Application of CLTD’s for High Resolution Mass Identification and for Stopping Power Measurements of Heavy Ions

Abstract

An array of calorimetric low temperature detectors (CLTD’s) for energy sensitive detection of heavy ions was combined with time-of-flight (TOF) detectors to obtain a detector system for high resolution mass identification of low energy heavy ions. In addition the same setup was used to prove the ability of CLTD’s to be used in electronic stopping power measurements for heavy ions in matter. Experiments with 50 MeV ⁶³Cu and ⁶⁵Cu ions at the tandem accelerator at the MPI at Heidelberg, and with 25 to 250 MeV ²³⁸U ions at the UNILAC accelerator at GSI at Darmstadt have been performed. For ^63,65Cu at 50 MeV a mass resolution of Δm(FWHM)=0.9 amu, and for ²³⁸U in an energy range of 65 to 150 MeV a resolution of Δm(FWHM)=1.28 amu, was obtained. The results for stopping powers of ²³⁸U in carbon and gold are presented and compared with theoretical predictions and data from the literature.