Large-Acceptance Multi-Particle Spectrometer
SAMURAI(Superconducting Analyzer for Multi-particle from Radio Isotope Beams)

Construction Proposal

Abstract
We proposed and started to construct a large-acceptance multi-particle
spectrometer SAMURAI for radioactive-beam experiments.

The central part of thespectrometer system is a large-gap superconducting magnet with 7 Tm of bending
power for momentum analysis of heavy projectile fragments and projectile-rapidity
protons with large angular and momentum acceptance. The large gap also enables
measurements of projectile-rapidity neutrons with large angular acceptance incoincidence with heavy projectile-like fragments.
This system is suitable for various radioactive-beam experiments such as
electromagnetic dissociation including radiative-capture reactions, various direct
reactions as well as polarized-deuteron-induced reactions and EOS studies.
The major construction was started by a four-year budget approved in 2008.
Construction of experimental devices which are covered by this budget is completed
in 2011, and the operation for radioactive-beam experiments is planned to start inearly 2012. This proposal provides outline and current status of the project including
magnet and detector construction, and also an overview of the plan of experiments toperform in early stage of the operation.

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Members of Collaboration
Spokesperson

T. Kobayashi (Tohoku Univ.)

Co-Spokesperson

T. Motobayashi (RIKEN)

Project Manager

K. Yoneda (RIKEN)

Construction Team

Member (*Leader of the Team)

Magnet and Infrastructure:

H. Sato*, K. Kusaka, J. Ohnishi, H. Okuno, T. Kubo (RIKEN)

Vacuum system and Utilities:

H. Otsu*, Y. Shimizu (RIKEN)

Heavy ion detectors:

Y. Matsuda, K. Sekiguchi, N. Chiga, graduate students,
T. Kobayashi* (Tohoku), H. Otsu (RIKEN)

Neutron detectors (NEBULA):

T. Nakamura*, Y. Kondo, Y. Kawada, T. Sako,
R. Tanaka (Tokyo Tech), Y. Satou (Seoul National Univ.)

Proton detectors:

K. Yoneda*, Y. Togano, M. Kurokawa, A. Taketani,
H. Murakami, T. Motobayashi (RIKEN),
K. Kurita (Rikkyo), T. Kobayashi (Tohoku),
L. Trache (Texas A&M) and the TWL collaboration

Polarized deuteron induced reaction experiment devices:
K. Sekiguchi*, T. Kobayashi, Y. Matsuda, graduate students (Tohoku)
Time projection chamber:T. Murakami* (Kyoto), T. Isobe, A. Taketani,
S. Nishimura, Y. Nakai, H. Sakurai (RIKEN),
W.G. Lynch (Michigan State) and SAMURAI TPC collaboration

In-House Work Force: Research Instruments Group (T. Kubo - Group Leader)
SAMURAI Team (T. Motobayashi*, H. Sato, Y. Shimizu, K. Yoneda)

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Table of Contents[ 1 ] Overview[ 1-1 ] Introduction ………………………………………………………………………... 4[ 1-2 ] Physics Cases ……………………………………………………………………….. 7[ 1-3 ] Requirements to the Detector System …………………………………………….. 9[ 2 ] SAMURAI Spectrometer: Description, Current status, and Construction Plan
[ 2-1 ] Superconducting Dipole Magnet …………………………………………………... 13[ 2-2 ] Superconducting Triplet Qadrupole Magnet (STQ25) …………………………... 23[ 2-3 ] Vacuum System ……………………………………………………………………... 25[ 2-4 ] Detector System for Heavy Fragments ……………………………………………. 36[ 2-5 ] Neutron Detector NEBULA ………………………………………………………... 52[ 2-6 ] Detector System for Proton Breakup Reactions ………………………………….. 59[ 2-7 ] Detector System for Polarized-Deuteron-Induced Reactions …………………… 64[ 2-8 ] SAMURAI TPC …………………………………………………………………….. 66[ 2-9 ] Summary of Construction Schedule ………………………………………………. 67[ 2-10] Experimental Setup in Early 2012 ………………………………………………... 673

[ 1 ] Overview[ 1-1 ] Introduction
This construction proposal contains description of SAMURAI (Superconducting Analyzer for
Multi-particle from Radio Isotope Beams), status and plan of its construction and experimental programs
we wish to perform in an early stage of its operation.
The idea to construct a spectrometer with large angular- and momentum-acceptance as equipment in the
RI Beam Factory (RIBF) has been discussed for long time. Its design was presented and evaluated in theTechnical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting held in November 2005. Encouraged by the statement“…the Samurai spectrometer is an essential part of the exotic nuclei research where different types ofreactions are employed…” in the TAC report, we continued design works and started construction in thefiscal year 2008, when a four-year budget for SAMURAI construction was approved.
This proposal was made by the SAMURAI Collaboration with members involved in the construction
works at present. In order to have more involvement of scientists in the world for developing research with
SAMURAI, the SAMURAI collaboration should be extended to more researchers who are interested in
SAMURAI-based experiments. An international workshop is planned in early 2011 to discuss possible
research programs in collaboration.
The SAMURAI spectrometer has been designed to optimize the coincidence measurement between
heavy projectile fragments and projectile-rapidity neutrons/protons with large angular and momentum
acceptance. A schematic view of SAMURAI is shown in Fig. 1-1-1. SAMURAI consists of a wide-gap
high-field superconducting magnet and various particle detectors for experiments using RI beams fromBigRIPS at RIBF. This design allows measurements of reactions with unbound final states and hence
studies on the properties of the unbound excited states as well as those of the ground state of nuclei awayfrom the stability valley on both the neutron- and proton-rich sides.

Fig 1-1-1: Schematic view of SAMURAI spectrometer

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The regions in the nuclear chart and the asymmetry-energy plane where the studies with SAMURAI areplanned are indicated in Figs. 1-1-2 and 1-1-3, respectively. Coupled with the high RIBF capability,
SAMURAI may have access to the following unexplored regions indicated in the figures. The first focus
will be on the neutron- and proton-rich regions with mass number A lower than approximately 100, where
reasonable particle (isotope) identification could be performed because ions in that region are mostly fully
stripped. There expect various interesting physics in exotic properties of neutron drip-line nuclei, such as
neutron halo, neutron correlations, unbound states beyond the drip line, and new cluster/molecular states as
indicated in Fig. 1-1-2. These phenomena should be observed in unbound final states of reactions near the
drip line as seen in Fig. 1-1-3, and well suited for measurements with SAMURAI. On the proton-rich side,
astrophysical processes involved in explosive hydrogen burning, e.g. the rp process, are governed by theproperties of proton-rich nuclei in the region just above the proton threshold (see also in Fig. 1-1-3), which
again is to be accessed by SAMURAI. It should be emphasized that many interesting phenomena in nuclei
near the drip-lines are expected in the unbound regions of nuclear excitation. Such physics cases are in thereach of SAMRURAI.
As indicated in the figures, SAMURAI allows for approaching more cases of interest: properties ofasymmetric nuclear matter studied by “pigmy” giant resonances, the nuclear equation of state studied bymulti-fragmentation process, studies on neutron skins by, for example, elastic scattering measurements andso on. Specific r-process neutron captures can also be investigated by the properties of neutron
unbound-states in nuclei around the neutron magic numbers. Three-nucleon forces can also be studied in
the interaction between polarized deuteron and proton. The large acceptance of SAMURAI enables
efficient and precise measurement of cross sections and spin-dependent observables.

Fig 1-1-2: Mass region of interest in nuclear chart5Fig 1-1-3: Region of interest in asymmetry vs excitation energy plain

The (,n)-type experiment is one of the n-HI coincidence experiments by utilizing the Coulomb
excitation. These experiments focus on the physics of neutron drip-line, asymmetric nuclear matter, andnuclear astrophysics. The reaction is used to study* exotic ground-state properties such as the neutron halo in the drip-line nuclei,* unbound ground state properties of nuclei beyond the drip line,* pigmy and giant resonances in nuclei with large neutron-proton asymmetry* nuclei in the r process.
Combination of high intensity beams available at RIBF and SAMURAI spectrometer provides a goodaccess to various neutron-rich nuclei which cannot be reached so far.
The HI-p coincidence enables a series of Coulomb dissociation experiments of astrophysical interest:(p,) reaction in the rp process and (,p) reaction in the p-process. Situation is the same on the proton-richside: various proton-rich nuclei which cannot be reached can be accessed.
Considering the uniqueness of SAMURAI at RIBF, the first experiments are planned as summarized inTable 1-1-1.
reaction typestarting period

first experiments(,n)-type

early 2012

1n-halo (31Ne)…

early 2012

unbound g.s. (26O) …

mid 2012

pigmy resonance (72-76Ni) …

early 2013

rp waiting point (56Ni, 64Ge) …

(,p)-type

Table 1-1-1: Planned first experiments

6Other types of experiments exploiting the SAMURAI capability are also listed as follows.
＊ Proton elestic scattering for studying the density distributions in asymmetric nuclei＊ Nucleon knockout reactions such as (p,2p) and (p,pn) for studying the single-particle orbits inasymmetric nuclei＊ Polarized deuteron-induced reactions for studying the three nucleon force (3NF)＊ Study of equation of states (EOS) in asymmetric system using TPC.

[ 1-2 ] Physics Cases
The large-acceptance multi-particle spectrometer is primarily designed for kinematically complete
measurements by detecting multiple particles in coincidence, such as the invariant-mass measurement.
The large bending power and large gap also enable various types of measurements. The following tablesummarizes the physics subjects in terms of the reaction types.
Reaction types

Category

Physics subjects

Observables

Electromagnetic

Soft dipole excitation

Single-particle orbit

Invariant massdissociation

Giant resonanceCollective motion(photon target)

Radiative capture reaction

Nuclear astrophysics

Proton and light target

Elastic/inelastic, (p,p), (p,p’)Density distribution

Missing energy

Knockout, (p,pN)

Single-particle orbit& decay tagging

Polarized d beam(d,d)

2-3 nucleon force

polarization

Induced reaction(d,p)

Short range correlation
Equation Of State4 measurement

pions(1) Soft Dipole Excitation via Coulomb Dissociation
Electromagnetic excitation by low-energy virtual photons induces direct non-resonant type excitations tocontinuum for neutron-rich nuclei with loosely-bound neutrons. The low-energy E1 strength can be studied
utilizing invariant-mass spectroscopy by measuring the four-momenta of the outgoing heavy fragment andfew neutrons in coincidence, as schematically shown in Fig.1-2-1.

Such strength provides useful

information on the ground state properties such as characteristics of the single-particle orbit.
Measurements performed for 1-n halo nuclei 11Be and 19C give valuable information on the extendeds-wave component of the single-particle state in light-mass region. In the new facility, measurements canbe extended to N=21 and N=51 nuclei, where the lowering of 2p and 3s states are expected. In addition
to the nuclear structure problems, it might be possible to extract information on the 2n correlations forneutron-rich nuclei with two weakly-bound neutrons.
Electromagnetic excitation also provides an experimental tool to observe soft dipole resonance (SDR)
related to the thick neutron skin with collective nature. Although this type of resonance has never been
observed in the light-mass region, measurements extended into the heavier-mass region might give7

information on the collective motion in a very asymmetric system.
Decay
PdecayNuclear Response(E)
excitednucleus
Virtual PhotonDist.
N(E)

Heavy
fragmentp,nVirtual Photon(Heavy Target)

Fig. 1-2-1: Electromagnetic dissociation via invariant-mass method(2) Radiative Capture Cross Sections via Coulomb Dissociation
Radiative capture cross sections, (p,), at low energies are of crucial importance for studying nuclear
astrophysics. Electromagnetic excitation of proton-rich nuclei can be used to measure these cross sections
utilizing the invariant-mass method and the principle of detailed balance.
Several reactions for the p-p chain and CNO cycle have been studied using the Coulomb dissociation
method, for example, the 13N(p,)14O reaction which is a key reaction of hot-CNO cycle; 7Be(p,)8B
reaction related to the solar neutrino problem; 22Mg(p,)23Al reaction relevant to break out of the NeNa
cycle;

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B(p,)9C, 11C(p,)12N and 12N(p,)13O reactions relevant to hot p-p chain. Using the Big-RIPS anda large-acceptance spectrometer, the cross sections for radiative capture reactions for explosive
nucleosynthesis (the rp-, r-, and s- processes) in nova, supernova, X-ray bursts, etc., are expected to bemeasured. From these measured cross sections, more-reliable network-calculations on the nucleosynthesis
can be expected.
Coulomb dissociation of proton-rich nuclei also provides an experimental tool to study their nuclear
structure, such as the occurrence of new magic numbers, near the proton drip line by observing the excitedstates.

