Physics opportunities with the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array: AGATA
W. Korten, A. Atac, D. Beaumel, P. Bednarczyk, M. A. Bentley, G. Benzoni, A.J. Boston, A. Bracco, J. Cederkäll, B. Cederwall, M. Ciemała, E. Clément, F. C. L. Crespi, D. Curien, G. de Angelis, F. Didierjean, D. T. Doherty, Zs. Dombrádi, G. Duchêne, J. Dudek, B. Fernández–Domínguez, B. Fornal, A. Gadea, L. P. Gaffney, J. Gerl, K. Gladnishki, A. Goasduff, M. Górska, P. T. Greenlees, H. Hess, D. G. Jenkins, P. R. John, A. Jungclaus, M. Kmiecik, A. Korichi, M. Labiche, S. Leoni, J. Ljungvall, А. Лопез-Мартенс, A. Maj, D. Mengoni, B. Million, A. Nannini, D. R. Napoli, P. J. Nolan, J. Nyberg, A. Obertelli, J. Pakarinen, N. Pietralla, Zs. Podolyák, B. Quintana, R. Raabe, G. Rainovski, F. Recchia, P. Reiter, D. Rudolph, J. Simpson, Ch. Theisen, D. Tonev, А. Туміно, J. J. Valiente‐Dobón, O. Wieland, K. Wimmer, M. Zielińska
Abstract
Abstract New physics opportunities are opening up by the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array, AGATA, as it evolves to the full 4 $$\pi $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> </mml:math> instrument. AGATA is a high-resolution $$\gamma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> -ray spectrometer, solely built from highly segmented high-purity Ge detectors, capable of measuring $$\gamma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> rays from a few tens of keV to beyond 10 MeV, with unprecedented efficiency, excellent position resolution for individual $$\gamma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> -ray interactions, and very high count-rate capability. As a travelling detector AGATA will be employed at all major current and near-future European research facilities delivering stable and radioactive ion beams.