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    Henderson, J; Ruotsalainen, P; Jenkins, D G; Scholey, C; Auranen, K; Davies, P J; Grahn, T; Greenlees, P T; Henry, T W; Herzan, A; Jakobsson, U; Joshi, P; Julin, R; Juutinen, S

    Journal of instrumentation, 04/2013, Volume: 8, Issue: 4
    Journal Article

    Tagging with beta -particles at the focal plane of a recoil separator has been shown to be an effective technique for the study of exotic proton-rich nuclei. This article describes three new pieces of apparatus used to greatly improve the sensitivity of the recoil-beta tagging technique. These include a highly-pixelated double-sided silicon strip detector, a plastic phoswich detector for discriminating high-energy beta -particles, and a charged-particle veto box. The performance of these new detectors is described and characterised, and the resulting improvements are discussed.