(3) Direct nuclear reactions on a proton target
Direct reactions on the proton target, such as the proton elastic and inelastic scattering, (p,p) and (p,p’),and nucleon knockout reactions, (p,2p) and (p,pn), provide information on the nuclear density distributionof the whole system, spatial distribution of bound nucleons via momentum-distribution measurement, andsingle-particle orbit. Although the main part of these measurements is missing-energy measurement bydetecting recoil nucleon(s), tagging the projectile fragment by the spectrometer allows studying the decay
mode of the residual nuclei at the same time (Fig. 1-2-2).

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Fig. 1-2-2: Tagging the decay mode of the residual nucleus after the direct reaction(4) Two- and Three-nucleon interactions
One of the primary goals of nuclear many-body physics is to understand nuclear structure starting fromthe fundamental nucleon-nucleon (NN) interactions. The state-of-the-art NN interaction models, such as
CD-Bonn, Nijmegen-I, AV18, can reproduce deuteron static properties and several thousands of NN
scattering data almost perfectly. Nevertheless, when the interactions are applied to nuclear structure
calculations, it is revealed that the interactions alone cannot give the correct values of binding energies.
Apparently, it is necessary to refine our understanding of the NN interactions to achieve the primary goal.
The purpose of this project is to improve our understandings of the nuclear interaction throughpolarization measurements with a primary beam of polarized deuterons with an energy of Ed < 880 MeV.
The proposed investigations are:
 Three nucleon force effects in d+p scatterings, putting special focus on spin-dependences andrelativistic effects.

 Short-range part of the NN tensor interactions probed by the polarization correlation measurements
for the 3He(d,p)4He reaction.

(5) Asymmetry Energy of Nuclear Matter
RI beams provide a great opportunity to explore experimental constraints on the density dependence of
the asymmetry energy of the nuclear equation of state (EOS). Although symmetry energy of the EOS has
been well investigated through compressional giant resonances and collective flows observed in heavy ion
collisions at intermediate and relativistic energies, the knowledge of asymmetric energy is still very
limited.
Suggested by the recent theoretical calculations, we propose to measure the isospin dependence of and - production using a time projection chamber (TPC) installed in the large magnet gap for informationon the density dependence of the asymmetry term at above normal densities.

[ 1-3 ] Requirements to the Detector System
Mass Region
Measurements will be performed using RI beams up to A = 100, mainly limited by the availability offully-stripped beams, and in the energy region between 250 – 300 MeV/A. This limitation comes mainly
9from the lack of the redundancy on the particle identification (PID) in the large acceptance spectrometer.

Particle identification
It is essential to identify mass and charge of the projectile fragment produced in the reaction. PID
requires three independent measurements, such as charge ( z ), momentum (magnetic rigidity R ), andvelocity (  ), or z , R , and total energy E . If 5 sigma mass separation (  A  0.2 ) is required for22  2    R 2 zA 100 , error propagation,        requires a rigidity resolution of R   z     
A
 


A






1
at R  2.2GeV /c , and a velocity resolution of 9 104 at   0.62 ~ 0.66 . The

R 700

latter corresponds to timing resolution of  T  50psec for 10 meters of flight path, which is marginalRusing
our current technology. Obtaining a rigidity resolution of 1/1000 requires a combination of high-field required rigidity resolution for invariant-massmagnet and precise position-measuring detectors. The
measurements is smaller than thatrequired by PID.

Summary
Summary of required measurements is shown in Fig. 1-3-1.

Fig. 1-3-1: Summary of required measurements

Detector configuration can be modified to fit various measurements as schematically shown in Fig. 1-3-2.

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PPAC

neutrondetectordetectordetectorneutron

PPAC

dc
IC

dc
hod

heav yf ragment

protondetector
protonH targetSi-stripPb targetIC
hodproton

hod

dc
IC
hod
heav yf ragmentheav yf ragment

EOS measurement

Pol. d-induced reaction

polarimeter

PPAC

PPAC

dc

Pb target(p,p'), (p,2p) etc.

(,p) reaction: proton-rich side(,n) reaction: neutron-rich sideTPC

Q Triplet+-

H/He target
d

hod

IC

beam dump

dc
hod
p

Fig. 1-3-2: Experimental setup for various configurations

Momentum resolution for polarized deuteron beam experiment
The required momentum resolution for 880 MeV deuteron is 1/1600 for good background suppression.
The solid angle required is ~ 6 msr. In addition, well-shielded beam dump is necessary.

(,n)-type invariant-mass measurement
The (,n)-type measurements require good relative energy resolution, high efficiency, and muti-neutron
detection capability. The required relative energy resolution is about 0.3 MeV at relative energy of 1 MeV.
Large angular acceptance is necessary for the detection of neutrons emitted in the breakup reactions ofneutron-rich unstable nuclei up to the relative energy of 8 MeV. The intrinsic detection efficiency should behigher than 60% for 1n detection and 20% for 2n detection. Capability of multi-neutron detection is also
required.

(,p)-type invariant-mass measurement
To achieve the relative energy resolution of 0.2 MeV at 1-MeV decay energy, opening angle between aheavy fragment and proton should be less than 4 mrad resolution, with the 0.2% resolution for the
momentum of the heavy fragment and 0.8% resolution for the momentum of the proton. Most marginal
quantity for the relative energy resolution is the opening angle. A precise measurement of the opening
angle can be achieved using silicon detectors with fine pitch strip electrodes. This detectors must be able todetect the proton and the heavy fragment with Z~50. Detectors for the proton at downstream of the
SAMURAI magnet should be measure the position with 1 mm resolution and the angle with 2 mradresolution to achieve the momentum resolution of 0.8%. And the detector size must be large enough tocover the space broadening of the proton due to the strong focusing by the magnetic field. The size will belarger than 1.5 m wide and 80cm height. To measure the multi proton-emission events, the detectors must
be able to handle the multi-proton hit. To maximize the detection efficiency of the coincidence
measurement of the heavy fragment and protons, the SAMURAI magnet should accept the wide11

momentum of Rmax Rmin  2 ~ 3.
EOS study using SAMURAI TPC

 SAMURAI TPC must accurately measure minimum ionizing p, + and - in the presence ofThe
a projectile-like residue and a large multiplicity of intermediate mass fragments (IMF’s)as large

as 80. We can realize such performance based on the design of EOS TPC. To match to its polediameter of 2 m and available magnet gap of 80 cm we proposed the relevant parameters of the
proposed SAMURAI TPC as listed in Table 1-3-1.

Table 1-3-1: Parameters of the SAMURAI TPC

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[ 2 ] SAMURAI Spectrometer: Description, Current Status, and Construction Plan
[ 2-1 ] Superconducting Dipole Magnet
H. Sato*, K. Kusaka, J. Ohnishi, H. Okuno, T. Kubo (RIKEN)[ 2-1-1 ] Design policy (requirements)
A large-gap superconducting dipole magnet is a central part of SAMURAI spectrometer. The following
list contains the requirements on the dipole magnet.
From the experimental side: Large fields integral:for high precision momentum analysis.

 Large pole gap:

for large vertical acceptance for neutrons.

 No coil link:

for large acceptance in the horizontal direction.

 Small fringing field:

for detectors around the target region and tracking detectors.

 Flexibility:

for various experimental configurations.

 Large momentum acceptance:

for heavy fragments and protons in coincidence.

 High momentum resolution:

for deuteron-induced reactions.

From magnet construction:
 Simple structure:

H-type magnet, round coil.

 Cooling system similar to STQ: proved technology.
Out of various designs, the following parameters are selected:
 H-type superconducting magnet with a round pole, for simple structure.
 Field integral of 7 Tm, providing rigidity resolution of 1/700 (rms) at 2.3 GeV/c, and particle
identification up to A=100.
 Vertical gap of 800 mm, providing vertical angular acceptance of ±5 degrees for projectile-rapidity
neutrons.
 Rotatable base from -5 to 95 degrees, for various experimental configurations.
 Field clamp, to minimize the fringing field.
 Built-in vacuum chamber with flanges, for effective usage of the magnet gap.
 Holes in the return yoke, for detecting projectile rapidity protons and heavy fragments in coincidencewith Rmax/Rmin=2~3.
 Q3D option for high-resolution measurement. A last triplet Q magnet in the beam line is used with the
dipole magnet in the Q3D mode, providing momentum resolution of 1/3000.

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Fig. 2-1-1: Schematic view (a) and cross sectional views (b)(c) of the SC dipole magnet of the SAMURAI
spectrometer.
[ 2-1-2 ] Outline of the superconducting dipole magnet
The main parameters which are set by taking into account the requirements listed above are shown in
Table 2-1-1 and Table 2-1-2. The magnet is a H-type dipole, having cylindrical poles of 2 m in diameterand round superconducting coils. The upper and lower superconducting coils are installed in their eachcryostat, and cooled separately by liquid helium bath cooling method. Figure 2-1-1 shows a schematic
view and cross sectional views of the dipole magnet. The maximum magnetomotive force is 1.9 MAT/coil,which generates a magnetic field of about 3.1 T at the center of the poles in the median plane. The magnet
is designed to have a maximum bending power (BL integral) of 7 Tm.

Table 2-1-1: Electro-magnetic parameters
value
type

H-type, superconducting

current

560 A

magnetomotive force

1.9 MAT/coilcurrent density of coil

66.0 A/mm2

field at the pole center (median plane)

3.1 T

BL integral at 3.1 T

7.05 Tm

maximum magnetic field in a coil

5.26 T

inductance212 H

stored energy

33 MJ

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Table 2-1-2: Geometry of the magnet
valuepole shapecircularpole gap

880 mm (800 mm in vacuum chamber)pole diameter2000 mmpole height

500 mmyoke width

6700 mmyoke depth

3500 mmyoke height4640 mmyoke weight

566140 kg[ 2-1-3 ] Magnetic field calculation
Figure 2-1-2(a) shows excitation curves of the dipole magnet. The points with a solid line are calculated
values by using the code TOSCA, while the dotted straight line is obtained by assuming that the magnetic
permeability of iron is infinity. The y component of the magnetic fields B y(z) obtained with themagnetomotive force of 1.9 MAT/coil is shown along the z-axis in Fig. 2-1-2(b). Note that the definition of
the coordinates is given in Fig. 2-1-1. The integration of By(z) for the region from z=-2 to +2 m is
calculated to be 7.05 Tm, which fulfills the requirement of bending power.

Fig. 2-1-2: (a) Excitation curve. (b) y component of magnetic field By(z) plotted along z-axis.
For accurate magnetic rigidity (momentum) measurements, particles should not be bent much bymagnetic fringing fields in the area where the tracking detectors are placed. Thus it is important to estimatea shape and a magnitude of the fringing field distribution and reduce it by adjusting the dimension of themagnet. We attempt to minimize the fringing fields by optimizing the dimension of the return yokes andthe field clamps (Fig. 2-1-1).
In order to reduce the fringing fields, we checked the influence of the thickness of the field clamps.

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Figure 2-1-3(a) shows the By(z) distribution along the z-axis in the fringing field region obtained with themagnetomotive force of 1.9 MAT/coil. The fringing fields become smaller as the field clamps become
thicker, as anticipated. In order to optimize the thickness, we calculated the integration of B y(z) along theregion of 2.2 m < z < 5.0 m, where the tracking detectors are placed. Figure 2-1-3(b) shows the result of
the integration BL. The optimal thickness of the field clamps was determined to be 250 mm, in which the
BL shows a minimum value.

Fig. 2-1-3: Fringing fields calculated for different thickness of the field clamps: (a) distribution of B y(z)along the z-axis, (b) integrated values BL from z=2.2 m to 5.0 m.
Figure 2-1-4 shows the By(z) distribution calculated for different central magnetic fields. In the case of
maximum field, 3.1 T (1.9 MAT/coil), the peak value of the fringing fields was calculated to be -2.6x10-3 T.
This value is acceptable to achieve the required magnetic rigidity resolution.

