Speaker
Mr
Themistoklis Williams
(LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France)
Description
For the first time, a diamond sensor was operated for the characterisation of a high average-intensity $\gamma$-ray beam.
Data was collected for $\gamma$-beam energies between 2 and 7 MeV, at the HI$\gamma$S
facility of TUNL.
The nanosecond-fast resolution of diamond detectors is exploited to distinguish bunches of $\gamma$-rays 16.8 ns apart.
It allows a precise direct determination of the time-structure of the $\gamma$-beam.
The strong potential of such a detector for precise absolute flux, position and polarisation measurements are exposed.
It is thus shown that diamond detectors are a decisive and unique tool for the detailed characterisation of upcoming
$\gamma$-sources, such as ELI-NP and HI$\gamma$S-2, which will revolutionise the future of nuclear physics.
Author
Mr
Themistoklis Williams
(LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France)
Co-authors
Dr
Aurelien Martens
(LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France)
Dr
Erich Griesmayer
(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Mr
Kavrigin Pavel
(Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Prof.
Kevin Cassou
(LAL, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France)
