel-type detectors. Eur. Phys. J. A 54, 209 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2018-12644-9
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