Fig. 2-1-4: By(z) in the fringing field region for different magnetic fields.

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[ 2-1-4 ] Superconducting wire, coil structure and cryocooler system
We use a conventional NbTi superconducting wire. The properties of the NbTi wire are listed in Table
2-1-4. Geometry of a coil is also shown in Table 2-1-5. The outer layer of the coil is surrounded by heaterof copper wires. When the cooling system controller detects quench, a protection switch is opened and aclosed circuit is formed, which consists of the coil, diodes and heater. Quench heater is used to protect thecoil by greatly increasing the coil normal zone. And then stored energy is spent by increase in temperatureof the superconducting coil (Fig. 2-1-5). It is estimated that the coil becomes 110 K in average and quench
point becomes 160 K after 30 seconds from quench.
Table 2-1-4: Parameters of SC wirevaluematerial

NbTi/Cu

diameter

3mm

Cu/SC ratio

5.0 ~ 6.0

insulation

PVF (> 40 m)

filament diameter~ 28 m

number of filaments~ 1760twist pitch~ 88 mm

RRR

> 100

critical current at 4.2 K> 4000 A at 3 T> 3290 A at 4 T> 2690 A at 5 T> 2150 A at 6 T

Table 2-1-5: Geometry of the coilvalue
number of turns

3411 turns/coil

coil inner diameter

2350 mmcoil outer diameter

2710 mmcoil cross section

180 x 160 mm2

coil weight

1783 kg/coil17

Fig. 2-1-5: Quench protection circuit for superconducting coils.
The upper and lower superconducting coils are installed in separate cryostats, and cooled by a cryocooler
system mounted on each cryostat. There are no coil links between the coils. A schematic view of the coil isshown in Fig. 2-1-6. Each coil is equipped with two 4 K GM-JT cryocoolers which re-condensate
evaporating liquid helium. The helium vessel which accommodates the SC coil is surrounded by 20 K and
80 K thermal shields cooled by four GM cryocoolers. There is also a GM cryocooler for each coil, which isused to cool current leads made by high-Tc superconductor Bi2223. In total, there are 14 cryocoolers forthe superconducting dipole magnet (Table 2-1-6). This cryocooler system is similar to that of STQs of
BigRIPS. Then the system will be reliable.
Table 2-1-6: Cryocoolers
liquid-He vessel

thermal shieldcurrent lead

20 K

80 K

cryocooler

GM-JT x 2

GM x 2GM x 2GM x 1cooling power

3.5 w @4.3 K

5.0 W @ 20 K

45 W @40 K

60 W @40 K

heat load

4.11 W

4.96 W

78.22 W

53.94 W18

Fig. 2-1-6: Schematic views of the cryostat for upper coil with the cryocooler system.
[ 2-1-5 ] Geometry markers
Position detectors for SAMURAI have to be well located upstream and downstream of SAMURAI
magnet. Typical position determination accuracy of these detectors is order of 100 m (RMS). In order toobtain sufficient momentum resolution of the particles in the experiment, these detectors have to be wellarranged within 10 m preferably or 50 m in the worst cases. In order to place them accurately andefficiently, we plan to introduce photogrammetry system. This system realizes the position reconstruction
within 25 m or better by multiple numbers of pictures taken by a single lens reflex camera with wellcalibrated lens optics. This system requires us to prepare the target markers to be taken by the camera.
More specifically, the corner cubic reflectors or compatible items have to be deployed on several positionsof the magnet and also the detectors. In the same time, TOSHIBA plans to use a laser tracker system tobuild the magnet and the vacuum chamber. This system also enables them to obtain accurate position inreal time. Comparison of these two systems is summarized in Table 2-1-7.
Table 2-1-7: Comparison of laser tracker and photogrammetry.
Items

Company

MethodLatency

Calibration

Sense of usage

Laser tracker

Leica

Laser

real timeComplicatedProfessional

1-10 min.

Not so complicateduser friendly

Interference
Photogrammetry TACC

Parallax

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The geometry markers are layout on the 15 positions on the magnet yoke and field cramp indicated in Fig.
2-1-7. These target markers positions will be measured on the construction of the dipole magnet by
TOSHIBA. The geometry relative to the gap center will be given from the measurement using the laser
tracker system. Afterwards, in-house collaborators or users can put experimental instruments accurately
with referring the target marker positions using the photogrammetry system. Detail description of thephotogrammetry system can be obtained at URL : http://www.geodetic.com/whatis.htm . In addition to
the layout of the detectors, the photogrammetry system can be utilized for accurate rotation angle
determination of SAMURAI magnet and for monitoring the displacement of the magnet or vacuum
chambers with finite aging.
The magnet yoke has also lines of reference at vertical and horizontal center (Fig. 2-1-8). These lines areused to check roughly the alignment of the magnet with optical scope such as transit. The lines will bemarked after finishing a construction of the yoke.

Fig. 2-1-7: Positions of the geometrical markers.

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1700

Fig. 2-1-8: Positions of the lines of reference.
[ 2-1-6 ] Current status of the construction of the superconducting dipole magnet
Construction of parts of the magnet has started in TOSHIBA. A coil wiring, casing into the cryostat havebeen already finished (Fig. 2-1-9). Iron blocks for the yoke were also prepared in TOSHIBA. The
construction at RIBF site will start in October 2010 and finish in May 2011. For the construction at RIBF
site, the SAMURAI pit was set as an independent area by surrounding new walls, brocks and doors. Then,
we can proceed the construction during beam time. A construction timeline of the magnet is shown in
Table 2-1-8.

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Fig. 2-1-9: Photos of the coils, taken at TOSHIBA factory.
Table 2-1-8: Construction timeline of the dipole magnet.
Oct.

2010
Nov.

Dec.

rotatable baseyoke construction
cryostat (coil) installationchamber installation
cryocooler, compressor
power source, electric line
leak test
cooling test
excitation teststage construction

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Jan.

Feb.

2011
Mar.

Apr.

May

[ 2-2 ] Superconducting Triplet Quadrupole Magnet (STQ25)
H. Sato*, K. Kusaka, J. Ohnishi, H. Okuno, T. Kubo (RIKEN)[ 2-2-1 ] Design and placement of STQ25
A SC triplet quadrupole magnet (STQ25) is placed in front of the SAMURAI dipole magnet. It is
used not only in the normal beam focus mode but also in the Q3D mode, providing momentum
resolution of 1/3000 in pol-d experiments. A design of STQ25 is same as recently introduced STQs
in BigRIPS. It has three SC quadrupole magnets Q500-Q800-Q500 and one sextupole magnet SX.
The electro-magnetic specifications of STQ25 are shown in Table 2-2-1.
Table 2-2-1. Magnetic parameters of STQ25.
value
type

super-ferric

Q500,800: magnetic gradient14.1 T/m

Q500,800: magnetomotive force

190 kAT/coil

Q500,800: number of turns

1403 turns/coil

Q500: current

142 A

Q800: current

137 A

SX: magnetic gradient

15 T/m2

SX: magnetomotive force

28.2 kAT/coil

SX: number of turns

580 turns/coil

SX: current

48.6 A

STQ25 is put on the stage which can move along the beam line. Movable distance is 2.5 m. So we
can choose the best optics for each experiments by optimizing the position of STQ25 (Fig. 2-2-1).

23[2-2-2] Current status
We are now preparing a contract with TOSHIBA for lease of STQ25 and the movable stage. They will bedelivered in February 2012.

6.45m
2.5m

Fig. 2-2-1. Placement of STQ25. The optimum position is now studying.

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[ 2-3 ] Vacuum System
H. Otsu*, Y. Shimizu (RIKEN)
Vacuum system is one of the most important infrastructure for nuclear physics experiments to provide
primary or secondary beam particles on target and to measure scattering particles without being disturbed
by materials for energy deposit or multiple scattering. In this sense, whole system including detectors for
position, timing, energy deposit, or total kinetic energy measurement had better to be placed inside vacuum.
On the other hand, it will be much easier when those detectors are located outside vacuum, i.e. in the air
circumstance from a point of view of signal handling, high voltage supplying or operation of preamplifiers.
So, we have to compromise the vacuum system depending on the experiment to be done, especially on theregion of mass numbers. Planned experiments using SAMURAI spectrometer are so-called "one-path"experiments where beam or scattered particles pass through for one time. So, typical required vacuum is
expected to be order of 10-6 Torr.
In this section, design policy of vacuum system, geometry of vacuum layout, and present status aredescribed followed by a timeline in near future. Report of test of an exit window with large area is added.
[ 2-3-1 ] Design policy for vacuum instruments
SAMURAI spectrometer is designed to provide a variety of nuclear physics experiments as are describedin the chapter 1.

Five categorized experiments are schematically drawn in Fig. 1-2-2. Vacuum

instruments are also expected to be layout depending on the experimental requirement as well as possible.
In a designing phase, common instruments were distinguished from other instruments required byindividual experimental setups. The common instruments are 1) beam line, 2) magnet gap chamber, 3)
vacuum pumping system. Individual instruments are considered to be 4) target chamber, 5) upstream
connection flange, 6) downstream connection flange, and others which are needed in the otherconfigurations. Depending on the experiment, vacuum windows for heavy ions, neutrons and protons areneeded.
Focusing on the magnet gap chamber, two different species of particles are passing through on
downstream with spatially separated manner depending on experimental setups as:i) neutrons for left side and heavy ions for right side on the (γ,n) type experiments,ii) heavy ions for left side and protons for right side on the (γ,p) type experiments,iii) leading particles and other lighter particles on the missing mass measurements,iv) beam deuteron and scattered particles on high resolution mode for few body system studies.
The downstream end flange had better to be divided into two separate flanges which will be extended todetectors or be closed by vacuum partition windows. Of course single large window will be needed forsome experimental configuration. So, two-window flange are attached on the exit flange of the gap
vacuum chamber. In the same manner, another two-window flange are attached on the entrance flange ofthe gap vacuum chamber. Details will be given later.

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[ 2-3-2 ] Geometry of the vacuum system
Beam line
For the beam line, a target chamber at F13 to be designed have to be connected with vacuum duct from anexisting vacuum chamber at F12. Distance between two ports is 15.2 m. Beam duct size is compatible with
JIS 250, outer diameter of 267.4 mm, which is the same size of upstream beam duct. At present STQ25
will be replaced on the beam line just upstream of the target chamber. A stand for STQ25 is designed to be
adjustable or movable along to beam direction denoted as a Z axis. Vacuum duct should be adjusted
depending on the place of STQ25.
Magnet gap section
Vacuum chamber inside the magnet gap is most important instrument of the vacuum system on
SAMURAI. Fig. 2-3-1 shows the geometry of the vacuum chamber in the magnet gap section with theentrance and exit windows. The vacuum chamber is located on the center region of the magnet gap andtapered to downstream along to the magnet return yokes. The entrance region is cut off at gap inside 750
mm from outer face of field cramp in order to realize a finite angle injection up to 45 degree. The vacuum
chamber is configured with 35 mm thickness stainless steel SUS304. Top and bottom faces are connectedwith screws on outskirts of the magnet poles in order to prevent the chamber collapsed inside by vacuum
pressure.

Each connecting screw is vacuum sealed individually.

