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Msebi, L.; Ingeberg, V.W.; Jones, P.; Sharpey-Schafer, J.F.; Avaa, A.A.; Bucher, T.D.; Brits, C.P.; Chisapi, M.V.; Kenfack, D.J.C.; Lawrie, E.A.; Malatji, K.L.; Maqabuka, B.; Makhathini, L.; Noncolela, S.P.; Ndayishimye, J.; Netshiya, A.; Shrinda, O.; Wiedeking, M.; Zikhali, B.R.
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 03/2022, Volume: 1026Journal Article
With its unique combination of excellent timing properties and good energy resolution, LaBr3:Ce detectors have proven to be effective tool in gamma spectroscopy and in particular fast-timing studies. Eight 2” x 2” LaBr3:Ce detectors used in conjunction with the 16 channel all-digital waveform 500 MHz acquisition module, PIXIE-16 were commissioned at iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences, South Africa. The results presented here give insight of the performance of the 2” x 2” LaBr3 detectors when used in conjunction with a digital pulse processing (DPP) module and electronic read-out module. Initial commissioning experiments were done using radioactive sources, including 60Co, 152Eu and 67Ga. The detectors were then exposed to an in-beam environment using the AFRODITE array with targets 45Sc and 64Ni, with a proton beam energy of 27 MeV.