Fig. 2-3-1: Vacuum chamber geometry of the magnet gap section.
Properties of the vacuum chamber are shown in Table 2-3-1.
On the entrance window, a flange with two windows is mounted to separate between beam entrance
window and vacuum pump connection window. These two windows are 300 mm offset for enlarging thebeam entrance window, which enables us to adjust various configurations from 0 to 45 degrees of the26

magnet relative to beam axis.
On the side faces at magnet center, two pipes with 390 mm φ toward 90 and 270 degrees are arranged.
The pipe at 90 degrees is utilized for the (γ,p) type experiment with high momentum resolution mode.
Scattered particles are led through the pipe to magnet center. The pipe at 270 degrees is invested to
auxiliary usages. Accurate geometry calibration will be done using 90 and 270 degree pipes. A vacuum
pump system is mounted here at 90 degree configuration. Laser is introduced to TPC chamber for position
calibration through this pipe.
On the bottom and top face several screw holes are layout for fixing items inside the vacuum chamber.
Several numbers of screw holes are also located on the side face.
On the exit window, a flange with two windows with symmetrical configuration is mounted. These two
windows are used for combination of scattered particles spatially separated as heavy ions and neutrons or
protons and heavy ions. The exit window flange is tightly pressed on the magnet field cramp with 90
degree gimmick of screws in order to prevent the chamber collapsed inside by vacuum pressure, especiallyfor the downstream skirt region.
Table 2-3-1: Vacuum chamber properties at magnet gap section.
Volume7.9 m3Weight8.8 t

Material

SUS304Thickness (side and top faces)

35 mmtThickness (flange)

60 mmtEntrance cross section (inner)

3240 × 800 mm2

Straight section

1560 mm

Skirt section

1140 mmExit cross section (inner)

5140 × 800 mm2

Entrance window

3040 × 600 mm2

Beam entrance window (right)

1720 × 600 mm2

Vacuum pump window (left)

1120 × 600 mm2

Exit window

5140 × 800 mm2

Exit window (left)

2430 × 800 mm2

Exit window (right)

2430 × 800 mm2Center structure

280 mmw × 50 mmt

Side pipe cross section

390 mmφ (outer), 4.5mmt

Side pipe length

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Vacuum pumping system
Four sets of vacuum pumping systems are prepared and ready. Two of them consist of 1100 l/s TMP
followed by a rotary pump and two vacuum gauges covering from low vacuum to 10-6 Torr or lower. The
other two consist of 2300 l/s TMP with the same peripherals. The vacuum pumping systems with the1100 l/s TMP will be mounted on beam line and target chamber. The two of 2300 l/sec systems will bemounted on the gap vacuum chamber from upstream and downstream, respectively. The layout will bechanged depending on vacuum chamber layouts, especially for the second 2300 l/sec pump station.
Two examples for 30 degree setup and 90 degree setup are also shown as cross section views of 3
dimensional CAD descriptions. For (γ,n) type experiments, the second vacuum pump station will bemounted beneath of the extension chamber. For (γ,p) type, and others where no extension chamber isneeded, the second vacuum pump station will be mounted on the auxiliary port.

Fig. 2-3-2: Layout of four vacuum pumping systems.

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Fig 2-3-3: Two examples of the vacuum pumping system layout.
(Left) 30 degree configuration. (Right) 90 degree configuration.
Target chamber
Target chamber configuration will be changed depending on the experiments. Beam line detectors, target
itself, and FDC1 are contained in the target chamber. For studies for heavier isotopes, the target section has
better to be covered by a γ ray detector array because residual particles do not always stay on ground state.
Detail designing for early phase of experiments will be started soon.
Upstream connection section
Downstream of the target chamber, a gate valve and a connection duct are located to connect vacuum tothe entrance window of the vacuum chamber at the magnet gap section. Scattered particles pass throughthis section except the EOS measurement. So, connection duct have to be designed to cover as much solid
angle as possible for the scattered particles. The shape of the connection duct has to be adjusted dependingon the magnet angles. At present, 30 degrees is used for the (γ,n) type experiments. For the (γ,p) type,missing mass measurement, larger angles are preferred. It is not well determined that 40 degrees or 45
degrees are more preferable. For EOS experiments, SAMURAI magnet is set with 0 degrees or smaller
angles. In this case, beam particles pass through this section. The connection duct size will be comparablewith the beam line upstream. Between the target chamber and upstream connection duct, we plan toseparate vacuum section with a large rectangular gate valve.

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Fig. 2-3-4: Upstream connection duct for 30 degree configuration.
A large rectangular gate valve is mounted.
Downstream connection section
In order to maximize the performance of FDC2, FDC2 should be layout on perpendicular geometry withparticle trajectories as well as possible. Supposing to detect 60 degree bending heavy ions on 30 degree
configuration, additional 30 degree flange enables us to inject particles on the position sensitive detectors
FDC2 with the perpendicular direction on central trajectory. For this purpose downstream extension duct isneeded especially for the (γ,n) type experiments. The extension duct may also be helpful for other type ofexperiments. FDC2 has been considered to place in the vacuum circumstance or in the air by partitioning
with thin foil window from vacuum.

Both of them have advantages and disadvantages. Vacuum

circumstances will provide higher momentum resolution while air circumstances make system simple andvice versa. The extension duct is being designed to fit with the both configuration. The schematic view isshown in the left flame of Fig. 2-3-3.
Vacuum partitioning window
The vacuum area and air have to be separated by vacuum partitioning windows for neutrons and charged
particles, which are triggered by plastic scintillator hodoscopes located on the air circumstance.
For neutrons, it is required to realize lower reaction losses of beam rapidity neutrons on the partition
window material. In the same time the window have to support itself with sufficient strength. The area tobe covered is 2430 × 800 mm2. The amount of the window materials and substances is being considered byreferring existing examples like that of the ALADIN spectrometer at GSI. They use the steel with 4.5 mm
thickness and 1200 mm square. The steel material is processed to form a tail end shape of the gas tank.
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For charged particles, it is required to realize lower multiple scattering and lower energy loss difference
for beam rapidity heavy ions on the partition window foil material. The area to be covered is 2800 × 800
mm2. The window material makes penetrating particles deflect by multiple scattering and makes themenergy fluctuation by energy losses.

Required momentum resolution of 1/700 gives upper limit of theamount of the material as radiation length of L/LR ~ 10-3.

In the same time, it is necessary to ensure thestrength to hold vacuum. Details to test of the charged particle window are given in later in section 2-3-4.
In this series of efforts, the exit window of the LAS spectrometer in RCNP is mainly referred. The size is 2
× 0.4 m2 and material is a combination of Kevlar and Mylar. If the window is realized, that may be utilized
for the neutron window.

[ 2-3-3 ] Present status of the vacuum instruments
The vacuum chamber at gap section with entrance and exit window flanges is in construction based on
Toshiba's responsibility. The vacuum chamber will be fabricated in the same timing of fabrication of thedipole magnet. RIKEN has responsibilities on upstream and downstream sections. Now in-house members
in SAMURAI group are concentrated on the 30 degree configuration for upcoming experiments on earliest
phase of end of FY2011. The beam line and STQ25 section will be constructed on former half of FY2011.
The upstream connection duct and the downstream extension duct will be finally designed soon andfabricated on the end of FY2011. These instruments are shown as bird eye views in Fig. 2-3-5. We soon
start to design the target chamber for the γn experiments with 30 degree configuration. The vacuum
partition window is under study for feasibility, which is given in section 2-3-4.
For the next phase of experiments after FY2012, it is needed to prepare instruments for various
experiments. Another upstream connection duct for 40 or 45 degree configuration has already designed.
The period for fabrication and installation is not yet determined. Target chambers and connection ducts for
γp, missing mass and deuteron induced experiments will be designed in midst of FY2011. The timing is
not clearly determined but following instruments will be designed in FY2011-2012 :Upstream connection duct for EOS TPC configuration,
Downstream beam duct for primary deuteron beam to beam dump,
FDC2 outer case connection,and so forth.
These items will be developed and constructed by collaboration among each experimental group andin-house members in SAMURAI group.

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Fig. 2-3-5: Bird views for the vacuum chamber of 30 degree configurationfrom upstream (left) and downstream (right).

[ 2-3-4 ] Test of large exit window
Trial foil
Vacuum window foil for trial consists of Kevlar fiber textile for supporting pressure and polyethylene foil
for vacuum separation. From vacuum side to air circumstance, Kevlar textile and polyethylene foil areordered. The Kevlar textile made of K49 fiber called as #500. The weight per unit area is 163 g/m 2 . The
thickness is accounted to 0.28 mm. The reason of the selection is that roll of the textile with 1420 mm
width are available on a commercial basis. Polyethylene foil with 100 μm is also selected because ofavailability. On the contrary, the polyethylene foil is very easy to be defeated by being scratched. If someof commercial maker provided a roll of Mylar or Kapton foil with more than 1200 mm width, we would
choose them.
Test using the trial foil
At present, the foil combination is in test whether it can support the vacuum sufficiently. The geometry of
the test vacuum chamber window is 2800 × 1000 mm2 , which is about 20 % larger in length than those of
the real exit window. Window support flames are made of aluminum A5650 with 3050 × 1250 mm2 of area.
The trial foil is sandwiched by the window support flames. O ring can be attached on the vacuum side of
the window support flame.

Several conditions have been tested as just sandwiched without gluing, glued

with 4mm or 30 mm width of Araldite, add additional glue between polyethylene and Kevlar textile.
Tentative results are summarized in the Table 2-3-2.

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Table 2-3-2: Tentative results of foil test.
Condition

Achieved vacuum

Comment

Date

Without gluing

420 mbarleak

Gluing, 4mm width

300 mbarcollapse

6/3

Gluing, 30mm width

240 mbar

leak

6/26

width, 100 mbar

leak

7/23

Gluing,30mm

2010/4/12

polyethylene also glued
From practical point of view, it was found that the most important point is to fix the Kevlar textile on thewindow flame with gluing more than 30 mm width. When the gluing is not sufficient and several part isremoved from the window flame, collapse occurred. When collapse occurred in the real SAMURAI
configuration, almost all instruments would be damaged including upstream accelerator. So, important
point to support vacuum pressure is gluing the Kevlar textile sufficiently. The rest problem is achieved
vacuum pressure. From now on, the achieved vacuum rate is still 100 mbar. Vacuum leak is considered tohave occurred on screw holes through Kevlar textile. Fig. 2-3-6 shows vacuum leakage after a vacuum
pump was stopped. Achieved vacuum pressure was completely determined by leakage. So, we have to takemore care for leakage path when gluing the trial foil on the window flame. As a next step, arrangement ofgluing at inner region of the screw holes are considered and prepared in order to realize much better
achieved pressure. The final goal of this trial is to achieve pressure of 10-6 Torr, while we have to improveand confirm methods step by step.
Window shape of vacuum phase is shown in Fig. 2-3-7 at the trial on Jul. 23rd, 2010. The window wasshaped as vacuum made better. The maximum displacement on the center region was approximately 20 cm
at the achieved pressure of 100 mbar. It is expected that the window shape on pressure lower than 1 mbar
is almost same with that of 100 mbar.

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Fig. 2-3-6:

Vacuum leakage after stopping pumping. Condition at the trial on Jul. 23rd was much better
than that of previous trial. Improved gluing would realize better achieved pressure.

Fig. 2-3-7: Shape of the vacuum window at 100 mbar. Distance to the deepest face is about 20 cm.

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[ 2-3-5 ] Schedule Plan
Our schedule plan until commissioning machine time is summarized in Table 2-3-3.
Table 2-3-3: Schedule plan until commissioning machine time.

After commissioning and so-called "Day One" experiments, several vacuum instruments continue to beprovided to realize various type of experiments. Required periods to be completed are summarized in Table
2-3-4 as a guideline.
Table 2-3-4: Timeline after commissioning machine time.

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[ 2-4 ] Detector System for Heavy Fragments
Y. Matsuda, K. Sekiguchi, N. Chiga, graduate students, T. Kobayashi* (Tohoku), H. Otsu (RIKEN)[ 2-4-1 ] Overview
Position detectors
Beam is momentum-tagged by measureing the position at the momentum dispersive focal plane (F5).
Beam phase space is measured by a set of position detectors befort the target. From the required
momentum resolution and the bending power of the magnet, tracking detectors are designed to have anangular resolution of about  x'd  1 mrad , assuming that the beam positions are measured byextrapolating the beam trajectory, and that positions and angles are measured downstream of the magnet.
In addition, another chamber is installed between the target and the magnet to measure the scatteering
angle.

In addition, This requires a low-mass chamber, much less than L LR 103 , with a good position

resolution.



Detectors for Particle Identification

Particle identification of heavy fragments requires velocity measurement or total-energy measurement inaddition to the rigidity and the charge measurement. In order to have 5 separation (  A  0.2 ) at A=100,
velocity resolution of     9 104 @  0.6 or total energy resolution of  E E  2.5 103 isnecessary.

When the TOF method is used for velocity measurement, necessary time resolution isT  50psec for 10 meters of flight path. Considering the necessity ofa thin start detector for TOF,

this method seems
to be marginal.

We have considered two techniques for velocity and total-energy measurements: a Cherenkov detector

operated at the total internal reflection (TIRC) for velocity measurement and pure CsI detector for
total-energy measurement.
Design policy
Since all the detailed design of these detectors (i.e. all the contracts) had to be madein FY2008 dueto the nature of the construction budget, design of these detectors are , more or less, conventional.
Detector Summary
There are four kinds of detector groups for heavy ion measurements.
* Position measurement* Beam Proportional Chamber (BPC):

beam rigidity tagging at F5* Beam Drift Chamber 1, 2 (BDC1,BDC2) :beam phase space* Forward Drift Chamber 1 (FDC1) :scattering angle of fragments* Forward Drift Chamber 2 (FDC2) :rigidity analysis for fragments* Proton Drift Chamber 1,2 (PDC1,2) :momentum analysis for protons

36* Charge measurement* Ion Chamber for Beam (ICB) :beam charge* Ion Chamber for Fragments (ICF) :fragment charge* Velocity (& charge) measurement* Hodoscope for Fragment ( HODF) :velocity & charge for fragments* Hodoscope for Protons (HODP) :velocity & charge for protons* Total Internal Reflection Cherenkov (TIRC) :velocity for fragments* Total energy measurement* Total Energy Detector (TED) :total energy* Readout electronics for position detectors
As a readout circuits of position detectors, anode signals are converted into LVDS logic signals using
Amp-Shaper-Discriminator boards (ASD, 16ch/board, gnd, GNA210) mounted directly on the detectors.
ASD Power Supply modules are used to supply ±3V, threshold voltage, and test pulses : one ASD PS
handles 10 ASD boards.

Logic signals are further processed by multihit TDC’s (AMSC, 64ch

AMT-VME TDC module) with 0.8 nsec/ch precision.
* Gas mixture for position detectors
When detectors are operated at 1 atm, He+60%CH4 is used. This mixture comes from the compromiseamong multiple scattering, position resolution and running cost. At low pressure, BPC, BDC, and FDC1
are operated using pure i-C4H10.
[ 2-4-2 ] Beam Proportional Chamber (BPC)* Design
BPC is used to tag the rigidity of secondary beams at the momentum dispersive focal plane F5 bymeasuring the horizontal position. It is a 4mm-spacing multiwire proportional chamber with 2 anodeplanes.

It is housed in detector box, which is placed in the F5 vacuum chamber. Since the momentum

dispersion at F5 is ~33mm/%, 4mm-spacing provides momentum resolution of less than 0.1% (rms).
BPC is shown in Fig. 2-4-1 and summarized in the table.
Amp-shaper-discriminators (ASD) are mounted directly on the detector box in the F5 vacuum chamber.
LVDS signals are timed , through the vacuum feed through, by TDC’s.
torr for Kr, and about 200 torr for protons.

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Isobutane gas is used at about 20

Anode20μmφ Au-W/Re

Anode spacing

2mm (2 wires are or-ed

Anode – cathode gap

5mm (5mm-thick G10)

Cathode, window

12μm-thick Al-Mylar

Effective area

240mm (H) x 150mm (V)Anode configuration

x1 - x2#readout channels

64 anodes/plane

Window of detector box

80μm-thick Kapton x2

Operation gas

i-C4H10 at 20 to 200 torr

HVcathodeReadout

ASD x8, ASD PS x1, TDC x2

for readout)

x 2planes = 128anodes

Fig. 2-4-1: BPC assembly* Status
BPC was built in FY2009 and tested using βrays, p/He/Li beams at 250 MeV/A @200 torr, and Kr
beams at 400 MeV/A @20 torr. It has a stable HV plateau with ~100% efficiency even for protons at
250MeV/A.

It can be operated above 1 MHz without serious problems.

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[ 2-4-3 ] Beam Drift Chambers (BDC1, BDC2)* Design
Two sets of BDC’s are used to measure the phase space of the incident secondary beams on the reaction
target.

It is a Walenta-type drift chamber with 2.5mm drift distance for high beam rates.

BDC isshown in Fig. 2-4-2, and summarized in the table.
Anode wire

16μmφ Au-W/Re

Potential wire

80μmφ Au-Al

anode – potential (drift) distance

2.5mm

anode – cathode gap

2.5mm (combination of 2.4mm & 2.6mm-thick G10)

cathode8μm-thick Al-Kapton, x 9

gas window

4μm-thick Aramid, x2

effective area

80mm x 80mm

anode configuration

xx’yy’xx’yy’#anode / plane x #planes

16 wires/plane x 8 planes = 128 wires/detector

Operation gas

He+60%CH4 at 1 atm, i-C4H10 below 200 torr

HVcathode, potential

Readout / 2sets

ASD x16, ASD PS x2, TDC x4

Fig. 2-4-2 : BDC assembly* Status
2 BDC’s were built in FY2009. Drift chambers of the identical type have been used in experiments at
RARF/RIBF/HIMAC for measuring the phase space of protons, He, Li, Be, and C beams between 60 to
300 MeV/A, up to 1MHz, using He+60%CH4 gas mixture. Typical position resolution /plane is ~120μm(rms). Operation with i-C4H10 at low pressure has been tested.
BDC will be used in the detector box for low-pressure operation (planned to be finished in FY2010).

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[ 2-4-4 ]Forward Drift Chamber 1 (FDC1)* Design
FDC1 is placed between the target and SAMURAL magnet in order to measure the emission angle ofthe projectile fragments.

It also has wide opening in order not to interfere with projectile-rapidity

neutrons at zero degrees.

It is a Walenta-type drift chamber with 5mm drift distance in order to handle

relatively high beam intensity right after the target.
anode wire

20μmφ Au-W/Re

potential wire

80μmφ Au-Al

anode – potential (drift) distance

5mm

anode – cathode gap

5mm (5mm-thick G10)

cathode8μm-thick Al-Kapton, x 15

gas window

8μm-thick Al-Kapton, x2

effective area

315mmφopen area for neutrons

620mm x 340mm

anode configuration

xx’uu’vv’xx’uu’vv’xx’, (±30° for u/v)

#anode / plane x #planes

32 wires/plane x 14 planes = 448 wires

operation gas

He+60%CH4 at 1 atm, i-C4H10 at low pressure

HVcathode, potential

Readout

ASD x28, ASD PS x3, TDC x7
1 VME crate (with BDC1,2)

Fig. 2-4-3 : FDC1 assembly* Status
FDC1 was built in FY2009. At the beginning, it had a serious HV leakage due possibly to soldering
flux on the G10 boards. After cleaning the surface and HV conditioning, HV could be set with full40

efficiency for beta rays.

It is being tested using cosmic rays.

FDC1 will be used in the detector box for low-pressure operation. Detector box will be constructed in
FY2010. Connection between target vacuum chamber and also SAMURAI vacuum chamber need to be
designed.
[ 2-4-5 ]Forward Drift Chamber 2 (FDC2)* Design
FDC2 is placed after SAMURAI magnet for rigidity analysis of projectile fragments.

The cellstructure is hexagonal with 10mm drift length. Two staggered planes named super layer, such as xx’, areseparated by 100mm pitch with shield planes in between.

Fig 2-4-4 : FDC2 cell structure
Although it was originally planned to put FDC2 in the detector box for low-pressure operation, FDC2
will be operated at 1 atom for the time being due to technical difficulties.
Anode wire

40μmφ Au-W/Re, 20mm pitch

Field & shield wire

80μmφ Au-Al, 20mm pitch

Cell structure

hexagonal, 10mm drift length

Configurations-xx’-s-uu’-s-vv’-s-xx’-s-uu’-s-vv’-s-xx’-s

window

2296mm x 836mm#anode wires (dummy)

224(4) anodes/super layer x 7 super layer = 1568 (28) anodes#field / shield wires

4788 (field), 328 (shield)

Operating gas

He+60%CH4 at 1 atm ( i-C4H10 below 100 torr)

HV

field wires, shield wires

Readout

ASD x98, ASD PS x11, TDC x25, 2 VME crates

41(±30°for u/v)

Fig. 2-4-5 : FDC2 Assembly* Status
FDC2 is under construction. FDC2 itself & detector stand will be finished by the end of FY2010.
Tests using β-rays & cosmic rays will be done by the fall of FY2011.
[ 2-4-6 ] Proton Drift Chamber 1, 2 (PDC1, PDC2)* Design
PDC1 and PDC2 are placed downstream of SAMURAI magnet, and used to measure the momentum of
projectile-rapidity protons. Since counting rate is expected to be low and in order to reduce number ofplanes, position information is obtained using the cathode readout method.

For the anode plane,

Walenta-type drift chamber, with 8mm drift length, is adopted in order to reduce the number of anodewires. Three kinds of cathode orientation are used to detect multi particles.
Parameters for the cathode readout are as follows.
anode wire

30μmφ Au-W/Re, 16mm pitch (8mm drift length)

potential wire

80μmφ Au-Al, 16mm pitch

anode – cathode gap

8mm

cathode wire

80μmφ Au-Al, 3mm pitch

cathode strip width

12mm (4 cathode wires are or-ed for one strip)

Present design of PDC is as follows.

Anode wires are or-ed and positive HV is applied.

wires are not readout. Slight negative HV is applied to potential wires.
connected to the readout without decoupling capacitors.
Present design of the PDC is shown in Fig 2-4-6.

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Anode

Cathode strips are directlyconfiguration

cathode(U)-Anode(V)-cathode(X)-anode(U)-cathode(V)wire angle

X(0°), U(+45°), V(-45°)

Effective area

1700mm x 800mm

anode wire (U,V)

106 anodes/plane x 2cplanes = 212 anodes

potential wire (U,V)

107 potentials/plane x 2 planes = 214 potentials

cathode wire (U,V,X)

544 wires/plane, 136 cathode strips (4 wires are or-ed)/plane

HV

Anode(+), potential(-)

Operating gas

Ar+25% i-C4H10 or Ar+50%C2H6

Fig 2-4-6: PDC assembly*Readout (status)
We have tested the charge division readout for cathode signals in order to reduce the readout channel.
Cathode strips are daisy-chained by resistors, and cathode charges are read out via charge sensitive preamp in every 8 strips. Using a prototype detector (600mm x 480mm effective area) with roughly thesame geometry, position resolution of 1mm (rms) were obtained for x-rays.

With this method, about

110ch of charge sensitive preamp, shaping amp, and peak sensitive ADC’s are necessary to read 2 PDC’s.
Since 2 proton events can not be handled properly by this method, we are developing a new readout
circuit: every cathode signals are connected to charge sensitive preamp, shaper, sample & hold, anddigitized in the front-end board (FEB, 16ch/board), and digital data are sent to the VME memory.

This

method also improve the position resolution by ~factor of 5. About 810 ch of circuits (8-9 FEB’s/planex 6 planes) are necessary.
* Status
Design of PDC is almost finished, and PDC will be constructed by the middle ofBudget for the new individual readout is not decided yet.

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FY2011.

[ 2-4-7 ]Ion Chamber for Beam (ICB)* Design
ICB is a multi-layer ion chamber, and placed upstream of the target. It is used to measure the chargeof incident secondary beams.
electrodes

12μm-thick Al-Mylar , 10 anode & 11 cathode planes

Anode-cathode gap

21mm

window

16μm-thick Aramid

effective area

140mm x 140mm x 420mm (deep)gas

P10 @1atm

HV

anode(+)

readout

10ch, preamp ( Mesytec-MPR16 with 10μs decay time),
shaping amp (MSCF-16LE, active BLR, unipolar output, 0.25μs shaping time),
and peak sensitive ADC (MADC32)

Fig 2-4-7: ICB assembly* Status
ICB was built in FY2008, and tested using primary & secondary beams from 84Kr. Optimum HVand shaping time have been studied. Pulse height resolution was 0.9% (rms) for 84Kr at 400MeV/A,
corresponding to σz=0.17 at z=38.
[ 2-4-8 ]Ion Chamber for Fragment (ICF)* Design
ICF is a multi layer ion chamber, and placed after the SAMURAI magnet. It is used to measure thecharge of projectile fragments.
Due to several technical difficulties (available size of double-sides Al-Mylar foils, method to makedouble-sided segmented anodes, etc.), effective area of the present ICF is much smaller than that of FDC2.

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We should have used the wire cathode as well to have larger effective area.
electrodes

12 anode & 13 cathode planes

anode-cathode gap

20mm

effective area

750mm (H) x 400mm (V) x 480mm (deep)

anode

80μmφAu-Al, 5mm pitch, 18 wires are or-ed to make a 90mm-wide strip,
2 strips are or-ed for readout (4ch/plane)cathode, window

12μm-thick Al-Mylar

Gas

P10 @1atm

HV

cathode (-), anode is at ground potential

readout

4ch/plane x 12 planes = 48ch, preamp (Mesytec-MPR16 x3 with 10μs decaytime), shaping amp (MSCF-16LE x3, active BLR, unipolar output, 0.25μs
shaping time), and peak sensitive ADC (MADC32 x2)

Fig 2-4-8 : ICF assembly* Status
ICF is under construction, and will be finished in FY2010.

Since the horizontal size of ICF is small

compared with the horizontal size of FDC2, detector stand will have a mechanism to move ICF along
FDC2.

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[ 2-4-9 ]Hodoscope for Fragment/Proton (HODF, HODP)* Design
HODF and HODP are conventional scintillator hodoscopes. They are placed after FDC2 and ICF tomeasure TOF and charge of particles.
plastic scintillator

BC408, 1200mm(V) x 100mm(H) x 10mm(T)slat

Plastic is coupled to HPK H7195 PMT (with a booster connector)
via 100mm-long fishtail light guide.

Effective area

16 slats/hodoscope, 1600mm(H) x 1200mm(V)HV

32ch/hodoscope x 2 = 64ch, with additional HV’s for booster,
CAEN A1733N x6(+4)

Readout

16ch CAMAC discriminator (Phillips 7106) x4,
500nsec logic & analog cable delay x 64,
CAEN 32ch ADC V792AC x2
CAEN 32ch TDC V775AC x2

Fig 2-4-9 : HODF/HODP Assembly*Statushodoscope slats and detector stands were built.

Since the stands cannot be moved using cranes,

hodoscope slats are not yet mounted on the detector stands. They will be assembled after assembly of theiron blocks for the magnet is finished (summer of FY2011).

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[ 2-4-10 ]Total Internal Reflection Cherenkov (TIRC)* Design
TIRC is a Cherenkov detector operated at the total internal reflection (TIR) threshold. Since photon
numbers increase sharply at the TIR threshold, good velocity resolution is expected.

Refractive index of

the radiator chosen is n~1.9 so that the TIR threshold is around 250 MeV/A.
radiator

TAFD30(n~1.92), 65mm x 240mm x 2mmt (max. size available)PMT

HPK H6559 (3”φ) with booster connector, radiator is viewed by 2 PMT’s.
10 PMT’s available

effective area632(317)mm x 240mm(V), covered by 10(5) elements

HV

20(10) ch, CAEN A1733N x2(1)readout

20(10) x 500nsec cable delay, CAEN 32ch ADC V792AC x1

Fig 2-4-10 : TIRC assembly* Status
We have tested prototypes with radiators of 240 x 65 x 1mmt and also 2mmt using energy-degraded
Ar & Kr beams between 170 – 400 MeV/A.

From the study on position & angle dependences, we

decided to put PMT’s on both side of the radiator. From the energy dependence of the Cherenkov lightyield (Fig. 2-4-11a), energy dependence of the velocity resolution is estimated (Fig. 2-4-11b).

Effect of

the TIR threshold is clearly seen. Velocity resolution of about 0.2% (rms), which is factor of 2 worse thannecessary, was obtained. We also decided to use 2mm-thick radiators.

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Fig 2-4-11 : Energy dependence of (a) light yield and (b) velocity resolution for Kr beam.
Using rigidity-analyzed (Δp/p~0.1%) secondary beams at ~270 MeV/A, we have studied the mass
separation. As shown in Fig. 2-4-12, isotopes around mass 70 could be separated with about 4σ
separation for rigidity-analyzed secondary beams (Δp/p ~ 0.1%). Due to the thickness of the radiator(~1.2 g/cm2), reaction loss in the radiator is estimated to be about 5%.

Fig. 2-4-12 : Isotope separation of A~80 region for rigidity-analyzed secondary beams at 270MeV/A
Prototype study shows that TIRC has enough mass resolving power below mass 80 around 270
MeV/A. But we have also noticed the radiation-damage effect.
We have 10 radiators and 10 PMT’s available.

Using available parts, we can build a TIRC

hodoscope with can cover 320mm (H) x 240mm (V) with 5 elements as shown in Fig 2-4-10. Radiators
and PMT’s will be housed in a detector box which serves as a magnetic and light shield box.

Five

detector elements will be assembled in FY010, and detector box with stands will be finished by the end of
FY2011.

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[ 2-4-11 ] Total Energy Detector (TED)* Design
crystalPure CsI, 100mm x 100mm x 50mm-thick

PMT

HPK – R6233HA(3”φ), with non-UV window, booster connector

breedertapered, with high breeder current (3mA @1kV),

effective area

800mm(H) x 400mm(V), with 8 x 4 (32) crystals

HV

32 ch,

readout

32 x 500nsec cable delay, CAEN 32ch ADC V792AC x1

CAEN A1733N x3* R&D for TED
As a total energy detector, we have tested (1) NaI(Tl) coupled to PMT, (2) HP-Ge crystal, (3)CsI(Tl) coupled to photodiode, using Ar & Kr & secondary beams between 200 – 400 MeV/A. Energy
resolution of 0.3 – 0.4 % (rms)for total energy of 25 – 30 GeV was obtained only at low counting rate

(below 1kHz).
Since above detectors are relatively slow, we have also tested pure CsI crystal coupled to PMT. It
has smaller light output compared to CsI(Tl), but has faster decay time and believed to be strong against
the radiation damage.

After high-current tapered breeder was designed, energy resolution of 0.2 to 0.4%

was observed for Kr beams at 400 MeV/A. By comparing the light output between Ar and Kr beams,
large saturation effect was observed. Since energy resolution between PMT with UV window and with
non-UV window has no noticeable difference, PMT with non-UV window was selected.
was stable for beam rates up to 10-20kHz.

Light output

It was also observed that the pulse shape for heavy ion isdifferent from those for γ-rays, electrons, and possibly protons.
Although there are many phenomenon which we cannot understand, we studied the isotope separation
for rigidity-separated (Δp/p~0.1%) secondary beams at 270 MeV/A.

Configuration of the detector isshown in the table. Combined with the energy degrader in front of TED,

isotopes around mass 70

region could be separated with ~6σ separation as shown in Fig 2-4-13.

The reaction loss in the

degrader and the CsI crystal is estimated to be about 15%.

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Fig 2-4-13 : Isotope separation of A~80 region for rigidity-analyzed secondary beams at 270 MeV/A

Fig 2-4-14 : TED assembly* Status
32 pure CsI crystals and 32 PMT’s are available.

Prototype tests showed that this combination

has enough mass resolving power for fragments below A~80 at ~270 MeV/A, at least for a short timeinterval. 32 detector elements will be arranged in 4 x 8 matrix to cover 800mm x 400mm. Wholeassembly is placed in the detector box which serves as a light shield and a magnetic shield. Since pureCsI has relatively large temperature dependence of ~1%/deg, temperature of the crystals will be monitored.
32 detector elements will be assembled in FY2010. Detector box and stand will be finished by Mid
FY2011.

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[ 2-4-12 ] Status & Outlook
All the detectors adopted in SAMURAI are, more or less, conventional except TIRC. They aremostly under construction without major problems.
Performance of position detectors will be studied from low-Z region (C, O, Ne where we haveexperience) towards heavier region (where we have few experience) in 3 steps: z~20, z~28, and z~50.
One of the possible problems is a rate capability. One of the key detectors for experiments in A~100
region are TIRC and TED. In terms of mass resolution, they both have enough velocity or total-energy
resolution. However, TIRC seems to have strong radiation damage effect and TED can be stably operated
only below ~20kHz.
Since we are in the so-called “beam factory” where high intensity secondary nuclear beams are easily
available, detector developments, especially for PID detectors, for high-rate operation are essential in orderto fully exploit the capability of the facility.

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[ 2-5 ] Neutron Detector NEBULA
T. Nakamura*, Y. Kondo, Y. Kawada, T. Sako, R. Tanaka (Tokyo Tech), Y. Satou (Seoul National Univ.)[ 2-5-1 ] Requirements for neutron detection
The neutron detector array NEBULA (NEutron Detection System for Breakup of Unstable Nuclei with
Large Acceptance) is being constructed as a key element associated with the SAMURAI facility at RIBF, tomeasure the four momentum vector(s) of fast neutron(s) at about 100-300 MeV emitted in a small cone due
to kinematical focusing following a breakup reaction of a neutron-rich projectile. The momentum vector(s)are then used to reconstruct the invariant mass (and Erel and Ex) of the excited system of a projectile, which isof interest. The presumed number of neutrons to be detected ranges from 1 to 4. Required conditions of the
NEBULA are summarized as follows.
•

Large Acceptance: Large acceptance sufficient for the detection of neutrons emitted in the breakup
reactions of neutron-rich unstable nuclei up to the relative energy of 8 MeV (>~50%).

•High Detection Efficiency: Intrinsic efficiency should be higher than 60% for 1n detection and 20% for
2n detection.

•

Good relative energy resolution (Erel~300 keV at Erel=1 MeV, Erel~1 MeV at Erel=10 MeV) for
obtaining a reasonably good energy spectrum with the invariant mass spectroscopy•

Multi-neutron detection capability. The goal is that NEBULA can unambiguously detect 4 neutrons incoincidence with 5% intrinsic efficiency[ 2-5-2 ] Specification

The NEBULA device consists of neutron detectors (NEUT) and charged-particle veto detectors (VETO),
whose specifications are summarized in Table 2-5-1 and Table 2-5-2, respectively. The NEUT are funded
only half of the original design at the moment (as of Oct.2010), which corresponds to 240 modules of plastic
scintillator rods. Each module of NEUT has the size 12(H)×180(V)×12(D) cm3, each end of which is
coupled to PMT via the light guide.

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Neutron Detectors (NEUT)
Geometry of 1 Module12(H)×180(V)×12(D) cm3 (25.92liter, 26.7kg),
Rectangular Shape

Scintillator

BC408 (Saint Gobain)

Photomultiplier Tube

R7724ASSY, Hamamatsu
Full Spec.

Half Spec.(Funded)

Number of Modules per 1 Layer

30×2=60

30×2=60 (or 30)

Number of Layers

4

2 (or 4)

Total Number of Modules

240

120

Number of Phototubes

480

240

Table 2-5-1: Specifications of neutron-detector part of NEBULA. The left column shows the ones for theoriginal full specification, and the right column shows the ones funded at the moment (as of Oct.2010). The
funded part corresponds to half the full specification.
Veto Detectors (VETO)
Geometry of 1 Module32(H)×190(V)×1(D) cm3 (6.08liter,6.3kg), Rectangular
Shape

Scintillator

BC408 (Saint Gobain)

Photomultiplier Tube

R7724ASSY, Hamamatsu

Number of Modules per 1 Layer

12

Number of Layers

4

Total Number of Modules

48

Number of Phototubes

96

Table 2-5-2: Specifications of charged-particle veto detectors (VETO) of NEBULA. The VETO is fully
funded as originally designed.

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[ 2-5-3 ] Basic Setup
Hereafter, only the funded part is described unless it is explicitly written. Two possible configurations arepresumed for NEBULA setup, 1) 2-Layer Setup and 2) 4-Layer Setup, whose configurations are shown in
Fig. 2-5-1.

Figure 2-5-1: Left: 2-Layer Setup of NEBULA, which is used for experiments measuring up to two fastneutrons. Right: 4-Layer Setup of NEBULA, which is used for experiments measuring up to four fastneutrons. See text for details.
[ 2-5-3a ] 2-Layer Setup
In this setup, called 2-Layer Setup, the 240 modules of the NEUT is arranged into two layers, located about
1m apart (minimum distance between the rear face of the 1st layer and the front face of the 2nd layer is 610mm), as shown in Fig. 2-5-1(left). Each layer consists of 30(H)x2(D)(=60 pieces) with a layer of VETO (12pieces). This is considered to be the primary setup and is used in an experiment measuring 1n and 2n. The
intrinsic efficiencies for 1n (1n) and for 2n (2n) at 250 MeV for the 2-Layer Setup are summarized in Table
2-5-3. The intrinsic detection efficiency for one neutron at 250 MeV as a function of a thickness of BC408 is
estimated by the KSUVAX code, as shown in Fig. 2-5-2. One neutron efficiency is estimated to be 40.6% for48cm thickness (funded part), and 64.1 % for 96 cm thickness for Eth (threshold energy) of 5 MeVee(electron equivalent). For 2n detection, the causality analysis may be applied where the velocity detected in
the 2nd layer is faster than the one detected in the 1st layer, which will exclude possible cross-talk events dueto the scattering of a neutron in the 1st layer. Basically, the same method was successfully applied in the
Coulomb breakup of 11Li (T. Nakamura et al., PRL96, 252502, (2006)). Note that this prescription can only
be applied for detection of 2n in two different layers, labeled “diff”. The efficiency is estimated such that2n(diff)= 1n(L1) ×1n(L2). For multiple neutron detection, we need to use higher Eth of 5 MeVee (electron
equivalent) for avoiding -ray produced in the detectors. For the detection of 2n in one layer, labeled “same”,
one may lose efficiency when two neutrons are detected in a very small distance. As in the Coulomb breakupof 11Li (T. Nakamura et al., PRL96, 252502, (2006)), this can be used only after properly evaluating the54efficiency curve. Here, we assume such loss does not happen (corresponding to higher Erel). Here, theefficiency is estimated as 2n(same)= 1n(L1)2+1n(L2)2.
[ 2-5-3b ] 4-Layer Setup
In this setup (4-Layer Setup), the 240 modules of the NEUT is arranged into four layers, which are locatedabout 1m apart with each other (minimum distance between the rear face of the 1st layer and the front face ofthe 2nd layer is 730 mm)). Each layer consists of 30(H)x1(D)(=30 pieces) with a layer of VETO (12 pieces).
The setup is shown in Fig. 2-5-1(right), which is used primarily for experiments requiring 4n detection. The
intrinsic efficiencies for 4n detection (4n) is shown in Table 2-5-3. Since 4 neutrons are expected to cause
more complicated cross talk, we detect 4 neutrons in 4 different layers with the causality condition being
applied. In this case, the 4n(diff)= 1n(L1) · 1n(L2) · 1n(L3) · 1n(L4). The 4n value by the funded detectors is
0.011%. If we can obtain the other half of the neutron detectors, the 4n efficiency considerably improves tobe 0.056%.

Figure 2-5-2: Intrinsic detection efficiency for one neutron at 250 MeV, estimated by KSUVAX code. The
dotted (solid) curve represents the efficiency for the energy threshold of 1 (5) MeVee (electron equivalent).
The dot-dashed vertical lines correspond to the thickness of 48 cm (funded), and of 96 cm (designed
thickness).

1n(%)

2n(%)(sum,same,diff)4n(%)(4-layer diff)

24cm×2layer

41.0

12.6

8.5

4.1

12cm×4layer

41.0

10.5

4.3

6.3

0.011

24cm×4layer

64.6

26.6

11.4

15.2

0.056

Table 2-5-3: Summary of 1n, 2n, and 4n intrinsic efficiencies (1n, 2n, 4n, respectively) for the NEBULA
with 48 cm thickness (funded part), and those with 96 cm thickness (designed). The label ’diff’ represents 2nevents detected with different two layers with the kinematical causality condition being applied, while thelabel ’same’ represents 2n events detected with one layer. The ’sum’ is the sum of ’same’ and ’diff’ events.

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For 4n detection, events detected with 4 different layers with kinematical causality condition cut areconsidered. downstream of the target position, close to the first layer of the typical 2-Layer setup shown in
Fig. 2-5-1.
[ 2-5-4 ] Acceptance
Typical acceptance curve as a function of Erel is estimated for the breakup, AZ (A−1) Z + n, as shown in Fig.
2-5-3. Here, the vertical angular coverage of −5o < V < +5o and −10o < H < +10o is used, whichcorresponds to neutron detector with an area of 3.6m(H) × 1.8m(V) located at 10.3 m.

Figure 2-5-3: Acceptance is shown as a function of Erel with the vertical angular coverage of −5o < V < +5oand the horizontal angular coverage of −10o < H < +10o. This coverage is realized to set the flight lengthfrom the target to be 10.3 m or less.

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[ 2-5-5 ] Resolution
Typical relative energy resolution Erel (FWHM) is shown in Fig. 2-5-4 as a function of Erel.

Figure 2-5-4: Typical relative energy resolution Erel (FWHM) as a function of Erel.
[ 2-5-6 ] Electronics
Figure 2-5-5 shows the electronic circuit for signals of NEBULA. VME modules (discriminator, TDC, ADC)
are controlled by using the crate controller, SBS Model 618-3. The CAEN SY1527LC system with
A1535SN boards is used to supply the high voltages of the PMTs.

Figure 2-5-5: Electronic circuits for the signals of NEBULA.

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[ 2-5-7 ] Current Status and future plan
Current status of NEBULA is as follows.
•

Fabrication of scintillators, PMTs, and light guides has almost been completed.
–

3 scintillator rods for NEUT had a problem. They have been exchanged to new ones and will bedelivered after fabrication.

–•

Signals from PMTs and light leakages have been checked for all the fabricated modules.

4 detector frames for setting up the detectors have already been made. Each detector frame has thecapability of mounting neutron counters up to 60 modules and a layer of VETO in front of the NEUT
layer. Whole of the frame can be moved by using a crane without dismounting the detectors, cables, andelectronics.

•

Existing detectors have already been mounted to the two detector frames for the 2-Layer configuration
experiment.

•

A part of cables and electronics have been manufactured.

•The detectors are being tested by measuring cosmic rays.

The schedule plan of NEBULA is shown in Table. 2-5-4.
~Dec. 2010

Detector test of the 1st. Layer by cosmic rays

~Apr. 2011

Connecting cables of the 2nd. Layer~Jul. 2011

Test of the 2nd. Layer by cosmic rays

Oct. 2011

Test of a part of detectors using high energy neutrons at HIMAC

Mar. 2012

Comissioning & Day-1 experiment of SAMURAI
Table 2-5-4: Schedule of NEBULA

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[ 2-6 ] Detector System for Proton Breakup Reactions
K. Yoneda*, Y. Togano, M. Kurokawa, A. Taketani, H. Murakami, T. Motobayashi (RIKEN),
K. Kurita (Rikkyo), T. Kobayashi (Tohoku), L. Trache (Texas A&M) and the TWL collaboration[ 2-6-1 ] Requirements for proton breakup reactions
We propose here studies of the proton unbound states in the proton-rich region. The RIBF project will
provide a good access to a variety of proton-rich nuclei which so far cannot be studied experimentally. In
order to examine nuclear structure of nuclei close to, or beyond, the proton drip line, measurements of thelocation of the unbound states are critical. In particular, studies of proton unbound states are important for
astrophysical interest, since energy and width of such states influence radiative capture cross sections
under astrophysical conditions, and hence play an important role in exploring nucleosynthesis processes.
Such unbound states are identified with the invariant mass method, through the measurement of the
kinetic energies and scattering angles of breakup products. For two body breakup reactions, the relative
energy resolution is calculated as,2

 M i n v

 
 
 

  o p e2 n  M i n v   P1    M i n v   P2  .
Er e l M i n v 









 P1 / P1   P1   P2 / P2   P2   o p e n22

The condition of Erel = 1 MeV and Ein = 250 AMeV and ～mp leads to22

M inv
 34.1 keV/mrad and openM inv
 130 keV / % . For low-lying resonance studies, 0.1 MeV (1σ) resolution at Erel = 1 MeV isP / P
necessary to separate states experimentally. In order to obtain 0.2 MeV resolution at Erel = 1 MeV, theopening angle resolution of 2 mrad and momentum resolution of P/P =0.8% are required.

The

momentum resolution required for the mass identification is severer; P/P = 0.2% is required for 5
separation at A=100 region. This momentum resolution is satisfied by the design goal of the rigidity
resolution of the SAMURAI spectrometer, 1/700.
[ 2-6-2 ] Two Detector Configurations – High Resolution Mode and Large Acceptance Mode
We propose two experimental setups for HI-proton coincidence measurements. One is the highresolution mode, in which proton-rich reaction residues around A/Z~2 are bent in the SAMURAI magnet
as much as possible, so that a good momentum resolution is achieved. The other setup is the large
acceptance mode, where the resolution is relatively poor but larger acceptance if afforded. In the following,these two modes are described.

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Fig 2-6-1: Detector Configuration for High Resolution ModeHigh Resolution Mode
Figure 2-6-1 shows a schematic view of the experimental setup for the high resolution mode. The
particle trajectories are drawn for a 3T magnetic field. The reaction products go through a hole for the large
bending angles. The resolution attained in this mode for HI is estimated to about 1/700. The hole size is
40cm x 40cm, which covers up to the relative energy of about 4 MeV for the proton breakup at the beamenergy of 250 AMeV.
Heavy fragments are bent by in the magnet about 60 degrees, are tracked by the drift chamber FDC2,
and are identified by the ToF-E measurement (additionally total E measurement if required).These
detectors are described in Section 2-4. Protons are also bent and are tracked by the drift chambers PDC1
and PDC2. Descriptions of PDC1 and PDC2 are given in Section 2-4-6. ToF of the protons are measured
by the plastic hodoscope HODO, which is explained in Section 2-4-9.
In order to achieve the opening angle resolution of 2 mrad, silicon microstrip detectors are placed
between the target and magnet to measure scattering angles of protons and heavy ions right after the target.
One may consider a gas detector, such as a drift chamber for this purpose, but the operation of such a
detector is impossible under the condition that the detector is hit by both heavy and light particles; if thehigh voltage is adjusted for protons, the detector is not operable when heavy particles hit the detector.
As silicon microstrip detectors for this purpose, we adopted GLAST silicon detectors. Two sets of threedetectors (in the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal directions) with a thickness of 0.32 mm and an active
area of 87mm x 87mm, are located at 50 and 80 cm downstream of the target. The pitch size is 0.228mm.
At the beginning we plan to use the detector with three strips bundled into one channel. In this condition,
the relative energy resolution attained is estimated to be about 100 keV for the breakup reaction at thebeam energy of 250 AMeV.
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Fig: 2-6-2: Detector Configuration for Large Acceptance Mode

Large acceptance mode
We plan to use another setup configuration shown in Fig. 2-6-2. In this setup, the reaction products are
injected to the magnet at 45 degrees with respect to the direction of the magnet yokes. This setup affords
larger acceptance especially for light particles, and hence covers the relative energy up to about 10 MeV.
This configuration also allows neutron detection at forward angles, which is useful when exclusive
measurements for multi particles are required. The rigidity resolution is estimated to be about 1/500. With
this resolution we expect to perform breakup measurements up to A~60, but for heavier mass region thehigh resolution mode may be required.
The detector lineup is almost the same as the high resolution mode. The angles of the protons andreaction residues are measured by two stacks of silicon telescopes which are apart by 300 mm. Reaction
residues are also detected after the magnet by a drift chamber for track measurement, an ion chamber forenergy loss measurement, and a plastic scintillator wall for TOF measurement. Protons are detected by adrift chamber and a plastic scintillator wall for track and TOF measurements, respectively.
[ 2-6-3 ] Current Status of Silicon Strip Detector
Here we report on the current status of the silicon strip detectors we plan to use between the target andmagnet. The resolution of the relative energy in the invariant mass measurement is mostly governed by theprecision of the angular measurement of light particle, i.e. proton angular resolution in the case of proton
breakup measurement. Therefore we measure protons between the target and magnet so that we can surely
determine the proton emission angles.
As the position detector, we use the GLAST type silicon strip detector. Geometrical information of the
GLAST silicon detector is given above. Two sets of three detectors for vertical, horizontal, and diagonal61

position determination, are placed with the distance of 30cm, are placed at 50cm downstream of the target.
In this situation, the relative energy resolution is about 100 keV for 1MeV relative energy.
As of October 2010, ten silicon sensors are already available. The detectors are going to be ready after
the detectors are connected with an electric board by wire bonding. In order to make the detectors ready forexperiments, we have to overcome two difficulties: 1. High density signal processing to deal with signalsof about 1500 channels, 2. Large dynamic range to accept signals of both heavy ion and proton which hit a
detector in one event.
The first difficulty is overcome by using the HINP16 electronics. HINP16 is the 16 channel integrated
circuit which was developed in Washington University in St. Louis. This circuit can process 16 channels inparallel in one chip, and for each channel a shaped signal for ADC and a discriminated signal for TDC are
produced (Fig.2-6-3). The circuits are introduced in the collaboration supported by the US DOE Funding,
In collaboration with Prof. L. Trache in Texas A&M University and the TWL collaboration (Texas A&M
University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Louisiana State University).

Fig. 2-6-3: Block Diagram of the single channel in the HINP16 Circuit.
Each of 16 channels of the HINP16 consists of a CSA, followed bya timing and energy branch (G.L Engel et al., NIM A573 (2007) 418).

In order to deal with the second difficulty, we will introduce two things. The first thing is signal split
circuits before the preamplifier (Fig. 2-6-4). A signal from each detector strip is divided to the high-gain
circuit for proton signal, and low-gain circuit for heavy ion signal. In this circuit, we have to put anadditional circuit to deal with the signal saturation; when HI hits the strip, the high gain circuit is saturated,
and the saturation ruins behavior of the other low-gain circuit. In order to cope with this problem, we put asaturation suppression circuit on the high-gain amplifier, which provides an escape path of the charge
when too much charge comes to the amplifier. This circuit has already been realized on an ASIC for test,
and has been confirmed to work as expected. We plan to proceed to the ASIC production phase in FY2011.

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Fig. 2-6-4: Diagram of the signal split circuit. Charge from a detector is divided
to Chigh and Clow, and is amplified independently by high gain and low gain.
In order to prevent saturation in the high gain amplifier, a gate is placed in parallel,
which provides an escape path of charge when too much charge comes into Chigh.

The second thing we plan to do is to develop a new preamplifier circuit, which has a large dynamic
range with low noise, covering about input signal dynamic range typically from 150 keV to 1 GeV, and iscoupled to a circuit of non-linear signal response so that the output signal is acceptable for following
circuits. The size is compact, accommodating 32 channels in 40mm x 40mm x 50mm. At present thecircuit is in the phase of conceptual designing, and we expect to obtain the first trial circuit in FY2011, andto start production in FY2012 if the trial circuit is satisfactory. The merit of this preamplifier is that we do
not have to split signals, and hence the total channel number becomes half. Furthermore, this low-noize
large dynamic range preamplifier is expected to be useful for many other experiments requiring heavy ion
detection.
[ 2-6-4 ] Schedule Plan
Our current schedule plan is as follows:- In FY2010, wire bonding is made on the silicon strip, and signals from the strips becomes visible fromthe circuit board- In FY2011, both HINP circuit and signal split circuit starts working with the detector. Overall systemtest with beam will be performed if possible (at RIBF or at Texas A&M University).
- In FY2012, on-site preparation for RIBF experiments will be made including scattering chambers,
DAQs at RIKEN. New preamplifier circuits becomes ready when things proceed smoothly.
- Early in 2013, everything becomes ready for RIBF experiments.
This project is supported by the US DOE Funding, and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) in
Japan.

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[ 2-7 ] Detector System for Polarized-Deutron-Induced Reactions
K. Sekiguchi*, T. Kobayashi, Y. Matsuda, graduate students (Tohoku)

High resolution mode of the SAMURAI – Q3D modeIn experiments where high momentum resolution of p/p > 1000 is required, the triplet Q-magnets ofthe beam line STQ25 is used as analyzer magnets in conjunction with the SAMURAI dipole magnet (theSAMURAI Q3D mode). Schematic view of the experimental arrangement is shown in Fig.2-7-1.

Fig.2-7-1: Schematic view ofthe experimental setup of the
SAMURAI Q3D mode.

The target is installed 815cm upstream from the center of the dipole magnet. The distance between the Q2
magnet of STQ25 and the center of the dipole magnet is 645 cm. The focal plane detectors are located 3 m
downstream from the center of the dipole magnet. The expected focal plane detectors are a multi-wire drift
chamber (MWDC) and plastic scintillator hodoscope which covers momentum acceptance p/p = ± 3%.
Expected performances of the Q3D mode are,
Dispersion

2.2 m ,

Magnification(x|x) = 0.43, (y|y) = －14.2,

Vertical angular acceptance ＋/－90mrad
Horizontal angular acceptance ＋/－20mrad
p/p～ 3000 .

The calculations were performed using the OPTRACE code with a realistically calculated magnetic fieldof the dipole magnet.
Beam dump of deuteron beam
In order to keep good momentum resolution the focal plane detectors are fixed to the ground, andthen the magnetic field strength is adjusted depending of the momentum region of interest for the detectedparticles. Therefore the beam dump which is used for charge collection of the beam is set in an appropriate
position depending on the momentum ratio P(d beam)/(P(detected particle)/Q). Schematic view of the beam64

dump is shown in Fig. 2-7-2. The beam dump is set 6m downstream from the center of the dipole magnet.
Charge collection of the beam is performed by a Faraday cup which consists of a lead cylinder withembedded tungsten rod. The lead cylinder is 25cmφ×40cmt in size and the tungsten rod is 3cmφ×20cmt insize. In order to reduce the emitted neutrons coming from deuteron breakup the Faraday cup is shielded withconcrete blocks. The total volume of the concrete blocks are 49 m3 (4.0mD×3.5mW×3.5mH) and the weightis 120 ton in total. Expected drive of the beam dump is a set of air bearing which moves a heavy load with
air power. The open geometry of the SAMURAI makes it possible to place and move such a large size of the
Faraday cup assembly.

Fig.2-7-2
Schematic view of the beam
dump.

Other equipments
In order to perform the experiments the following equipments should also be constructed.
a. Scattering chamber and target system for the SAMURAI Q3D modeb. Beam monitoring devices for light ions (Z=1) at Big RIPS
c. Exit vacuum window of the SAMURAI dipole magnet
Current status
So far the equipments for the experiments with polarized deuteron beams at the SAMURAI are
scarcely funded. The equipments and their costs are listed in the order of priority.
1. Beam dump (50 M JYen),
2. Scattering chamber and target system at SAMURAI in Q3D mode (5 M JYen),
3. Exit vacuum window (3 M JYen),
4. Beam monitoring devices for light ions (Z=1) at Big RIPS (3 M JYen),
5. Focal plane detectors (16 M JYen)
It should be noted that we performed the first experiment with polarized deuteron beams at 250
MeV/nucleon at RIBF and successfully obtained highly polarized deuteron beams in 2009.

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[ 2-8 ] SAMURAI TPC
T. Murakami* (Kyoto), T. Isobe, A. Taketani, S. Nishimura, Y.Nakai, H. Sakurai (RIKEN),
W.G. Lynch (Michigan State) and SAMURAI TPC collaboration
Summary and Current Status
Since the initial construction budget approved for the SAMURAI project could not cover all detector
systems we originally proposed, we formed a ”SAMURAI TPC international collaboration” consisted ofresearchers from USA, UK, France, Italy, China, Germany and Japan and submitted a budget request of$1.2M to the US DOE in December 2008 in order to construct a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) used in the
gap of the SAMURAI dipole magnet.
The collaboration also submitted a construction proposal, ”Constraining the symmetry energy at
Supra-saturation Densities” to the NP-PAC-05 at RIBF in 2009. In the proposal we presented our intention tobuild a TPC at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), Michigan State University,
USA, using the DOE budget then transport the TPC to RIKEN for symmetry energy experiments at RIBF
facility. The RIKEN RIBF could provide an excellent opportunity to explore the density dependence of thesymmetry energy at supra-saturation densities (ρ≈2ρ0) via pion production with very neutron-rich andneutron-deficient rare isotope beams. The energies that will be available at the RIBF facility allow one toprobe densities of about ρ≈2ρ0; the range of available beam asymmetries will be wider than what is available
at other existing facility in the world and will not be exceeded for next several years. With the SAMURAI
TPC, we hope to obtain important constraints on the Equation of State (EoS) by measuring not only the π+/π−yield ratio but also light charged particles such as proton, tritons and 3He in intermediate energy heavy-ion
collisions.
We plan to combine observables from both pion and neutron-proton data. We will use these data todisentangle the symmetry energy effects from those of neutron-proton effective masses and isospin
dependent in-medium cross sections and obtain independent constraints on all three quantities. Using the
TPC we envision to measure excitation function for of pion production in 132Sn+124Sn, 105Sn+112Sn,
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Ca+40Ca and 36Ca+40Ca collisions at E/A = 200-300 MeV as well as in stable 124Sn+124Sn and 112Sn +112Sn

collisions at E/A = 350 MeV. When the TPC is coupled with a highly efficient neutron detector, such as the
NEBULA array at RIKEN, it will be possible to measure neutron-proton spectral double ratios which canalso provide significant constraints on the density dependence of the symmetry energy, the neutron-proton
effective mass splitting and the isospin dependence of the in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross sections at
supra-saturation density. We foresee such a coupled operation will be possible once the TPC becomes ready.
Our proposal has been reviewed and strongly supported by the NP-PAC.
For more information on SAMURAI TPC, please refer to the construction proposal ”Constraining thesymmetry energy at Supra-saturation Densities” submitted by the SAMURAI TPC collaboration in 2009.

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[ 2-9 ] Summary of the Construction Schedule
In Table 2-9-1, summary of the construction schedule of the magnets and detectors is shown. In
order to be in good accordance with the policy given in the introduction, all the experimental
setup required for the coincidence measurement of light HI (Z<20) and neutron will be ready inearly 2012. The operation for heavier beams will be studied step by step toward the heavier region,
first up to Z~30, and then Z~50. The setup for proton detection will be prepared in 2012. The
experimental devices for missing-mass type experiment, polarized deuteron induced experiment,
and EOS-TPC experiment will be prepared accordingly.
Table 2-9-1: Summary of Construction Schedule
2010
Q4

2011
Q1

Q2

2012
Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

2013
Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

2014
Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Dipole magnet
STQ
Vacuum system
HEAVY ION DETECTOR
BPC, BDC
FDC1
FDC2
ICB
ICF
HODO
TED
TIRC
NEUTRON DETECTORNEBULA
PROTON DETECTOR
PDC
Strip silicon
pol-d setup
TPC[ 2-10 ] Experimental Setup in Early 2012

Planned experimental setup in early 2012 is described in this section, assuming that the “Day-One”
experiments are (,n)-type Coulomb breakup experiments in C, O, and Ne region followed by otherexperiments in Ni region. The proposed setup is shown in Fig. 2-10-1.

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Fig. 2-10-1: Experimental setup in early 2012
Secondary beams are momentum tagged at F5 by BPC’s. Two trigger scintillators, SBT’s, are used asa start detector for trigger and also for measuring the charge of the incident beam. ICB is used to measure
the charge for heavier beams.

A gamma detector array, DALI2, is used to measure -rays emitted fromthe excited fragments produced in the decay process of Coulomb excitation. Use of DALI2 will be basedon the collaboration with the Gamma group in RIKEN. FDC1 is used to measure the emission angle of the
projectile fragments after combining the information of beam tracks.

FDC2 and FDC1 are used for

rigidity reconstruction. ICF is used to measure the charge of heavier fragments. HODF is used tomeasure the TOF and charge of the fragment. TED is used for measure the total energy of the heavy
fragment. Particle identification of light fragments is performed by combining the information of charge
and TOF measured by HODF and rigidity measured by FDC1 and FDC2. Particle identification ofheavier fragments is performed by combining information of charges measured by ICF and HODF, TOF
measured by HODF, total energy measured by TED, and rigidity measured by FDC1 and FDC2.
Projectile-rapidity neutrons are detected by NEBULA.
A reaction target is placed 4 m downstream of the magnet center. NUBULA is set at 10 m from thereaction target, covering ±10 degrees in the horizontal direction and ±5 degrees in the vertical direction.

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